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.
The article? “Paraffin for poor fuels outrage” (September 18) contains allegations that are factually incorrect.
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 ANC will be going all out to win the six outstanding wards where it claims it has majority support.
The Independent Electoral Commission should never become a political football between electoral rivals.
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
