{"id":30619,"date":"2026-04-02T12:48:42","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T10:48:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=30619"},"modified":"2026-04-02T12:50:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T10:50:09","slug":"sa-elections-drive-kicks-off-with-new-iec-branding","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/sa-elections-drive-kicks-off-with-new-iec-branding\/","title":{"rendered":"SA elections drive kicks off with new IEC branding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"x_elementtoproof\"><span style=\"background-color: var(--global--color-background); color: var(--global--color-primary); font-family: var(--global--font-secondary); font-size: var(--global--font-size-base);\">As preparations for the upcoming local government elections in South Africa (SA) gain momentum, the Electoral Commission today officially unveiled the identity logo and tagline, &#8220;Get Up, Show Up, Vote&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">The commission says the launch signals its readiness to deliver the elections.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">It also noted that the preparations are at an advanced stage.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Last month the commission announced that a nationwide voter registration weekend would take place on June 20 and 21.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">The date for the elections is yet to be announced.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">&#8211;Channel Africa&#8211;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":30623,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[78,26],"class_list":["post-30619","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-featured","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"","published_date":"","news_description":"Electoral Commission today officially unveiled the identity logo","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/30619","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/30619\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30624,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/30619\/revisions\/30624"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30623"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=30619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}