# The Human Sciences Research Council says more than 80-percent of voters expressed confidence in the Electoral Commission following this week’s local government elections. Benjamin Roberts of the Council says the survey indicates that this year, 81-percent of voters trusted the IEC, while 83-percent were confident that their votes would be counted accurately:
# Die ekonoom verbonde aan die Noordwes-Universiteit se sakeskool, Raymond Parsons, sê vanjaar se plaaslikeregeringsverkiesing het ‘n positiewe sein aan beleggers gestuur, wat toon vrye en regverdige verkiesings is goed vir die ekonomie. Parsons sê die uitslae bevestig ‘n verdere verskuiwing na veelparty-koalisies in munisipaliteite, en koalisie-onderhandelinge moet politieke bestendigheid verseker as plaaslike ekonomiese ontwikkeling […]
# The Human Sciences Research Council says the 4 November local government elections were free and fair. A survey of more than 13-thousand voters shows that 90-percent believed the elections were free and 91-percent said they were fair. Most voters were also satisfied with the service provided by election officials. The council’s Benjamin Roberts told […]
# North West University Business School economist Raymond Parsons says this year’s local government elections have sent a positive signal to investors, showing that free and fair elections are good for the economy. Parsons says the results confirm a further shift towards multiparty coalitions in municipalities, and coalition negotiations must deliver political stability if local […]
# Build One South Africa se leier, Mmusi Maimane, beskryf hulle eerste deelname aan die verkiesing as ‘n strategiese weerspieëling en belangrike beginpunt vir toekomstige groei. Hy het in Midrand, Gauteng, gesê BOSA het verteenwoordiging verseker in al die metro’s en verskeie distriksmunisipaliteite. Maimane sê die party sal die uitslae aanwend om sy strukture te […]
# The South African Poultry Association is calling for the withdrawal of the rebate on the annual 72-thousand-tonne US chicken import quota. This follows the announcement that South Africa will lose preferential trade access under the African Growth and Opportunity Act from January. The association plans to engage the minister of Trade, Industry and Competition Parks […]
# RISE Mzansi is vol vertroue oor sy prestasie in die munisipale verkiesing. Woordvoerder Mabine Seabe sê hul veldtog is doelbewus op sewe munisipaliteite in Gauteng gerig, waar daar reeds ‘n gevestigde ondersteuningsbasis is. Vroeë uitslae toon die party het bykans 2,4-persent van die wyk-stemme verwerf, wat neerkom op meer as 14-duisend stemme. Hy sê […]
# ActionSA says it is willing to negotiate with any political party following the local government elections, to secure another five-year term for Tshwane mayoral candidate Nasiphi Moya. ActionSA national chairperson Michael Beaumont says potential coalition partners must commit to service delivery, political stability, fighting corruption and addressing illegal immigration. He says the party will […]
# Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment David Maynier welcomes the conviction of a man who tried to smuggle 50 protected parrot eggs out of South Africa through OR Tambo International Airport in Gauteng. Maynier says the Thai national was sentenced to a five-year suspended prison term or a 500-thousand-rand fine, with 300-thousand-rand to […]
