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FILE: EFF Leader Malema. Picture: EFF/Twitter.

Elections

Malema: Disbandment of Limpopo structures was due to low votes during LGE

By Tshidi Madia

EFF leader Julius Malema on Tuesday confirmed the decision, which he announced to his party during its weekend plenum.

  • Joburg Mayor Mpho Phalatse and her mayoral committee members. Picture: @CityofJoburgZA/Twitter

    Phalatse says multi-party mayoral committee will put Joburg residents first

    When naming her multi-party committee, the mayor also announced that negotiations with smaller parties had yielded a majority coalition government in Johannesburg.

    157 days ago
  • FILE: City of Tshwane Mayor Randall Williams. Picture: @CityTshwane/Twitter

    Williams relieved Tshwane council could secure major coalition govt

    The Democratic Alliance (DA) held talks with other parties to enter into the agreement, which saw the allocation of mayoral committee posts among different party officials, including those belonging to ActionSA and the Freedom Front Plus.

    157 days ago
  • Joburg Mayor Mpho Phalatse and her mayoral committee members. Picture: @CityofJoburgZA/Twitter

    One team: Joburg Mayor Phalatse, multi-party mayoral committee sworn in

    Joburg Mayor Mpho Phalatse has encouraged MMCs to set their political differences aside and focus on serving Joburg residents.

    157 days ago
  • The City of Tshwane mayoral committee on 14 December 2021. Picture: @CityTshwane/Twitter

    Tshwane Mayor Randall Williams names multi-party mayoral committee

    The multi-party agreement reached has seen the inclusion of councillors from ActionSA and the Freedom Front Plus, similar to the approach adopted in Joburg on Monday.

    157 days ago
  • Joburg Mayor Mpho Phalatse. Picture: @CityofJoburgZA/Twitter

    Phalatse: No political party got what they wanted within Joburg metro

    Joburg Mayor Mpho Phalatse said that the current situation of a hung council meant that everyone had to compromise.

    158 days ago
  • City of Johannesburg Mayor Mpho Phalatse announces her mayoral committee members at a briefing in Braamfontein on 13 December 2021. Picture: @CityofJoburgZA/Twitter

    Joburg Mayor Mpho Phalatse names 10-person mayoral committee

    The mayor made the announcement at a press briefing in Braamfontein on Monday following weeks of negotiations between political parties that earned the governing Democratic Alliance (DA) criticism over the delays.

    158 days ago
  • Joburg Mayor Mpho Phalatse. Picture: @CityofJoburgZA/Twitter

    JHB Mayor Phalatse to announce mayoral committee

    This comes nearly a month after the swearing in of councillors in the hung metro with reports of deadlocks and disagreements within ActionSA and the Democratic Alliance’s coalition.

    158 days ago
  • Sanef logo. Picture: Sanef website.

    Sanef calls for arrests following threats to SABC journos who covered elections

    The South African National Editors' Forum is calling on law-enforcement agencies to investigate and arrest those threatening the lives of SABC's Lesedi FM journalists for covering the local government elections in the Free State.

    159 days ago
  • New City of Ekurhuleni Mayor Tania Campbell. Picture: City of Ekurhuleni/Twitter.

    Ekurhuleni Metro announces mayoral committee following coalition agreements

    The metro had been without mayoral committee members since parties such as ActionSA, Freedom Front Plus, UDM and EFF supported the DA to become the leading party.

    160 days ago
  • Dr Nkonzoyakhe Donda. Picture: uMhlathuze Municipality/Facebook.

    IFP appoints new mayor in uMhlathuze after Nkonzoyakhe Dando resigns

    Party constituency head in uMhlathuze Xolani Ngwezi has now taken over the mayoral position.

    163 days ago
  • FILE: The ANC's Gauteng secretary Jacob Khawe. Picture: Eyewitness News.

    ANC’s Khawe reflects on LGE results: Maybe our leadership could be better

    The party said it failed to provide adequate leadership leading to the bloodbath at the local government elections last month.

    164 days ago
  • Nkomazi Local Municipality Mayor Johan Mkhatshwa. Picture: nkomazi.gov.za

    ANC to take disciplinary action against Nkomazi Mayor Johan Mkhatshwa

    The ANC in Mpumalanga is reacting to the behaviour of Johan Mkhatshwa who ignored party instructions in his bid to return as Nkomazi mayor.

    169 days ago
  • ActionSA leader Herman Mashaba (left) holds a media briefing at the IEC results operation centre in Pretoria on 3 November 2021. Picture: Xanderleigh Dookey Makhaza/Eyewitness News

    DA still hasn’t announced Gauteng MMCs as talks with ActionSA stall

    ActionSA leader Herman Mashaba - whose mayoral ambitions were crushed - has confirmed the two parties met on Monday to discuss MMCs in Johannesburg, Tshwane and Ekurhuleni.

    171 days ago
  • Voters queue at a voting station on 1 November 2021. Picture: Theto Mahlakoana/Eyewitness News

    SABC rejects Mbalula claims that its coverage to blame for poor voter turnout

    SABC management believes that SABC News covered the polls in line with its editorial policies and Icasa's election regulations.

    175 days ago
  • FILE: African National Congress (ANC) head of elections, Fikile Mbalula, briefs the media on 16 September 2021 on the party's plans for 2021 local government elections. Picture: @MbalulaFikile/Twitter

    Blame game doesn't help us, says ANC's Mbalula in wake of polls

    African National Congress (ANC) head of elections, Fikile Mbalula, that the party had started to evaluate what went wrong, adding that their biggest loss came from Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal.

    175 days ago
  • President Cyril Ramaphosa responds to oral questions from Members of Parliament in the National Assembly Chamber in Parliament in Cape Town on 25 November 2021. Picture: @ParliamentofRSA/Twitter

    Jury still out on whether coalition govts will work, Ramaphosa tells MPs

    President Cyril Ramaphosa said that those elected to councils should put the interests of people first and not their parties.

    176 days ago
  • EFF leader Julius Malema at a press briefing on 16 November 2021. Picture: @EFFSoutAfrica/Twitter.

    EFF swallowed its pride by backing ‘arrogant’ DA in council sittings: Malema

    Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema said that although they had been insulted by the Democratic Alliance (DA) in the past, their focus was on saving South Africa from the African National Congress (ANC).

    176 days ago
  • FILE: African National Congress (ANC) head of elections, Fikile Mbalula, briefs the media on 16 September 2021 on the party's plans for 2021 local government elections. Picture: @MbalulaFikile/Twitter

    Mbalula: We spoke to several parties about possible coalitions but not the DA

    He was briefing the media on Thursday after talks on coalitions following the municipal elections.

    176 days ago
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