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Make your X

Yolandi Groenewald sifted through pages and pages of manifestos to offer an abridged guide on where the parties stand on key issues.

One visit, one vote?

The local councillor does not live in the area, seldom visits and "doesn't really know what is going on, otherwise they would have built houses" ...

Nelspruit's Boeremafia rock the capital

Like Mafia-type organisations around the world, the "Boere-mafia" of Nelspruit operate with stealth.

From council to community

It has proven valuable to stage local government elections at a different time from those of national and provincial government.

Who are the graft-busters?

It will take more than vague policy to tackle corruption at the site of service delivery, argue Andile Sokomani and Hennie van Vuuren.

If I were mayor ...

Helen Zille for the Democratic Alliance.

Facing a huge challenge head-on

Nomaindia Mfeketo for the African National Congress.

A ward with a view

Capetonians, for better or worse, are moving back to the central business district.

Citizens are customers

Simon Grindrod for the Independent Democrats.

Dust to dust

Not too long ago, the phrases "leafy suburb" and "dusty streets" were synonymous with white and black areas respectively.