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

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 vote tiers.

Starting Your Own Poll

Two ways in — whichever's faster for you.

Prefer 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

1

Film your pitch

Make the case for a poll — who's competing, why South Africans should care. 30-60 seconds is plenty.

2

Post it tagged #WhoRunsSAPoll

Tag your video with #WhoRunsSAPoll so we actually find it. Public account, or it won't show up in the tag.

3

We 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

1

Film 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.

2

Post it tagged #WhoRunsSANominate

Tag it #WhoRunsSANominate and say which poll it's for in the caption (e.g. "for #WhoRunsSAPoll best rapper").

3

We 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.