The countdown to the municipal elections has begun, with less than two weeks to go until South Africans cast their votes on 1 November. The clock is ticking, and politicians are stepping up their game on the campaign trail in a bid to win votes.
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This week, News24's Town Hall will shine the spotlight on the Tshwane metro.
News24 political editor Qaanitah Hunter will host our fourth and penultimate instalment in the series on Thursday at 13:00. You can watch it live on News24.
Hunter will be joined by three party representatives - the ANC's Kgosi Maepa, the EFF's Obakeng Ramabodu and the DA's Randall Williams.
The ANC, which lost the metro in 2016, has made the Tshwane metro a key focus of its election campaign efforts, but the region has been plagued by factional battles.
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Recently, ANC ward councillor Tshepo Motaung was murdered by hitmen, who shot him at least 20 times. The ANC is on high alert over security concerns ahead of the elections.
The DA, in coalition with other smaller parties, has been running the municipality for the past four years. In 2020, the metro was placed under administration for eight months, a decision later declared unlawful by the courts.
City of Tshwane Mayor Randall Williams has claimed the DA has managed to ameliorate the municipality's financial crisis, decreasing the deficit left by the ANC from R4 billion to R900 million. He has warned that election promises being made by other parties are unrealistic.
In this week's Town Hall, Hunter will grill the candidates on their election promises, and whether, realistically, they can be delivered.
She'll find out how each candidate feels about their party's prospects of success, and whether they'll consider entering into a coalition if they don't win an outright majority.
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