ANC retains wards in embattled Sol Plaatje municipality
15 February 2019
The ANC has managed to stay in control of the embattled Sol Plaatje municipality in the Northern Cape following by-elections on Wednesday.
The party retained six seats.
The Electoral Commission of South Africa said in a statement on Friday that independent candidate Boitumelo Joel Stout, who was previously an ANC councillor, won Ward 16 in the municipality with 47.08% of votes cast.
According to the Daily Maverick by-elections were called after seven ANC ward councillors were expelled from the party for working with members of the opposition in Sol Plaatje to topple the former ANC mayor Mangaliso Matika.