The Constitutional Court has ruled that local government elections can go ahead on August 3 without a complete voters’ roll.
A Concourt decision to set aside the by-elections results in Tlokwe has left opposition parties questioning the motives of both the ANC and IEC.
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Eight independent candidates from Tlokwe municipality claim that last month’s by-elections were rigged and want the results set aside.
The ANC has drawn on the power of Nelson Mandela’s name to attract voters into the Tlokwe by-elections driven away by party infighting.
The ANC has won all six contested wards in the Tlokwe by-elections to take back control of the embattled municipality.
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.
Residents of Tlokwe are voting in by-elections to decide whether the ANC regains control of the municipality.
A growing number of Supra Mahumapelo supporters in leadership positions provides North West ANC with a chance to reclaim Tlokwe from the DA.
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 ANC has allegedly attempted to re-take control of Tlokwe by "sneaking in" a motion of no confidence in DA mayor Annette Combrink.
Public protector Thuli Madonsela’s office has said she will investigate the handing out of food in Tlokwe by the minister of social development.
The DA has not attended a council meeting in Tlokwe, saying it contravened the council’s rules of order and the Municipal Structures Act.
The Independent Electoral Commission should never become a political football between electoral rivals.
The ANC will be going all out to win the six outstanding wards where it claims it has majority support.
The ANC has won two of the three wards contested in Wednesday’s by-elections in the Potchefstroom-based Tlokwe local municipality.
As Tlokwe residents elect three new municipal councillors, EFF members have focused on the two wards contested by independent candidates.
The Democratic Alliance is confident it will come out on top, despite the ANC winning eight out of nine wards last month
Following a court’s decision to rule in favour of six independent candidates in Tlokwe, the credibility of the IEC has been put under the spotlight.
The Electoral Court in Bloemfontein has passed judgment on an application to postpone by-elections in Tlokwe.
The DA’s Lindiwe Mazibuko, who was in Tlokwe campaigning ahead of upcoming municipal by-elections, has criticised the ANC and situation in Tlkowe.
The government says it’s not giving Tlokwe residents food in return for votes in the upcoming by-elections.
The party has pulled out all the stops to win votes, including luring over opposition candidates, writes Mmanaledi Mataboge.
The ousted Tlokwe mayor, facing fraud charges, seems to have reached the end of the line, with the DA saying the ANC "knows" he has to be dismissed.
The ANC has expressed contentment as members of the party’s national working committee have been sent to Tlokwe to campaign ahead of by-elections.
Eight of the 14 Tlokwe councillors who were expelled from the ANC last month have registered independently with the IEC, says a report.
None of the 14 former North West ANC councillors reinstated as party members over the weekend appear on the ANC’s list of by-election candidates.
ANC national disciplinary committee chair Derek Hanekom says the expulsion of 14 Tlokwe councillors has been overturned following a misconduct furore.
NWU management has defended its controversial language policy, which sees non Afrikaans-speaking students using translation headsets during lectures.
PODCAST: The ANC in the North West says a report alleging Tlokwe’s former mayor Maphetle Maphetle was corrupt did not contain such evidence.