20 political parties will be competing for our votes in the Far South Peninsula on 18 May. The election candidates were all invited to address the community at a `Meet the Candidates’ evening hosted by the Fish Hoek Valley Residents & Ratepayers Association on 12 May. While some of the candidates may not have received the invite and others may have prior engagements, the following 7 councilor candidates have confirmed that they will take part:

African Christian Democratic Party Howie, Cheryl Joan

African Christian Democratic Party Ive, Anthony George

Al Jama-Ah Hendricks, Ganief

Democratic Alliance D’alton, David John

Democratic Alliance Liell-Cock, Simon Patrick

Democratic Alliance Purchase, Felicity

Vryheidsfront Plus Fourie, Andre

For the full list of parties and candidates competing in Wards 61, 64 and 69, see the table below.

Only one party, the African National Congress, will be contesting all 278 municipal elections. The Democratic Alliance will be contesting 272 municipalities and the Congress of the People 220. The ward ballot papers with the most candidates are Ward 24 (Bishop Lavis) and Ward 79 (Beacon Value / Eastridge) in Cape Town with 24 candidates each. The party proportional list ballot paper in Cape Town with 32 parties is also the ballot paper with the most contesting parties.

There are 121 parties contesting the elections as opposed to 97 parties in 2006 and 79 in 2001. The number of candidates is 53596 compared to 45179 in 2006 and 30477 in 2001. Of the 53596 candidates 29570 are party ward candidates and 23278 are party proportional list candidates. The number of independent ward candidates also increased from 667 in 2006 to 748 in 2011. The increases in nominations are an indication of a broadening in electoral participation at local level and is encouraging as far as the entrenchment of democratic processes are concerned. (I see the large number of parties as an indication that minority groups do not perceive the big parties as willing or able to address their needs. How well are the big parties able to address the challenges of our rainbow nation? ED )

“There is a slight improvement in the gender distribution of candidates with the percentage of women candidates having increased from 35% in 2006 to 37% in 2011. This remains a disappointing outcome,” said Adv Tlakula.

Extract from a media release BY THE ELECTORAL COMMISSION
http://www.elections.org.za/content/new.aspx?id=1769
Pretoria
12 April 2011

The Table below lists the election candidates for the 2011 muncipal elections on Wednesday 18 May for the Far South Peninsula including Wards 61, 64 and 69.

2011 ELECTION CANDIDATES
   

WARD 61: OCEAN VIEW, GLENCAIRN, DA GAMA PARK, SIMONSTOWN, RED HILL, MISTY CLIFFS, SCARBOROUGH,

FISH HOEK MOUNTAINSIDE (SOUTH OF KOMMETJIE AND SIMONSTOWN ROADS).
NAME OF PARTY NAME OF CANDIDATE
ABOLITION OF INCOME TAX AND USARY PARTY GOODSON, STEVEN MITFORD
AFRICA MUSLIM PARTY BESTER, NAZLEY
AFRICAN BOND OF UNITY ABRAHAMS, DAVID
AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY IVE, ANTHONY GEORGE
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS PRESENT, KLAAS
AFRICAN PEOPLE’S CONVENTION NDUDE, WISEMAN MAWETHU
AL JAMA-AH NAJJAR, OMAR
  HENDRICKS, GANIEF
CAPE MUSLIM CONGRESS ADAMS, KHALEEQA
CAPE PARTY/KAAPSE PARTY DRAYTON, SEAN GEORGE
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE LIELL-COCK, SIMON PATRICK
INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY SEDRES, RICARDO
NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR DEMOCRACY ALMAZAN, RASHIEDA
NATIONAL INDEPENDENT CIVIC ORGANISATION SOLOMONS, KATHLEEN
NATIONAL PARTY SOUTH AFRICA WILLIAMS, ACHMAT
PAN AFRICAN CONGRESS OF AZANIA ISAACS, ABOBAKER
UNIVERSAL CIVICS OF SOUTH AFRICA THOMPSON, BEULAH JANICE MAGDELINE
UNIVERSAL PARTY FIENIES, MARTIN MATHEUS
VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS EBERSOHN, PETRUS CORNELIS
   

WARD 64: CLOVELLY, KALK BAY, ST. JAMES, MUIZENBERG, SANDVLEI, LAKESIDE, FISH HOEK (EXCEPT MOUNTAINSIDE).
   
NAME OF PARTY NAME OF CANDIDATE
ABOLITION OF INCOME TAX AND USARY PARTY GOODSON, STEVEN MITFORD
AFRICA MUSLIM PARTY BESTER, NAZLEY
AFRICAN BOND OF UNITY JANSEN, MARY ALICE
AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY FRASER, KIM VAUGHAN
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS WELLS, KENNEDY ANTHONY TREVOR
AFRICAN PEOPLE’S CONVENTION NDUDE, WISEMAN MAWETHU
AL JAMA-AH NAJJAR, OMAR
  GANIEF HENDRICKS
CAPE MUSLIM CONGRESS ADAMS, KHALEEQA
CAPE PARTY/KAAPSE PARTY DE KOKER, KULSOM
CONGRESS OF THE PEOPLE (COPE)_ KEYSTER, NEVILLE
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE D’ALTON, DAVID JOHN
INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY SEDRES, RICARDO
NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR DEMOCRACY SCOTT, PETER CHARLES
NATIONAL PARTY SOUTH AFRICA WILLIAMS, ACHMAT
PAN AFRICAN CONGRESS OF AZANIA HARTZENBERG, SHAUN JOHN
UNIVERSAL CIVICS OF SOUTH AFRICA SASMAN, DAVID PHILIP
UNIVERSAL PARTY FIENIES, MARTIN MATHEUS
VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS VICTOR, MARIUS FRANCOIS
   

WARD 69: KOMMETJIE, MASIPHUMELELE, CAPRI, SUNNYDALE, SUN VALLEY, NOORDHOEK, SILVERMINE VILLAGE.
   
NAME OF PARTY NAME OF CANDIDATE
ABOLITION OF INCOME TAX AND USARY PARTY GOODSON, STEVEN MITFORD
AFRICA MUSLIM PARTY BESTER, NAZLEY
AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY HOWIE, CHERYL JOAN
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS MOLETSANE, TSEPO RICHARD
AFRICAN PEOPLE’S CONVENTION NDUDE, WISEMAN MAWETHU
AL JAMA-AH ISAACS, REIDEWAAN
  HENDRICKS, GANIEF
AZANIAN PEOPLE’S ORGANISATION SOMLOTHA, BONGEKA MELDA
CAPE MUSLIM CONGRESS ADAMS, KHALEEQA
CAPE PARTY/KAAPSE PARTY DRAYTON, SEAN GEORGE
CONGRESS OF THE PEOPLE (COPE) DYASOPU, MALIBONGWE CHON
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE PURCHASE, FELICITY
INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY MOSEADIE, CHRISTOPHER GRAHAM
NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR DEMOCRACY GALLANT, SIDNEY
NATIONAL PARTY SOUTH AFRICA WILLIAMS, ACHMAT
PAN AFRICAN CONGRESS OF AZANIA GOODMAN, ENRICO DANIEL
UNITED DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT DASA, THULANI
UNIVERSAL CIVICS OF SOUTH AFRICA BOTHA, LOUISE
UNIVERSAL PARTY NAUDE, PETER NOEL
VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS VAN STADEN, JACOBUS PIERRE
  FOURIE, ANDRE