Two KZN wards to hold by-elections due to councillor vacancies

Two KwaZulu-Natal wards are among five across the country that will hold by-elections following the recent local government elections.

Two KwaZulu-Natal wards are among five across the country set to hold by-elections following the recent Local Government Elections.

The IEC says some were triggered by the deaths of ward councillor candidates.

"In Ward 16, which is Raymond Mhlaba Municipality in the Eastern Cape, it was an ANC candidate who passed away. In Ward 12, Merafong Municipality in Gauteng, again, it was an ANC candidate. In Ward 17, uMlalazi Municipality in KwaZulu-Natal, was an Inkatha Freedom Party candidate," IEC chairperson Mosotho Moepya said on Friday.

Moepya spoke in Centurion on the outstanding processes that will bring the election cycle to a conclusion.

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He said two by-election cases involve political parties that redesignated ward councillors who won more than one ward seat.

"The first one is in KwaZulu-Natal in Ward 12. In the Phumani Phungula Municipality, this involved the uMkhonto weSizwe party candidate. Another case is in the Free State in Ward 13, Dihlabeng Municipality, involving an ANC candidate. Therefore, there will be two by-elections emanating from this scenario from this vacated ward seat."

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Meanwhile, the ANC held an extended special National Executive Committee meeting on Thursday to chart a way forward following the local government polls.

The party has been pushed out of the leading position in several key metros, including eThekwini, Johannesburg, Tshwane, and Ekurhuleni.

The ANC took 30 per cent of the vote in municipal elections, its worst-ever electoral performance.

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