Tlokwe to hold by elections within 90 days:Monday 30 November 2015. The Tlokwe vote-rigging allegations in the North West municipality have been dragging on for almost two years.
(SABC) The Constitutional court has found that eight by-elections which took place within the Tlokwe municipality in 2013 were not free and fair. It has set aside the results of the election. This means the Tlokwe municipality must hold new by-elections within 90 days. The Tlokwe vote-rigging allegations have been dragging on for almost two years. The ANC secured a majority after it won eight of the nine wards in the 2013 by-election. Below are stories related to this article: Related Articles:Tlokwe by-elections concourt, by sabcnewsonline <a href=" target="" title="">Kham and Others v Electoral Commission and Another (TLOKWE MUNICIPALITY BY-ELECTIONS RULING) (PDF)</a><br /><a href=" target="" title="">Kham and Others v Electoral Commission and Another (TLOKWE MUNICIPALITY BY-ELECTIONS RULING) (Text)</a>
Tlokwe ruling puts focus on IEC credibility:Monday 30 November 2015. ConCourt to rule on Tlokwe Municipal by-elections:Thursday 19 November 2015. Tlokwe by-elections were fatally flawed: Candidates:Monday 12 January 2015. Eight independent candidates who want the 2013 Tlokwe by-election results to be declared null and void.
(SABC) The Electoral Court has heard that the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC's) investigations into alleged vote rigging during the 2013 Tlokwe by-elections were "fatally flawed". That's the argument of eight independent candidates who want the results to be declared null and void. All four former African National Congress (ANC) members were expelled when they refused to support then mayor of the town, Mapetla Mapetla. It has been a long and trying road for the eight independent candidates who have been trying to get their concerns heard in court since December 2013. "We have been long awaiting this outcome. Delay on Tlokwe ruling may damage IEC’s credibility:Thursday 24 April 2014. The delay in the electoral court is believed to be leaving much to be questioned (SABC) Political analysts believe that the delay by the Electoral Court in concluding the case by former independent candidates in the Tlokwe municipal by-elections in Potchefstroom has a potential to damage the credibility of the IEC.
The independent candidates lodged a complaint of alleged irregularities in December last year. Political analyst, Theo Venter says: “The whole question had to deal with the integrity of the IEC as an independent body and I thought the court will have taken this very seriously and would have dealt with it fairly and speedily.
They haven't done so, yet we are two weeks before the elections.” “The IEC should actually have their day in court to explain that there was no support. Tlokwe, Western Cape by-elections underway:Wednesday 18 September 2013. IEC says voting stations opened on time and operations are running smoothly in the Western Cape.
(REUTERS) Voting has started in three wards in the Tlokwe Local Municipality in North West. The by-election takes place a day after the Electoral Court ruled that it be postponed in six of the nine wards. A case was brought to the court by disqualified Independent candidates. These by-elections are crucial both to the African National Congress (ANC) and the Democratic Alliance (DA). The parties want to have a majority in the Tlokwe Council. The DA on the other hand, wishes to win ward six which is the only one they are contesting on Wednesday.
Voting is also underway in two municipal by-elections in the Western Cape. Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) Electoral Officer, Courtney Sampson, says voting stations opened on time and operations are running smoothly. Ward eight in Mossel Bay is being contested by the ANC, DA and an independent candidate. Tlokwe by-elections in limbo:Monday 16 September 2013. The DA and the ANC are still fighting out in upcoming by-elections in the unstable Tlokwe Municipality(SABC) This week's Tlokwe by-elections in Potchefstroom in North West are in limbo ahead of an Electoral Court ruling on the fate of six disqualified potential independent candidates.
