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The Sol Plaatje Municipality in Kimberley in the Northern Cape has called on political parties to remove their elections posters following May's polls or face a fine.

It's been more than a month since the elections were concluded and not all parties have removed all their election material.

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The IEC has released a statement clarifying the update of the elections dashboard.

This amid circulating reports that the IEC had released different results of the elections.

The Electoral Act prescribes that for the calculation of compensatory seats both national compensatory ballots and regional ballots are taken into account.

It has also dismissed reports that the NFP has no seat in the KZN legislature.

For more now we are joined by the IEC's. Deputy CEO Masego Sheburi joins us via video link.


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For more on the Umkhonto Wesizwe party's urgent application at the Constitutional Court we bring in Executive Secretary of the Council for the Advancement of the South African Constitution's Lawson Naidoo via teams.

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uMkhonto weSizwe Party is trying to block the National Assembly's first sitting.

The Party has filed an application to that effect at the Constitutional Court.

South Africa's newly elected National Assembly is due to convene on Friday for the swearing-in of lawmakers, and elect its speaker, deputy speaker as well as the country's President.

For more details and other related stories, we welcome in studio our SABC News Reporter, Canny Maphanga.

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GOOD party leader Patricia De Lille, has confirmed that she received an invite from the ANC's Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula to partake in the government of national unity negotiations.

She says she would like to get more clarity on the GNU to determine if the party will become a member.

Earlier we spoke to her for her take on GNU and parliament.

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The deadline for the first sitting in the national assembly - 14 days after a general election, is fast approaching.

In the May polls, the ANC won the most number of seats in parliament but did not get an outright majority.

This week the ANC announced that it will seek a Government of National Unity to advance the interests of the people of South Africa.

What does this mean for the country and other political parties?

To discuss this further, we're joined by GOOD party leader Patricia De Lille which won one seat in parliament, for her take on the situation.

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Described as a timeous meditation on South Africa's daring democratic venture, Soul of a Nation is Oyama Mabandla's latest offering, embarking on a quest for the rebirth of South Africa' s values.

This as the ANC proposes the formation of a government of national unity after failing to secure a majority in the recent national and provincial elections.

According to Party leader Cyril Ramaphosa, the establishment of GNU serves as the most viable, effective and powerful way to meet the expectations of all South Africans at this critical juncture.

Lawyer, political commentator and author Oyama Mabandla joins us via video link to explore further.

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