Following the deadline on Saturday, several parties are still hurrying to remove their election posters from street lamps across the city in order to escape a severe penalty.
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The City of Cape Town stated that election posters must be removed by June 8; however, posters for the DA, EFF, ActionSA, and Cope were still on display in several suburbs yesterday.
In general, the City stated that election posters must be removed within 10 days of the election to avoid penalties.
‘Posters that are not removed within this deadline will be removed by the City as of Monday, June 10, 2024, at the political party’s cost of R134.10 per poster.’
‘The responsible political party will be billed,’ the City said.
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‘The City kindly reminds political parties of the election poster removal rules that the administration shared with all in the run-up to the election,’ it added.
‘These are contained in the election rules document. Another reminder was sent on Friday, May 31.’
‘To recover any of the unauthorised posters removed by the municipality, parties will need to liaise, during office hours, with the City’s Environmental Management Department officials to collect the posters.’
City spokeswoman Luthando Tyhalibongo said the city will begin removing election posters today, while ANC spokesperson Khalid Sayed said they understood the deadline for poster removal had been extended.
‘We are in the process of removing our posters. In my understanding, the deadline has been extended. However, our people are busy with the process of removing the posters,’ said Sayed.
Posters remained visible in Kraaifontein, Brackenfell, Gugulethu, and Stellenbosch yesterday. Wandile Kabisa, an EFF spokesperson, stated that the removal of the posters has been difficult due to a variety of challenges, including inclement weather.
Tertuis Simmers, DA province leader, stated that the Cape Metro is big and that the process of removing election posters has been lengthy; nonetheless, they are working hard to remove the posters.
Many political parties used posters as part of their election campaigns in the run-up to the elections.
According to certain political parties, election posters, which are typically hung from street lampposts, can cost around R25 per poster, depending on size and quality, with a good-quality poster costing a political party close to R70.
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