Parties to remove election posters

[LazyLion]

Political parties have 10 days after the elections to remove campaign posters, the City of Cape Town said on Tuesday.

According to standard election rules parties had until last Saturday to remove the posters, city spokeswoman Priya Reddy said.

"However, after discussions, we have decided to give the parties a few extra days' grace to remove posters before we get our contractors to start removing them.

"We will start removing all election posters from Thursday 22nd May," she said.

If parties failed to do so in Cape Town they would be fined R88.40 per poster or R126.90 per pasted poster removed.

The Electoral Commission of SA (IEC) said the removal was regulated by municipal by-laws.

"The IEC is not involved at all," spokeswoman Kate Bapela said.

The City of Johannesburg said it had been in consultation with various political parties regarding the posters.

"A penalty for illegal posters is R1000 per illegal poster," it said.

"According to the by-laws, there is a seven days' grace period to remove all political party posters."

However, the city council was yet to announce a final deadline for the removal of all election posters.

The eThekwini council in Durban gave parties three months to remove their posters. Failing this the municipality would remove them and claim R50 per poster, spokeswoman Tozi Mthethwa said.


Source : Sapa /gq/jk/jje/th
Date : 20 May 2014 13:38

 

[R13...]

I wonder if a municipality will fine their own political when found to have contravened this poster removal rule. The only party that has removed all posters in my area is COPE. While the DA have not removed their in our suburb (others have), but removed all in town leaving only the ANC.

 

[Sonic2k]

I wonder if a municipality will fine their own political when found to have contravened this poster removal rule. The only party that has removed all posters in my area is COPE. While the DA have not removed their in our suburb (others have), but removed all in town leaving only the ANC.

As a reminder who is boss!

 

[Ecco]

Too many still up all over the place.

Guys must start taking them down and charging.

 

[OrbitalDawn]

I wonder if a municipality will fine their own political when found to have contravened this poster removal rule. The only party that has removed all posters in my area is COPE. While the DA have not removed their in our suburb (others have), but removed all in town leaving only the ANC.

There are still a couple of ANC posters from the previous election around here. For some reason I doubt the municipality fined them.

 

[Batista]

Take them down now and then put them back when the grace period is up muhuhahahahaha

 

[Pooky]

Seen many DA posters all over the place

 

[kianm]

thank goodness, I'm tired of seeing boozuma everyday on my way to work

 

[R13...]

There are still a couple of ANC posters from the previous election around here. For some reason I doubt the municipality fined them.

Wow! what are they made of? I wouldn't think the paper would last that long.

 

[TJ99]

Over here they're being used by the local Traffic Light Sales Executives to hang their Chinese sunglasses, cellphone chargers, license disc holders, etc. from.

 

[envo]

Nobody even questioning how they get to R88.40 and R126.90 for fines?

 

[OrbitalDawn]

Wow! what are they made of? I wouldn't think the paper would last that long.

They're almost completely faded out. Can just make out the outline of Zuma's fat head.

 

[ShaunSA]

Nobody even questioning how they get to R88.40 and R126.90 for fines?

Tariff of charges :erm:

 

[ZodiacLegend]

Political parties have 10 days after the elections to remove campaign posters, the City of Cape Town said on Tuesday.

According to standard election rules parties had until last Saturday to remove the posters, city spokeswoman Priya Reddy said.

"However, after discussions, we have decided to give the parties a few extra days' grace to remove posters before we get our contractors to start removing them.

"We will start removing all election posters from Thursday 22nd May," she said.

If parties failed to do so in Cape Town they would be fined R88.40 per poster or R126.90 per pasted poster removed.

The Electoral Commission of SA (IEC) said the removal was regulated by municipal by-laws.

"The IEC is not involved at all," spokeswoman Kate Bapela said.

The City of Johannesburg said it had been in consultation with various political parties regarding the posters.

"A penalty for illegal posters is R1000 per illegal poster," it said.

"According to the by-laws, there is a seven days' grace period to remove all political party posters."

However, the city council was yet to announce a final deadline for the removal of all election posters.

The eThekwini council in Durban gave parties three months to remove their posters. Failing this the municipality would remove them and claim R50 per poster, spokeswoman Tozi Mthethwa said.


Source : Sapa /gq/jk/jje/th
Date : 20 May 2014 13:38

I was wondering when these awful things would be removed ...

So tired of seeing this everywhere ...

 

[ZodiacLegend]

Over here they're being used by the local Traffic Light Sales Executives to hang their Chinese sunglasses, cellphone chargers, license disc holders, etc. from.

I was considering taking all the anc posters and using them as DARTBOARDS ...

 

[Sonic2k]

I was considering taking all the anc posters and using them as DARTBOARDS ...

ROFLMAO

 

[EchoZA]

There are still some up from the previous elections in my area

 

[ponder]

Meh, these things stay up until the elements basically destroy them.

 

[Ecco]

I just remembered this on my drive to work this morning.

Plenty posters still up all over the place in JHB.

 

[ToxicBunny]

Plenty of posters still up everywhere...

I will say one thing, the DA and ANC posters still look pretty new, the Minority Front Posters were clearly printed by the cheapest idiot on the planet, they've faded almost to the point of being unreadable already.