IEC to host municipal by-elections, 6 Dec

24 November 2006

Municipal ward by-elections will take place in the Eastern Cape,
KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, Limpopo, North West and the Western Cape on
Wednesday, 6 December 2006, the Electoral Commission said.

A total of 12 wards will be contested. Voting will take place in 40 voting
districts in the following wards:

• Eastern Cape: Ward 9 in Inxuba Yethemba [Cradock] Municipality with 3 073
registered voters
• KwaZulu-Natal: Ward 20 in ETH – eThekwini [Durban Metro] Municipality with 15
162 registered voters; Ward 10 in Hibiscus Coast [Port Sheptone] Municipality –
KZ216 with 3 163 registered voters; Ward 4 in Emnambithi/Ladysmith [Ladysmith]
Municipality – KZ232 with 3 246 registered voters; Ward 27 in Newcastle
[Newcastle] Municipality – KZ252 with 3 787 registered voters and Ward 13 in
KwaDukuza [Stanger] Municipality – KZ292 with 4 065 registered voters
• Mpumalanga: Ward 26 in Govan Mbeki [Highveld Ridge] Municipality with 4 707
registered voters; Ward 3 in Mbombela [Nelspruit] Municipality – MP322 with 6
029 registered voters and Ward 14 also in Mbombela [Nelspruit] Municipality –
MP322 with 5 891 registered voters
• Limpopo: Ward 4 in Ba-Phalaborwa (Phalaborwa) Municipality – NP334 with 3 356
registered voters
• North West: Ward 18 in Mafikeng [Mafikeng] Municipality – NW383 with 3 526
registered voters and
• Western Cape: Ward 23 in Drakenstein [Paarl] Municipality – WC023 with 3 340
registered voters

Voters who need more information on the by-elections should contact their
local Municipal Electoral Officer during office hours or visit the IEC website
at (http://www.elections.org.za).
Contact details for Municipal Electoral Officers are available on the
website.

Issued by: Independent Electoral Commission
24 November 2006
Source: Independent Electoral Commission (http://www.elections.org.za/)