Minister Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma on gazetting date for 2021 Municipal Elections
20 September 2021
The Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA), Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma has today, 20 September 2021, gazetted the date of the municipal elections scheduled for 01 November 2021. This will be the sixth municipal election held in South Africa since the end of apartheid in 1994.
To comply with statutory and constitutional obligations, the Minister has to gazette the date of the coming elections. The gazette was done as per Constitution, section 159 read with the Municipal Structures Act, which prescribes that at the end of a five-year term of local government, elections must be held within a period of 90 days.
Gazzeting of the election date means that the IEC will seal the voters’ roll. The gazzeting of the date is taking us a step closer to voting day. We urge all South Africans who will be embarking on campaignings and canvassing for votes to do so responsibly, while respecting the Covid regulations and protocols.
Once the election results are confirmed, councils for all 48 districts, 8 metropolitan and 207 local municipalities in each of the country's nine provinces will be elected.