DA versus ANC in Tlokwe (Potchefstroom)

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http://mg.co.za/article/2011-04-21-candidate-errr-what

The ANC is said to be fuming after a series of errors by the party's North West leadership may have made it possible for the Tlokwe (Potchefstroom) municipality to fall to the DA in the local government elections.

This follows the failure of the ruling party to register its candidates in seven wards, one of them in Ikageng township outside the North West town.

ANC spokesperson Jackson Mthembu told the Mail & Guardian Luthuli House was "very, very angry" about the failure to register the candidates.

The DA is now confident that it can win the wards and gain about 14 extra seats -- the balance through proportional representation -- in the Tlokwe municipal council, where representation will grow from 26 to 52 seats after the elections.
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The DA was previously three seats short of a majority on the council and may now have been handed a golden opportunity to make up this slim margin.

A member of the ANC's provincial executive committee (PEC) in North West, who asked not to be named, told the M&G that provincial secretary Kabelo Mataboge was to blame for not registering candidates with the Independent Electoral Commission.

As the provincial secretary Mataboge is responsible for ensuring that all registrations are conducted according to the letter of the law and on time.

He allegedly sent a messenger to the IEC offices in Potchefstroom to register ANC candidates on the last day of registration.

It is alleged that Mataboge gave the messenger all the forms that needed to be submitted but that he signed six of them without the names of the candidates being specified. This was despite the fact that the list of candidates had been finalised by provincial leaders.
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LOL.

Another town going to the DA :twisted:
 
They want to run a country but can't even register their candidates :rolleyes:
 
LOL, great stuff, win by default and a few years to prove you deserve it.
 
Oops! :D

Anyone else think that the provincial secretary's career in the ANC has reached its end?
 
Isn't Tlokwe a type of sorghum beer? Why would the ANC want to call Potch that??
 
I mentioned this in another thread a few days ago already.

The DA seems pretty sure to win it.

I am not too fond of their candidate for mayor (that's more on a personal level and not related to her performance in politics), but anyone is better than the current mayor !
 
blunomore said:
I mentioned this in another thread a few days ago already.

The DA seems pretty sure to win it.

I am not too fond of their candidate for mayor (that's more on a personal level and not related to her performance in politics), but anyone is better than the current mayor !
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Was actually thinking about your post when I was reading the article.
 
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