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PE in the news: Test for ANC as S.Africa votes in local elections

3 August 2016 By Port Elizabethan

Test for ANC as S.Africa votes in local elections: Nelson Mandela’s former party risks losing control of key cities including the capital Pretoria, the economic hub Johannesburg and coastal Port Elizabeth, according to some polls. Development in South Africa has been patchy since Mandela won the first …
Source: “Port Elizabeth” – BingNews.

South Africans Head to the Polls in Key Municipal Elections: South Africa’s economic hub of Johannesburg, the capital city of Pretoria and the coastal town of Port Elizabeth in the Eastern Cape Province (also known as Nelson Mandela Bay) are all predicted to be highly contested battlegrounds in the polls.
Source: “Port Elizabeth” – BingNews.

South Africa elections: ANC and Jacob Zuma face test: Polls show the ANC may lose three key cities in Wednesday’s poll – Pretoria, Johannesburg and Port Elizabeth. The ANC, which led the fight against white minority rule, is under pressure from two parties – the Democratic Alliance and the Economic Freedom …
Source: “Port Elizabeth” – BingNews.

ANC under pressure in S.Africa local elections: Nelson Mandela’s former party risks losing control of key cities including the capital Pretoria, the economic hub Johannesburg and coastal Port Elizabeth, according to some polls. Development in South Africa has been patchy since Mandela won the first …
Source: “Port Elizabeth” – BingNews.

ANC faces critical test as South Africans vote in local elections: But there will be a lot of focus on some of the big cities, particularly Johannesburg, Pretoria, the capital, and Port Elizabeth, a big industrial city in Eastern Cape province. For the first time, the ANC could lose control of one of those cities.
Source: “Port Elizabeth” – BingNews.

ANC confident of retaining control of Joburg, Pretoria: The ANC may lose its majority in the capital, Pretoria, Johannesburg, the economic hub, and the southern city of Port Elizabeth, according to the survey. With no party expected to pass the 50% mark in all three centers, Africa’s most-industrialised …
Source: “Port Elizabeth” – BingNews.

Zuma, economy in focus as South Africans vote in local elections: Some voters were seen standing around a fire. Voting was also taking place in Port Elizabeth, the capital of the closely-contested Nelson Mandela Bay municipality. Hundreds of people were standing in a winding queue in sheltering from strong winds and drizzle.
Source: “Port Elizabeth” – BingNews.

Parenting programme runs in Motherwell: Port Elizabeth’s Early Inspiration is taking its skills-based parenting programme to the Raymond Mhlaba Sports Centre in Motherwell, starting tomorrow on August 4 and running until September 14. The Siphuhlisa Ulwazi Lwabazali programme, which has …
Source: “Port Elizabeth” – BingNews.

EXCLUSIVE: Danny Jordaan hires top lawyers in FIFA corruption case: News24 can reveal that Jordaan, who hopes to be re-elected as the African National Congress’ mayor for Port Elizabeth on Wednesday, has employed top Sandton attorney Anthony Norton and senior advocate Gilbert Marcus to engage with authorities in the US on …
Source: “Port Elizabeth” – BingNews.

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