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Three wards in Tlokwe to be contested in today's by-elections─── 07:09 Wed, 18 Sep 2013
Three wards in Tlokwe will be contested in today's by-elections with the ANC confident of clinching victory.
At least 13 000 voters are expected to turn up for the elections. This despite the Electoral Court in Bloemfontein ordering yesterday evening that five out of the nine by-elections in Tlokwe be postponed.
This comes after the court heard an application by five independent candidates who were disqualified from taking part in the by-elections by the Independent Electoral Commission.
A sixth by-election, in Ward 13, was earlier postponed after an out-of-court settlement. In July, the ANC expelled 14 councillors after its provincial disciplinary committee found them guilty on four counts of misconduct for participating in a motion of no confidence against Tlokwe mayor Maphetle Maphetle.
Meanwhile countrywide, municipal by-elections are scheduled to be held in 17 wards in six provinces today.
Sapa
