Politics.za: Municipal Elections - March 1st 2006

Municipal Elections - March 1st 2006

Farrel — Thu, 17 Nov 2005 07:02:00 -0600

Mark your calendars! Municipal elections will take place on the 1st of March 2006.

This is gonna be a very revealing election. Firstly we’ll see if voter dissatisfaction with service delivery will actually translate to people not voting for the ANC (or not voting at all).

We’ll also see if voters still remember their distate for floor crossing. If they do expect to find some floor crossing Nats without a job, especially if Cape Town goes back to under DA control.

And thirdly we’ll see if Mbeki can get the ANC membership back under control and moving forward. I’m not sure how much control the ANC national organisation has over the local electoral lists but he’ll be trying to get anybody he feels is a threat to his plans out of any sort of position of influence as soon as possible and these elections will be the first opprotunity before the next ANC NEC is chosen in 2007.

"Municipal Elections - March 1st 2006" by Garth

Fri, 18 Nov 2005 17:01:24 -0600

I hope that you are right, Farrel. I am not holding my breath. SA voters have never voted with their heads, and I don’t expect them to change!

"Municipal Elections - March 1st 2006" by Farrel

Fri, 18 Nov 2005 03:41:16 -0600

Thanks. I might still tweak the design in the future though.

"Municipal Elections - March 1st 2006" by Jonty

Fri, 18 Nov 2005 02:16:43 -0600

Loving the site redesign Farrel, looks good!