Municipal by-elections get under way in 6 provinces
Fifteen municipal ward by-elections will take place across six provinces on Wednesday, the Electoral Commission of South Africa has said. These are the first by-elections since the August 3 local government elections. Sixty-six candidates representing 16 political parties and two independent candidates are contesting. Nine of the contested wards are in KwaZulu-Natal, Northern Cape, Eastern Cape and Limpopo. The by-elections there are due to the deaths of councillors. Eight of […]
