The SANEF Elections Portal provides useful resources for journalists reporting on elections, including training materials, elections updates and resources, and an elections dashboard.
(2024), 2024 Elections Resources, 2024 Reporting Resources
For the first time in national and provincial elections, voters will need to make their marks on three ballot papers – on the blue national compensatory ballot for parties, on the orange national/regional ballot for parties or independents and on the pink provincial legislature ballot for parties or independents. The IEC also recently published a […]
(2024), 2024 Elections Resources, 2024 Reporting Resources
The IEC has announced that for the first time, the final election results will not be declared on the Saturday after the elections, but one day later, on Sunday 2 June. The delay will give the IEC additional time to count the votes (due to the introduction of a third ballot in national and provincial […]
(2024), 2024 Disinformation, 2024 Elections Resources
Meta has set up an operations centre for the South African elections “to identify potential threats and put mitigations in place in real time.” In a statement they also explain measures to combat misinformation and take action against harmful content on their platforms; and how they work with independent fact-checking organisations such as Africa Check […]
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