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The ANC’s emphatic victory in the municipal by-elections forces a reassessment of the damage that may have been done by the Marikana massacre.
The ANC’s by-elections win in eight out of nine wards in the North West is a boost for a bigger contest to reclaim control of the province.
The ANC is celebrating its win in Tlokwe, but with one eye already on the upcoming September by-elections
The ANC in Tlokwe has split its attention between the highly contested by-elections and the preparations for a massive celebration party.
Despite many voters speaking poorly of the ANC in Tlokwe, the party has won this by-election round.
The residents of Tlokwe have cast what they called "the vote to end the era of political loyalty" during the first round of by-elections.
The DA says voter confidence is high in Potchefstroom ahead of Wednesday’s by-elections, despite the ANC’s electioneering tactics.
Residents of Tlokwe should back the ANC in next year’s national elections, the South African Communist Party has said.
The ANC in the North West has vowed to pull out all the stops to win the forthcoming by-elections in Tlokwe and elsewhere in the province.
The ANC has finally decided to respect a court ruling and hand over the Tlokwe municipality’s mayoral position to the Democratic Alliance.
Ousted Tlokwe mayor Maphetle Maphetle would not leave his office as ordered by a court because he plans to appeal, says an ANC spokesperson.
The North Gauteng High Court has dismissed an application to nullify the council meeting at which Tlokwe mayor Maphetle Maphetle was unseated.
The battle for the mayoral position of Tlokwe municipality remains unresolved, although the high court judge disputed arguments made by the ANC.
Judge Neil Tuchten has said that the "long-suffering" people of Tlokwe should not have to foot the bill in the ANC-DA battle over the municipality.
Defence union Sandu has come out strongly against Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa–Nqakula’s "unlawful" use of a military helicopter.
ANC leaders Cyril Ramaphosa and Jessie Duarte have met the party’s Tlokwe councillors after the unseating of ANC mayor Maphetle Maphetle.
Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula’s use of a state aircraft to go to Tlokwe to receive a memorandum is an abuse of state resources, say the DA.
The ANC has served court papers on 48 Tlokwe municipal councillors, following mayor Maphetle Maphetle’s unseating, say the DA.
A meeting meant to resolve issues between the DA in Tlokwe municipality and ousted mayor Maphetle Maphetle has ended in threats of land grabs.
Even though the ANC should have acted faster on corruption claims against Tlokwe’s former mayor, he should not have been voted out, says the party.
The ANC has filed papers in the high court in Johannesburg against Tlokwe mayor Maphetle Maphetle’s unseating, says the party.
Several residents in Potchefstroom in the North West have embraced the deposing of ANC mayor Maphetle Maphetle.
DA Tlokwe mayor Annete Combrink has held informal talks with 14 ousted ANC councillors about cooperation between them.
The party has expelled 14 rebellious councillors and is watching other municipalities for mutiny, writes Mmanaledi Mataboge.
By-elections will be held in Tlokwe, in the North West, after 14 ANC councillors who voted to unseat mayor Maphetle Maphetle were expelled.
Former Tlokwe mayor Maphetle Maphetle and his mayoral committee are refusing to vacate their offices after being unseated, says the DA.
Fourteen ANC councillors who voted to unseat Tlokwe mayor Maphetle Maphetle have been expelled from the party.
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/ 7 February 2009
One of the signatories to a compromise settlement which would end the legal battles over renaming Potchefstroom Tlokwe has reneged on the agreement.