Independent Candidates 2024 In South African Parliament. Johannesburg — south africa’s ruling african national congress party has lost its outright majority for the first time in a devastating blow for the party once led. On 17 april 2023, the president of the republic of south africa signed the electoral amendment bill into law.

The country’s polls are more about the parties, but several personalities dominate the election discourse. This list includes both political parties and independent candidates who are eligible to appear on the ballots for the national assembly elections at the national and regional levels, as well.