r/southafrica 6d ago

Mod Post Are you correctly registered to vote?

37 Upvotes

Ahead of the November Municipal Elections, a number of voter registration drives will be held. The first is scheduled to be on 20-21 June.

To check where you are registered, input your details in: https://www.elections.org.za/pw/Voter/Voter-Information

To check where you should be registered, find your address in: https://maps.elections.org.za/vsfinder/

If the two are not the same you need to re register at the "should be" voting station during the upcoming voter registration weekends.

It takes a few minutes to check that your details are correct. If you can, please also do so with the less technically included members of your friends and family.


r/southafrica 29d ago

Mod Post Xenophobic riots, discussions, etc.

25 Upvotes

We have noted the uptick of posts on the sub from various different political view points on the increase of xenophobia riots being perpetuated in South Africa.

To quell this situation on sub, I am highlighting our rules, once again:

Rule 1: Attack ideas, not people

Argue hard, disagree sharply, criticise politicians and bad ideas freely. Don't attack people for who they are: race, ethnicity, language, religion, gender, sexuality, or nationality. Apartheid is not defensible here.

Serves Principles 4 (post-apartheid community), 5 (frustration welcome, dehumanisation not), and 6 (good faith is the price of entry).

What this rule covers

This is the rule that does the most work on the sub. It draws one line: between attacking what someone thinks, does, or stands for, and attacking who they are. The first is welcome. The second is not.

What falls on the prohibited side:

  • Slurs and dehumanising language directed at any group
  • Hate speech: content that promotes discrimination, violence, or prejudice based on race, ethnicity, language, religion, gender, sexuality, nationality, or origin
  • Apartheid denialism, apologism, or "it wasn't all bad" framings
  • Denial or apologism for other genocides and crimes against humanity
  • Xenophobia, including the framing that any human being is "illegal"
  • Coded bigotry and dog-whistles: language designed to communicate prejudice while maintaining deniability
  • Personal attacks on other users that go to who they are rather than what they've said
  • Pile-ons and harassment, including targeted vote-following

https://www.reddit.com/r/southafrica/wiki/rules/

Break this rule and you will be banned.


r/southafrica 5h ago

Humour Dead Weight by Zapiro

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60 Upvotes

r/southafrica 14h ago

Discussion It's not just undocumented foreigners they want gone

153 Upvotes

Whenever criticisms of March and March's negative rhetoric of foreigners is discussed, their supporters will often say it's only undocumented immigrants they are after, but anyone actually paying attention knows, that is not the case.

I'm not saying the man in this clip speaks on behalf of all March and March supporters(nor do I know if he's even apart of March and March) but what I am saying is that his sentiment is shared by many. When you have jacinta ngobese zuma saying false generalizations such as foreigners commit most crimes, are entitled, are taking all the jobs, etc, how can we not expect broad anti-immigrant sentiment to grow.

We are 29 days away from that deadline, and if we already have school children attacking foreigners( look up kraaifontein student riot) I can't imagine what will happen then.

I won't stay silent as a propaganda movement preys misdirected anger. You don't have to speak up, but at least keep yourself educated on the facts and share them with people who are being misled.


r/southafrica 5h ago

News Liam Jacobs makes dramatic return to DA ahead of 2026 elections - IOL

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r/southafrica 1d ago

Picture Capitec must be doing something right.

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323 Upvotes

Three sets of queues for banking and people seem prepared to wait.

Edit:

Only one queue was for the ATM and it was the shortest.


r/southafrica 16h ago

Self-Promotion Please help us translate requests for the languages of South Africa on Reddit!

40 Upvotes

Hi folks!

We're mods over at r/translator. We always strive to make our multilingual community the universal place on Reddit to go for a translation, no matter what language people may be looking for. We are however somewhat lacking in coverage for languages of South Africa, and were hoping some wonderful multilingual people here could help us out.

Would anyone be interested in helping translate any future requests for these languages on r/translator? You don't even need to subscribe to our subreddit! We usually get a request for it very occasionally and most requests that come in are pretty simple and casual and don't need advanced knowledge. If there's a language that you know that isn't on the list, you can also sign up for that, no problem. (We have a decent number of people already in the database for Afrikaans, but I'm including it in the table for coverage's sake)

You can easily unsubscribe from those messages at any time.


We have a notifications system that only sends you a message when a request for a specific language comes in. Just send a message to our subreddit bot at the link below.

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Thank you!


r/southafrica 5h ago

News Makashule Gana — the man with President Ramaphosa’s head in his hands - Daily Maverick

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r/southafrica 1d ago

Nostalgia I miss tuning in to SABC 3 just for Isidingo

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99 Upvotes

r/southafrica 23h ago

Humour Mosquitos in the summer time... Yoh, it gets rough...

