Fourteen ANC wards and a DA one will be up for grabs on Wednesday, when the Electoral Commission of SA (IEC) holds by-elections in six provinces. The wards became available following the deaths and resignations of councillors. The ANC, the EFF and the DA have a presence in most of the wards that will be contested. A total of 66 candidates representing 16 political parties and two independent candidates will vie for votes in 15 municipal ward by-elections in the Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, the Northern Cape and the Western Cape. Six by-elections will be contested in the Eastern Cape. The ANC’s Phumzile Makeleni, the EFF’s Zamile Timbani and the United Democratic Movement’s (UDM’s) Phumlani Msengeni are all vying for ward 17 in the Mbhashe Municipality, which was previously held by the ANC. The by-election was triggered by the death of a councillor. Voter turnout in ward 17 during the 2016 local government elections was 49.67%. The ANC’s Luyanda Tyhobeka, the DA’...
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