2024 Elections Date South Africa. Wednesday, 29 may 2024 marks the country’s seventh democratic election. Ramaphosa determined the date “in accordance with section 49(2) of.

Significantly, this year marked the 30th anniversary of the country’s 1994 election, which was the first to be held after the fall of legislated apartheid and the first to be held. To ensure that south africans have sufficient time to make their way to the polls to have their vote counted.