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Riverside Herald

With South Africa’s 4 November local polls approaching amid fragile metro coalitions and fading voter trust, independents near taxi ranks and markets need verif
On a weekday morning at a taxi rank in Ekurhuleni, campaign posters go up on a municipal notice board while a salon owner unlocks her shutters and checks whether yesterday’s WhatsApp voice note still says she is open. The two scenes look unrelated. For independent traders, they are not. South Africa’s next local government elections are set for Wednesday, 4 November 2026, after President Cyril Ramaphosa confirmed the date and the Electoral Commission welcomed the clarity for…