GroundUp is covering the run-up to the municipal elections in 2016. We'll keep links to articles relevant to the elections here, including a series of ward profiles.

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Municipality finally gives councillor office 18 months after being elected

Residents suspect he was treated badly because ANC candidate was not elected

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News | 1 February 2018

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Nquthu residents explain why they gave ANC the boot

“We have suffered enough and we hope we won’t have to experience this again.”

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News | 26 May 2017

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Seven months without local government in Nquthu

Residents say they are suffering without proper services

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Brief | 15 March 2017

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ANC begs councillor to resign

Party had promised voters its councillor for Khayelitsha BM Section would resign after election

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News | 18 November 2016

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ANC members tire of waiting for imposed ward councillors to resign

Residents of King William's Town and Qunu protest against councillors

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News | 14 November 2016

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No water for months in Eastern Cape town

Ndlovini residents say they’ve been ignored since the elections

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Brief | 13 October 2016

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Disabled man fetches water with a bucket tied to his crutches

Pietermaritzburg resident has little hope elections will change his plight

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News | 23 August 2016

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South Africa’s 2016 municipal elections – why the excitement?

An in-depth analysis of the results

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Analysis | 23 August 2016

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“Zuma Legacy must fall” says KZN ANC protester

Disgruntled residents protest against new councillors at inauguration

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News | 22 August 2016