南非总统府部长库姆布佐·恩沙维尼呼吁合格公民参加该国的地方政府选举投票。她特别号召年轻人帮助塑造其社区，并让当选议员承担责任。此次投票将直接影响全国各市政当局。
South Africa's Minister in the Presidency, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, has urged eligible citizens to vote in the country's local government elections. She called on young people in particular to help shape their communities and hold elected councillors accountable. The vote will directly affect municipalities nationwide.
南非总统府部长库姆布佐·恩沙维尼呼吁合格公民参加该国全国性的地方政府选举投票。她强调，参与投票，特别是年轻选民的参与，将有助于塑造其社区的发展方向，并让当选议员上任后承担责任。
South Africa's Minister in the Presidency, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, has called on eligible citizens to vote in the country's nationwide local government elections. She stressed that participation, particularly by younger voters, would help shape the direction of their communities and keep elected councillors accountable once in office.
地方选举决定谁将进入负责日常市政服务（如供水、供电、垃圾收集和道路维护）的议会，这意味着投票直接关系到非洲工业化程度最高的经济体的日常治理。近年来的地方选举周期中，联合政府变得更为常见，这有时使个别市政当局的服务提供变得复杂。
Local elections determine who sits on the councils responsible for day-to-day municipal services such as water, electricity, refuse collection and road maintenance, meaning the vote has a direct bearing on everyday governance in the continent's most industrialised economy. Coalition administrations have become more common in recent local election cycles, which has at times complicated service delivery in individual municipalities.
当局还加强了投票站周边的安全措施，官员正密切关注投票率，并将其与以往几轮投票进行对比。预计一旦全国选票全部清点完毕，结果将重塑省级和市政层面的政治力量对比，并决定现有联合安排的命运。
Authorities have also stepped up security measures around polling, and officials are watching turnout closely against previous rounds of voting. The results are expected to reshape political balances at provincial and municipal level, and to determine the fate of existing coalition arrangements, once ballots are fully counted nationwide.