# Civic Root Advocacy says the delayed processing of the Coalition Bill in Parliament reveals government’s inherent lack of urgency in solving the challenges facing local government. The legislation aims to standardise coalition frameworks within local governments. The Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs wants the bill passed and signed into law before the […]
# Die minister van Binnelandse Sake, Leon Schreiber, waarsku Suid-Afrikaners wat identiteitsdokumente moet kry om dadelik aansoek te doen voor November se munisipale verkiesing. Hy vra ook diegene wat hul ID’s moet gaan haal om dit so gou moontlik te doen. Teen verlede maand was daar meer as 370-duisend slim-ID’s wat afgehaal moes word. Schreiber […]
# Minister of Home Affairs, Leon Schreiber, is urging South Africans who still need their identity documents to apply now in preparation for the November local government elections. He is also appealing to the citizens who have not yet collected their IDs to do so as soon as possible. As of last month, the department […]
# Die Verkiesingshof het ʼn dringende aansoek van die nuwe United Democratic Front verwerp om ekstra tyd te kry om wykskandidate vir die munisipale verkiesing te benoem nadat hy die 28 Augustus-sperdatum misgeloop het. Die UDF sê nadat hy geregistreer het, het hy slegs vier dae tyd gehad om kandidate te identifiseer en aan te […]
# Die ANC het die Verkiesingshof genader om te appelleer teen die Verkiesingskommissie se besluit om nie indiening van kandidaatlyste ná die sperdatum toe te laat nie. Die party beweer “tegniese probleme” het veroorsaak dat hy die 28 Augustus-sperdatum om kandidate in KwaZulu-Natal, die Oos-Kaap en Vrystaat te registreer, misgeloop het. Die kommissie verwerp bewerings […]
# The Electoral Court has dismissed an urgent application by the newly registered United Democratic Front, which wanted extra time to nominate ward candidates for the local government elections. This is despite missing the 28 August deadline. The UDF argued that after the finalisation of its registration, it only had four days to identify and […]
# The ANC has approached the Electoral Court seeking to appeal the IEC’s decision not to reopen candidate list submissions. This follows the party’s claim that “technical glitches” caused it to miss the 28 August deadline to register party candidates in KwaZulu-Natal, the Eastern Cape and the Free State. The IEC has rejected claims that […]
# Die Afrika Mayibuye-beweging verdedig sy besluit om die voormalige transito-rooftog-oortreder Themba “SkeemGP” Nzimande as sy burgemeesterskandidaat vir die Stad Ekurhuleni aan te wys. Die aankondiging het hewige openbare kritiek ontlok. Die nasionale woordvoerder, Sidney Baloyi, sê die besluit is gegrond op die beginsels van herstellende geregtigheid en die oortuiging dat mense kan verander. Hy […]
# Die president van die Afrika Mayibuye-beweging, Floyd Shivambu, sê die party sal munisipaliteite se tenderstelsel skrap omdat dit grootliks verantwoordelik is vir korrupsie en swak dienslewering. Hy het party se plaaslike regeringsverkiesings-veldtog bekend gestel in Midrand, Gauteng. Shivambu sê politieke leiers gebruik dikwels tenders om hulself te verryk. Hy voer aan munisipaliteite moet die […]
