Author: Rod Amner

Local media platform Smiling South invited ward councillor candidates contesting the 2021 Local Government Elections in Makana to respond to these three questions and provide their manifesto: What are the three most important issues for stakeholders based in the ward you hope to represent? How do you plan to solve them using the mechanisms and platforms available to a councillor in local government? How can stakeholders in this ward be sure that you will work in their interests for the next five years? To find out who wants your vote in Ward 7, CLICK HERE. No response yet:  Will not be responding:

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Local media platform Smiling South invited ward councillor candidates contesting the 2021 Local Government Elections in Makana to respond to these three questions and provide their manifesto: What are the three most important issues for stakeholders based in the ward you hope to represent? How do you plan to solve them using the mechanisms and platforms available to a councillor in local government? How can stakeholders in this ward be sure that you will work in their interests for the next five years? To find out who wants your vote in Ward 6, CLICK HERE. No response yet: Will not be responding:…

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Local media platform Smiling South invited ward councillor candidates contesting the 2021 Local Government Elections in Makana to respond to these three questions and provide their manifesto: What are the three most important issues for stakeholders based in the ward you hope to represent? How do you plan to solve them using the mechanisms and platforms available to a councillor in local government? How can stakeholders in this ward be sure that you will work in their interests for the next five years? To find out who wants your vote in Ward 5, CLICK HERE. No response yet: Will not be responding: 

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Local media platform Smiling South invited ward councillor candidates contesting the 2021 Local Government Elections in Makana to respond to these three questions and provide their manifesto: What are the three most important issues for stakeholders based in the ward you hope to represent? How do you plan to solve them using the mechanisms and platforms available to a councillor in local government? How can stakeholders in this ward be sure that you will work in their interests for the next five years? To find out who wants your vote in Ward 4, CLICK HERE. Read the responses:  Phillipa Sauls, Patriotic Alliance (PA)…

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Local media platform Smiling South invited ward councillor candidates contesting the 2021 Local Government Elections in Makana to respond to these three questions and provide their manifesto: What are the three most important issues for stakeholders based in the ward you hope to represent? How do you plan to solve them using the mechanisms and platforms available to a councillor in local government? How can stakeholders in this ward be sure that you will work in their interests for the next five years? To find out who wants your vote in Ward 3, CLICK HERE. Read the responses:  Xabiso Ngqawana, independent candidate for…

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Local media organisation Smiling South invited ward councillor candidates contesting the 2021 Local Government Elections in Makana to respond to these three questions and provide their manifesto: What are the three most important issues for stakeholders based in the ward you hope to represent? How do you plan to solve them using the mechanisms and platforms available to a councillor in local government? How can stakeholders in this ward be sure that you will work in their interests for the next five years? To find out who wants your vote in Ward 2, CLICK HERE. Read the responses:  No response yet: Will not…

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Local media organisation Smiling South invited ward councillor candidates contesting the 2021 Local Government Elections in Makana to respond to these three questions and provide their manifesto: What are the three most important issues for stakeholders based in the ward you hope to represent? How do you plan to solve them using the mechanisms and platforms available to a councillor in local government? How can stakeholders in this ward be sure that you will work in their interests for the next five years? To find out who wants your vote in Ward 1, CLICK HERE. Read the responses:  No response yet:  Will…

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Local media platform Smiling South invited ward councillor candidates contesting the 2021 Local Government Elections in Makana to respond to three questions and provide their manifesto. These were the questions: What are the three most important issues for stakeholders based in the ward you hope to represent? How do you plan to solve them using the mechanisms and platforms available to a councillor in local government? How can stakeholders in this ward be sure that you will work in their interests for the next five years? Click on https://bit.ly/MakanaWardCandidatesLGE21 to find out: Who wants your vote What they know about you…

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The final part of chapter 2 of the Consumer Protection Act is designed to protect consumers who are party to certain common transactions where the consumer must perform in advance of receiving goods or services, or where suppliers have physical control of property belonging to the consumer. Parliament understood that such consumers are vulnerable to dishonest suppliers, and established rules to protect consumers in such transactions. Lay-bys The obvious example of this type of transaction is the lay-by. A lay-by agreement is an agreement in which you buy something by paying it off in instalments, and the supplier keeps the…

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ROD AMNER and NYX MCLEAN, Grocott’s Mail editors National commentators are paying attention to Makana’s local election. A recent New Frame editorial commented, “If the Makana Citizens Front (MCF) succeeds at the polls and then in office, the front could become a model to be emulated elsewhere in the country.” It has been refreshing to see the emergence of the MCF, alongside the Makana Independent New Deal (MIND), as local alternatives to the established political parties. The MCF candidates are drawn from diverse backgrounds, and the Front acts more like a civil rights movement than a political party. Its candidates have real…

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