How It Works
South Africans voting for South Africans — no cash prizes, just bragging rights and community pride. Here's how voting works, and the different ways to get a poll (or a person) on the site.
Voting
STEP 1
Buy credits, once
Packs start at R10 — see full pricing. Credits never expire.
STEP 2
Pick who you're backing
Any contestant on the site. Every poll has its own live leaderboard.
STEP 3
Vote instantly, every time
Spending credits to vote never touches a payment gateway, so every vote after your first top-up lands instantly — no delay, no approval step.
Don't want to spend? Free participation counts too — sharing and chatting builds your status (Hypeman/Legend) the same way backing builds Supporter/Kingmaker status. See full pricing for exact credit packs.
Starting Your Own Poll
Two ways in — whichever's faster for you.
Instant — build it yourself right now
Back 500 votes worth (any contestant, any poll) or share 5 times, and the on-site form unlocks — no waiting on anyone.
Try the instant formPrefer TikTok to a form? Post a video instead — manually curated, no threshold to unlock, just a good idea clearly made:
Starting a brand new poll
#WhoRunsSAPoll
1Film your pitch
Make the case for a poll — who's competing, why South Africans should care. 30-60 seconds is plenty.
2Post it tagged #WhoRunsSAPoll
Tag your video with #WhoRunsSAPoll so we actually find it. Public account, or it won't show up in the tag.
3We watch the tag & add it
Our team checks #WhoRunsSAPoll regularly. Strong ideas get built into a real poll on the site — no eligibility threshold needed, this path is manually curated.
Nominating Someone Into an Existing Poll
Already into a poll but the person you want isn't on it yet? Same TikTok path, different hashtag.
Nominating someone into an existing poll
#WhoRunsSANominate
1Film your case
Already a poll you're into? Make a video nominating a specific person or entry that isn't on there yet — and why they deserve a spot.
2Post it tagged #WhoRunsSANominate
Tag it #WhoRunsSANominate and say which poll it's for in the caption (e.g. "for #WhoRunsSAPoll best rapper").
3We add strong nominations
We review #WhoRunsSANominate the same way — a good one gets added straight into that poll's leaderboard.
Tagging a video doesn't guarantee it gets added — we're a small team manually watching these tags, so it may take a few days, and not everything makes the cut.