Parties to be fined for election posters
Mashigo said political parties were to ensure that posters were removed no later than 14 days after the date of an election or referendum.
Six months after the 2014 general elections, campaign posters of different political parties are still an eyesore in several townships in the Tshwane metro.
In Atteridgeville in Hlahla and Ramushu streets, posters of Lekgotla for Democracy Advancement and the African National Party remain hanging.
The same was encountered in Soshanguve, Ga-Rankuwa and Mabopane where hundreds of election posters were still adorning street poles.
Metro spokesman Lindela Mashigo said serving notices to the political parties involved, an amount would be charged for each poster not taken down by the party concerned.
“The municipality will after serving notices to those political parties, remove the posters and charge an amount of R500 per poster, if such posters are removed by the metro or its appointed agents.”
Mashigo said political parties should ensure that posters were removed no later than 14 days after the date of an election or referendum.
ANC Gauteng spokesperson, Dumisa Ntuli said: “I think it is an oversight from our comrades in Pretoria. I think it is one or two posters but we have removed a bulk of the posters around Pretoria.”
He said the party would command its operational team in Pretoria to remove the posters.
“We have removed the posters from main roads and I think the ones that are not removed are those on the outskirts of townships, but they will be removed.”
Comment from Lekgotla for Democracy Advancement leader Kokoloti Mametja could not be obtained.
Disgruntled Atteridgeville resident Grace Kekana said the posters have been hanging for months and there was no sign that they were going to be removed.
“Its nobody’s problem now, the ruling party won the elections, and during the campaigning period they promised to take better care of our neighbourhood and its cleanliness but now they fail to remove their mess.”
She said next time it would not be easy because residents were actually fed-up with election posters on street poles and doors of local shops.
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