{"id":1068,"date":"2026-08-15T12:52:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T10:52:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mk-party.co.za\/anc-and-da-intensify-battle-for-johannesburg-control-ahead-of-elections\/"},"modified":"2026-08-15T12:52:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T10:52:12","slug":"anc-and-da-intensify-battle-for-johannesburg-control-ahead-of-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mk-party.co.za\/zu_za\/i-anc-kanye-ne-da-ziqinisa-impi-yokulawula-igoli-ngaphambi-kokhetho\/","title":{"rendered":"I-ANC ne-DA Ziqinisa Impi Yokulawula IGoli Ngaphambi Kokhetho"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I-African National Congress (ANC) kanye ne-Democratic Alliance (DA) bandise imikhankaso yabo yokuqinisekisa isihlalo sobumeya saseGoli, njengoba ukhetho lomasipala lwango-2026 lusondela ngomhlaka-4 Novemba. I-ANC inqume ukuthi okungenani abantu abangu-70% balabo abazongenela ukhetho kumele babe nolwazi olungaphambili lukahulumeni, kuyilapho i-DA iqoke umholi osemnkantsh\u2019 ubomvu uHelen Zille njengomuntu ozongenela ukhetho lobumeya ngemuva kokunqoba kwakhe ukhetho lokuchibiyela eBryanston, okwathola cishe amavoti angu-95%, ngokusho kwemibiko yeqembu kanye nabezindaba.<\/p>\n<h4>Ukukhethwa Kwabazongenela Ukhetho Nokubekwa Kwamasu<\/h4>\n<p>IKomidi Eliphezulu Likazwelonke le-ANC limise ngokusemthethweni izindlela zokukhetha eziqinile, ezidinga ukuthi iningi labantu abazongenela ukhetho lukamasipala libonise ulwazi lwangaphambilini kuhulumeni. I-Eyewitness News ibike ukuthi lesi sinyathelo sihlose ukubuyisela ukuzethemba komphakathi nokuveza uhlu lobuholi olunekhono ngemuva kokuhlangana kwamakhansela okuxokozela ngokwemigomo yangaphambilini. UStella Ndabeni, omele i-ANC NEC, utshele abezindaba ukuthi iqembu lisaqiniseka ngokubuyisela iGoli, ethi, \u201cAsesabi. Asisabi ngoba uhulumeni we-ANC wawulapha ngaphambilini. Isihlalo saseGoli sasiholwa ngu(Herman) Mashaba. Lapho bethatha izintambo ku-comrade Parks Tau, lo masipala waba nemiphumela emikhulu.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Okwamanje, i-DA izibophezele emkhankasweni odumile ogxile kuHelen Zille, owavezwa njengomuntu ozongenela ukhetho lokuba yimeya ngoSepthemba 2025. Ngemuva komphumela weBryanston ngomhlaka-27 kuNhlolanja 2026, uZille manje usebekwe esikhundleni sokuba yikhansela ledolobha futhi uthembise ukufuna iningi le-DA. Ekhuluma ngesu leqembu, uZille uthe, \u201cUma benza lokho, siwina iningi eliphelele,\u201d njengoba kubikwe yiBusiness Day.<\/p>\n<h4>Umongo Wezepolitiki kanye Nesimo Sokuncintisana<\/h4>\n<p>Ukhetho lwango-2026 luqhubeka ngokumelene nokuncintisana okwandayo, lapho i-Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) yakha iqembu elizinikele lokhetho ukuze landise ithonya layo lomasipala. I-Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) yethule ngokusemthethweni lo mkhankaso ngoMeyi 2026, igcizelela ukunaka okukhulu kwezwe ekubuseni kwendawo. IGoli, isikhungo sezomnotho saseNingizimu Afrika, lihlala liyindawo ebalulekile yokulwa, lapho amaqembu amaningi elungiselela imikhankaso eqinile kulokho okulindeleke ukuthi kube yivoti eliphikisana kakhulu.<\/p>\n<p>Abahlaziyi bezepolitiki baphawula ukuthi izindlela zokuhlola ezibuyekeziwe ze-ANC kanye nokuthembela kwe-DA ebuholini obunolwazi kukhombisa ukuthambekela okubanzi kwezepolitiki zasemadolobheni aseNingizimu Afrika, lapho okulindelwe ngabavoti ngokuqina kanye nokulethwa kwezinsizakalo kuye kwanda khona. Ukumenyezelwa kwala maqhinga amaqembu amakhulu ezepolitiki aseGoli kukhombisa isikhathi somkhankaso esinokuphikisana okukhulu kanye nezingozi eziphezulu zokuphathwa komasipala kanye nokumelwa.<\/p>\n<p>Umcimbi olandelayo obalulekile ekulungiseleleni ukhetho kuzoba ukushicilelwa ngokusemthethweni kohlu oluphelele lwamaqembu abazongenela ukhetho kanye nokuphothulwa kwedatha yokubhaliswa kwabavoti yi-IEC.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I-ANC ne-DA baqinise imikhankaso yabo yokulawula iGoli, babeka imigomo eqinile futhi bakhetha uHelen Zille ngaphambi kokhetho lomasipala lwango-2026.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[417,33,69,49,890,50,323,687],"class_list":["post-1068","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-iol","tag-2026-elections","tag-anc","tag-da","tag-eff","tag-helen-zille","tag-iec","tag-johannesburg","tag-local-government"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v21.5 (Yoast SEO v21.5) - 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