Acting President Kgalema Motlanthe has announced that the Local Government Elections will be held on 18 May. "After consultation with the Electoral Commission, government has set the date for the Local Government Elections as 18 May 2011," he said during a sitting of the National Council of Provinces on Thursday. He said the Minister for Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs Sicelo Shiceka will in the next week in terms of section 24(2) of the Act, formally proclaim the election … [Read more...] about 18 May is the Day to Make Your Cross in the Local Elections

