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By-elections: ANC hopes to increase its majority in Joburg, DA wants to retain its seats
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Johannesburg - The ANC and DA sent out big guns to lobby support for their parties contesting the four vacant seats in the City of Joburg following the mass resignation of former DA councillors in the city.
The ANC is preparing to increase its majority in the City of Joburg while the DA is hoping to retain its seats in all four wards.
One of the former DA councillors, Sarah Wissler in ward 23, defected to Action SA – a party founded by former DA mayor Herman Mashaba.
People living on traditional land should be able to get title deeds, Deputy President David Mabuza said.
While answering questions in the National Assembly, he couldn t say how many black people living on state land received title deeds from government.
DA MP Annette Steyn said she had been inundated with complaints about people evicted from land by the state.
People living on traditional land should be entitled to title deeds, Deputy President David Mabuza said in the National Assembly.
He was responding to questions on Wednesday. As is usually the case, there was a question about land reform for Mabuza, who chairs the inter-ministerial committee (IMC) on land reform.