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New parties jump in ahead of next poll
The Citizen
|August 27, 2025
Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) CEO Sy Mamabolo has confirmed that more South Africans have officially entered the political fray with their own political parties.
Mamabolo announced that the IEC has registered 34 new political parties since May 2024, with 13 of these registered in the last month.
This brings the total number of registered parties in the country to 472. Of these, 287 will contest elections nationally, while 185 are on a provincial, district or metro level.
The parties entered the political fray just as President Cyril Ramaphosa gazetted a proclamation to increase the threshold and limit for political party donations.
This story is from the August 27, 2025 edition of The Citizen.
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