The DA and the ANC can now only wait for the outcome of Tlokwe by-election voting after a fierce battle for control over the municipality.
As former Tlokwe mayor Maphetle Maphetle takes up a post in the North West legislature, the ANC in the province has denied he was redeployed.
ANC Tlokwe chief whip Dakota Legoete says a municipality meeting in the North West had to be halted after the DA staged a walked out.
The independent candidates disqualified from taking part in Tlokwe’s recent by-elections were severely prejudiced, says the Electoral Court.
The removal of the ANC mayor in the North West’s Tlokwe local municipality has sparked a battle for ownership of expelled ANC councillors.
The ANC has filled six proportional representation councillor positions in the Tlokwe local municipality in Potchefstroom.
Former Tlokwe mayor Maphetle Maphetle and his mayoral committee are refusing to vacate their offices after being unseated, says the DA.
A forensic investigation has found large-scale mismanagement in Potchefstroom by the ANC.
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/ 17 January 2008
South Africa’s future growth could be severely compromised by the country’s lack of sufficient power capacity, the Democratic Alliance (DA) said on Thursday. DA spokesperson Hendrik Schmidt said: ”South Africa’s lack of reserve power capacity has now reached catastrophic proportions and if left unchecked threatens to undermine future growth prospects.”
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/ 17 January 2008
Power cuts are set to continue on Thursday, the Tshwane municipality said. ”Once again, load-shedding is due to Eskom generation constraints,” said municipal spokesperson Console Tleane. He said there was a slim chance that load-shedding would not be as ”intense” on Friday.