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Service delivery protests confronted the ruling African National Congress’ final push for votes for municipal polls set for November 1, as angry residents barricaded several roads in a bid to highlight their grievances to President Cyril Ramaphosa during a campaign in Soweto.
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has told Parliament that he has authorised the deployment of 10,000 soldiers to assist the police secure the country ahead of municipal elections set for 1 November, Parliament confirmed on Thursday.
President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday called on South Africans to elect candidates they trusted to deliver services in their neighbourhoods when they vote in municipal elections set for November 1.
José Maria Neves has won the presidential election in Cape Verde, marginally avoiding a run-off vote with his closest rival after Sunday’s vote.
With less than two weeks to go before South Africa’s eagerly awaited local government elections, it appears to be getting hotter in the kitchen as the main protagonists are cooking up all sorts of promises in their quests to snatch municipal votes.
Cape Verde’s opposition candidate José Maria Neves has won the island nation’s presidential election with 51 percent of the vote, according to provisional results seen by APA on Monday.
Mali’s Foreign Minister has cast doubt over the feasibility of holding elections early next year thanks to the state of insecurity in the West African country.
President Cyril Ramaphosa on Tuesday declared a public holiday on 1 November, the day the country will hold local government elections.
While President Cyril Ramaphosa had not seen a video of former president Jacob Zuma encouraging people to vote for the African National Congress, he said on Saturday that he welcomed the gesture from “a loyal member of the party.”
One of Zimbabwe’s opposition parties is pushing for the postponement of the country’s general elections set for 2023, arguing that the polls will be another waste of time and resources if they are held before electoral reforms, APA learnt here on Monday.