by Paul Berkowitz | Oct 14, 2022 | MetroMonitor, Municipal elections
Introduction In the absence of regular polling data, analysts look at by-election results to determine voters’ attitudes to political parties and to democracy in general. Since the November local government election (LGE) there have been 43 ward by-elections, with 12...
by Paul Berkowitz | Apr 20, 2021 | Independents and small parties, Municipal elections
The story of independent candidates in Gauteng contains a great irony: there is a gulf between the poor results of independents and the tantalising promises of direct representation and political pluralism. In the 2016 local election there were 529 wards in Gauteng....
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