79 Upvotes

r/southafrica 1d ago

Picture Beautys!

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54 Upvotes

I just love the coloring of these beautiful, intelligent animals


r/southafrica 1d ago

Discussion I wish for a place where you can live in anything you want.

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166 Upvotes

There is a certain income group like myself. The income is enough to survive. Having a 25yr old car, TV, electricity & running water. However not enough to buy property. When I am on retirement, the cost of rental increases is going to make my life hell. Hence, I possibly going to end up in a squatter camp or Wendy house in someone's backyard. I wish there was a system where one could go stay in one of these godforsaken towns. All I need is a place where I could pull in an old bus, shipping container, Wendy house, caravan or whatever is in my means. Only needs to be connected to running water & sewage system. Don't need Eskom's stuff. The main thing is not having too serious bylaws restricting in what you live. I think there are a bunch of other people in my situation.


r/southafrica 1d ago

Humour Nah...

70 Upvotes

r/southafrica 21h ago

News IEC flags Rise Mzansi’s R30 million as DA tops political funding donations: Here is how much they got - IOL

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r/southafrica 21h ago

News Rise Mzansi's Makashule Gana elected impeachment committee chairperson - eNCA

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r/southafrica 21h ago

News ANC Women’s League will not fire Tolashe | News24

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r/southafrica 1h ago

Politics Naziforum really leaning into their new name

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r/southafrica 1d ago

Discussion SARS Penalty Advice needed: R9k in penalties drawn from my account

24 Upvotes

Hey Everyone,

A few years back (2022 tax year) I changed jobs. Somewhere between, my taxes weren't filed properly and my 2022 tax return wasn't filed at all.

I wound up with a R250 penalty, but I had no idea what was happening and where the problem was so I requested and filed a return. But it wasn't for right year, and the penalty kept going up. I tried on various occasions to dispute, but since I honestly didn't know what I was doing with the e-filing, I essentially made zero progress in trying to dispute the penalty.

I am completely compliant and the 2022 return has been filed. I don't owe any taxes.

It reached a point of R9000 and they handed me over to debt collectors. And in April 2026, SARS basically drained my account of the R9000.

I finally reached out to an auditor who has been trying to assist pro-bono, but they sent me a mail the other day stating:

- Please be advised that we have tried to waiver the admin penalties but it was declined by SARS, the reason they keep on declining the matter is because the debt was settled! It relates to the 2022 tax year assessment penalties and three (3) years have lapsed.

I don't know what to do next. I've reached out to the auditor, but since they're assisting me at no cost, they aren't giving me more feedback.

Is my R9k lost? Do I still stand any chance? Does anyone have any suggestions, or experienced anything similar?

Thanks in advance guys!


r/southafrica 1d ago

Self-Promotion Looking to sell some art pieces

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385 Upvotes

As much as I love to create art, a lot of my artwork is starting to take up too much space around my room and i’m looking for anyone who’s willing to buy for a negotiable price.

If you or anyone else is interested in any of these pieces please let me know!! message me for the sizing and how much you’re willing to pay, money on the paintings is just for scale.


r/southafrica 1d ago

News Court dismisses homeowner’s bid to overturn default judgment over luxurious estate levy debt - IOL

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r/southafrica 2d ago

Discussion Gambling - Don’t even start

212 Upvotes

I think more emphasis should be placed on the dangers of gambling. When they told us to stay in school, don’t do drugs they should’ve added “never start gambling”

I made a terrible judgement call last night. Placed R10K on PSG to win against Arsenal - 2.4 odds, total cash payout of R24K. Did my research, went through the patterns, did the stats, everything!

Well, my prediction was right but 1x2 means they had to win within 90 minutes. They didn’t. Now I’m 10K down and I’m back paddling trying to find ways to pay for my rent.

I’m sharing this to raise awareness about the dangers of gambling - not only can it be addictive, of which isn’t the case for me, I just saw an opportunity to double my money at the time, but it can also mess up your finances in a very bad way. Like homeless-level bad.


r/southafrica 1d ago

News Ramaphosa will not interdict impeachment committee’s preliminary work - News24

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r/southafrica 2d ago

Picture Photos of some of the new displays in the “Regiments Room” which recently unveiled at the South African National Museum of Military History in Johannesburg.

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278 Upvotes

r/southafrica 22h ago

News Kruger returns to its owners – The Mail & Guardian

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r/southafrica 1d ago

News Bafana Bafana's World Cup departure delayed in visa 'debacle'

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58 Upvotes