# Build One South Africa leader Mmusi Maimane has announced that the party will contest the upcoming local government elections in nine municipalities across Limpopo. Maimane was speaking during the launch of BOSA’s election campaign in Mphakane, Botlokwa. He says the party will field more than 100 candidates across the municipalities, representing residents who are […]
# Build One South Africa leader Mmusi Maimane says the party will cut unnecessary red tape for small businesses, and improve municipal procurement opportunities for local enterprises. Maimane was speaking during the launch of BOSA’s election campaign in Mphakane, Limpopo. He says they will use community meetings, ward-level service reporting and public performance targets to […]
# Die Verkiesingskommissie het die Verkiesingshof gevra om die ANC se appèl oor kandidatelyste vir ses munisipaliteite van die hand te wys. Die betrokke munisipaliteite is in die Oos-Kaap, KwaZulu-Natal en die Vrystaat. Die OVK sê die ANC het versuim om sy lyste voor die sperdatum in te dien en verwerp bewerings dat tegniese probleme […]
# The Electoral Commission has asked the Electoral Court to dismiss the ANC’s appeal over candidate lists for six municipalities. The affected municipalities are in the Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal and the Free State. The IEC says the ANC failed to formally submit its lists before the deadline and rejects claims that technical problems with its […]
# Die Instituut vir Rasseverhoudinge sê Suid-Afrika moet sy plaaslike regeringstelsel ingrypend heroorweeg, want dieselfde benadering vir alle munisipaliteite is nie meer doeltreffend nie. Hy sê munisipaliteite verskil heelwat wat betref ekonomiese grondslag, hulle vermoë om inkomste in te win, infrastruktuurbehoeftes en funksies wat hul kan verrig. Die instituut se woordvoerder Terence Corrigan sê ‘n […]
# Die Verkiesingskommissie sê die ANC moet aanspreeklikheid aanvaar nadat sy kandidatelyste vir ses munisipaliteite nie betyds ingedien is nie. Die ANC voer in sy aansoek in die Verkiesingshof aan die kandidaatbesonderhede is voor die sperdatum op die OVK se stelsel vasgelê, maar tegniese probleme het sy administrasie verhinder om die finale indiening te voltooi. […]
# The Institute of Race Relations says South Africa needs to radically rethink its local government system, as the one-size-fits-all approach isn’ts effective anymore. It argues municipalities differ enormously in their economic foundation, institutional capacity, revenue-raising potential, infrastructure needs and the functions they are capable of performing. IRR’s Terence Corrigan says a revised system has […]
# The Electoral Commission says the ANC must shoulder the responsibility for failing to submit its candidate lists for six municipalities on time. In its Electoral Court application, the ANC contends candidate information was captured and uploaded to the IEC’s system before the deadline, but technical problems prevented its administration from completing the final submissions. […]
# Die minister van Samewerkende Regering en Tradisionele Sake, Velenkosini Hlabisa, sê die interministeriële komitee vir 2026 se munisipale verkiesing verskerp voorbereidings vir die November-verkiesing. Hy het die komitee ontmoet om vordering te bepaal, samewerking te versterk en die nodige voorbereidings te tref vir die werk wat voorlê. Altesaam 546 geregistreerde partye sal aan die […]
