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Professor Barney Pityana
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Best minds must serve in local government — Pityana

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Port St Johns voters have mixed feelings over inclusion of ANC candidates on ballot

The Constitutional Court ruling allowing ANC councillor candidates to contest the November 4 local government elections has drawn mixed reactions in…

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Independent candidates to the fore in municipal elections

More than 100 independent candidates are stepping up to contest the upcoming municipal elections across the Eastern Cape, driven by mounting voter…

The UMkhonto we Sizwe Party senior leader, former ANC Buffalo City Metro councillor Nozizwe Otola.
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ANC accused of underhanded tactics ahead of election

Opposition parties in Buffalo City Metro have accused the ANC of employing underhanded election tactics, including defacing campaign posters and…

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Eastern Cape special vote applications more than double

South Afrtica's Constitutional Court in session.
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ConCourt reserves judgment in ANC appeal over missed IEC submission deadline

The Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) has firmly rejected the ANC's bid to register some of its ward and proportional representation…

Andile Lungisa
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Fresh twists in Lungisa saga

The ANC has been ordered to reinstate Andile Lungisa on its Nelson Mandela Bay proportional representation candidate list after the Johannesburg…

Audit outcomes
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Clean audits mean little without services, opposition warns

Opposition parties DA and EFF criticize the Eastern Cape government for celebrating improved audit outcomes, warning that financial achievements…

Andile Lungisa

BREAKING: ANC to appeal court ruling ordering Lungisa's reinstatement to candidate list

The ANC is appealing a Gauteng High Court ruling that ordered the party to reinstate Andile Lungisa to its candidate list, citing concerns over…

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Winning power, keeping power: report maps coalition risks

South African municipal coalitions that exclude the party with the most council seats are four times more likely to collapse, according to new…

EFF King Sabata Dalindyebo mayoral candidate Ncedo Kolanisi.

EFF creates app to facilitate reporting of complaints in KSD municipality

Residents in the King Sabata Dalindyebo municipality are reporting service delivery problems and labour issues directly to the EFF using the party's…

Parties, independent candidates promise to observe electoral code of conduct

Eastern Cape DA provincial leader Andrew Whitfield

DA announces four more mayoral candidates for Eastern Cape

The Democratic Alliance has announced four new mayoral candidates across Eastern Cape municipalities, seeking to capitalize on recent candidate…

Cogta MEC Zolile Williams.

Opposition welcomes decision to second Matiwane to troubled Mhlontlo municipality

Cogta MEC Zolile Williams has seconded former Matatiele municipal manager Lizo Matiwane to take charge of the troubled Mhlontlo local municipality…

Premier Oscar Mabuyane.

ANC and SACP must not burn bridges in election contest — Mabuyane

SA Communist Party (SACP) members holding public office on the ticket of their alliance partner, the ANC, should not be hounded out of office…

Eastern Cape DA provincial leader Andrew Whitfield has released the names of several mayoral candidates from the party

DA releases names of mayoral candidates as it seeks to make impact in Eastern Cape

The in the Eastern Cape is banking on 10 mayoral candidates to make further inroads into the province, including taking aim at two municipalities…

ANC provincial chair Oscar Mabuyane

Mabuyane takes Malema defamation battle to SCA

Eastern Cape premier and ANC provincial chairperson Oscar Mabuyane is taking his defamation battle against EFF leader Julius Malema to the Supreme…

ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula. Picture: Refilwe Kholomonyane
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ANC throws lifeline to mayoral candidates left off final list released by IEC

The ANC national leadership has offered a lifeline to senior provincial politicians whose names were left off the final PR candidate lists for the…

Secretary-General of the ANC Fikile Mbalula. Picture: Refilwe Kholomonyane

Mbalula refuses to retract claims in ANC candidate-list row

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Mayoral hopefuls promise to turn KSD around

From fixing potholes and streetlights to tackling crime, poverty and the rising cost of municipal services, mayoral hopefuls are promising to turn…