The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality has urged political parties which contested the general elections to remove election posters and material or foot hefty fines.
Bay have taken down about half of all election posters and related material. This emerged during an exclusive interview with Briefly News, during which municipal electoral officer Dumisani Mbebe emphasised that the city was poised to impose heavy fines on non-compliant parties.The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality has instructed political parties to scramble to remove election material or face heavy fines.
But parties must not have gotten the memo if campaign posters on street poles, advertising boards, traffic lights, and even municipal bins and transformers are to be judged.Check out our interviews on Briefly TV Life now! , electoral officer Dumisani Mbebe said the municipality had further revised the deadline for the removals."The city will continue removing the remaining using its resources and bill parties.
"Officials have addressed them to serve their accounts or bills for the non-removal of election-related material."However, according to available stats, he said the concerned parties only took down about half of the material by the close of"We have no option other than to implement the municipal by-laws and fine parties in contravention accordingly.
“We urge the removal of posters and any other election-related material or illustrations throughout the city or face a fine.He said a tariff charge/removal fee of R57.69 would apply per poster."We will always draw lessons from the national and provincial elections and improve our system heading towards the 2026 local government polls."Tshepiso Mametela is a seasoned journalist with eight years of experience writing for online and print publications.
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