Thabazimbi Municipality remains a hung council after by-election

The Electoral Commission in Limpopo says the outcome of the by-elections means the Thabazimbi Local Municipality remains in the same situation as before the poll, a hung council.

Provincial Electoral Officer Nkaro Mateta has announced the results of the ward by-elections held on Wednesday.

Just like in the 2021 local government elections, Wednesday’s by-elections did not produce an outright majority.

The by-elections came after the dissolution of the municipal council.

“The results are bringing us back to a hung council, none of these political parties obtained 50 plus one percent, so we still have a hung council as if we did not do anything to really remedy the situation because the Premier and the NCOP dissolved this municipality based on the fact that nobody had a majority. This municipality had serious challenges,” says Mateta.

There was a 38.55 percent voter turnout in the Thabazimbi municipal-wide by-election in Limpopo. The IEC in says its is worried about that 80% of voters in ward 11 snubbed the by-election. IEC PEO, Nkaro Mateta is addressing the media #SABCNews pic.twitter.com/D58PBbDego

— Pimani Baloyi (@PimaniBaloyi) December 5, 2024

Some residents in Thabazimbi have expressed their views on the result.

“I’m very happy about the results so we must go back and vote again because I don’t think the plan of going coalition it won’t work.”

“I feel very bad about that is not good for the residents, is not good because there is going to be infighting in council, fighting for tenders fighting for all those things in the council. People will feel safer because of this coalition.”

“Eish, I feel very bad because we don’t want coalition, we were hoping if vote something will change this coalition will affect us too much.”

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