2021 local government election
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...
EFF leader Julius Malema held a briefing on the outcomes of the inaugural council meetings that led to Democratic Alliance councillors voted in as mayors. Here are the highlights. #EFF #LGE2021
The DA won the municipality from the ANC in the recent local government polls.
In the Western Cape, 15 communities still don't know who will officially govern them and the DA is open to coalition talks.
The EFF is pleased with their growth in the Cape during this year's local government elections, but claimed they had been robbed of some votes.
Johannesburg has been governed by coalitions since the 2016 municipal elections causing instability in various areas.
Many residents on the East Rand did not know who their ward councillor candidates were and instead voted for a party they felt they at least knew.
In previous years campaigning was not allowed in the period directly before the election but the social media age has forced the IEC to look at the law differently.
Businesses say the impact of poor service delivery meant that even under the more relaxed restrictions of the level 1 lockdown, they battled to recover from COVID-19.
The DA is the first of the big three parties to have its final rally ahead of the 1 November local government elections.
According to Amnesty International, almost 20 million people in South Africa do not have access to safe, reliable water and 14 million people do not have access to basic sanitation.
South Africa’s once grand hopes have collapsed into pettiness, cynicism and a lack of emancipatory vision. Renewal can only come from a democratic reconfiguration of the popular.
DA head of policy Gwen Ngwenya says there is nothing to celebrate at a local level, calling South Africa a “failed state”.
DA Gauteng leader Solly Msimanga said the party had no desire to be part of a coalition government in the City of Johannesburg.
DA leader John Steenhiusen says Joburg mayoral candidate Mpho Phalatse is a capable leader who would run the city with distinction.
Several grievances were left unattended as the party tried to make the IEC's 23 August deadline to submit candidate names.
Cooperative Governance Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma will give a briefing on the latest legal developments around the polls.
Party leader John Steenhuisen said the party had a proven track record where it governed and expected the party to do well at the polls.
The African National Congress (ANC) said the nomination process was followed by rigorous screening and interviews with regional panels and provincial list committees, describing the process as the most democratic and participatory in the country.