Elections
Malema: Disbandment of Limpopo structures was due to low votes during LGE
EFF leader Julius Malema on Tuesday confirmed the decision, which he announced to his party during its weekend plenum.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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IFP appoints new mayor in uMhlathuze after Nkonzoyakhe Dando resigns
Party constituency head in uMhlathuze Xolani Ngwezi has now taken over the mayoral position.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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).
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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.
