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Northern Cape rout: PA pulls off a stunner in Upington, ANC romps home in Prieska

Daily Maverick · · 1411 words · By Wayne Sussman
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39 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“The PA won its first ward in the ZF Mgcawu district by beating the DA in Dawid Kruiper (Upington)”
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The claim is explicitly stated in the article 'Ward rout: PA pulls off stunner in Upington, ANC romps home in Prieska'. However, other search results (Wikipedia and Currency News) provide general context about the municipality but do not independently corroborate the PA's specific win in this ward.
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web search NEUTRAL — Dawid Kruiper Municipality is a local municipality within the ZF Mgcawu District Municipality, in the Northern Cape province of South Africa.The municipality is named after the San politician Dawid Kr…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dawid_Kruiper_Local_Municipali…
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web search NEUTRAL — Ward 15 in Dawid Kruiper will be contested by the ANC, DA, PA and the Restoration SA party. In the 2021 local election the DA won the ward with 47% to the ANC’s 38.2% and the Khoisan Revolution’s 9.4%…
https://currencynews.co.za/the-week-ahead-cyril-in-the-hot-s…
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web search NEUTRAL — Joe Morolong Local Municipality, John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa.Note: data is currently VERY limited. Please bear with us while we work towards adding this info…
https://www.mindat.org/loc-335694.html
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“the ANC won outright control of the Siyathemba (Prieska) municipality”
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The article 'Ward rout: PA pulls off stunner in Upington, ANC romps home in Prieska' claims the ANC won outright control of Siyathemba. However, the official 'Siyathemba Local Municipality - Council & Management' page lists the council as a 'Hung Council' with ANC (5), SGB (4), and DA (2), directly contradicting the claim of outright control.
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web search NEUTRAL — The ANC has a minority control over on District Municipality, the other municipality led by the DA. The DA was able to maintain overall control over 1 local municipality, and gain control through a mi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_South_African_municipal_e…
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web search NEUTRAL — The PA won its first ward in the ZF Mgcawu district by beating the DA in Dawid Kruiper (Upington), while the ANC won outright control of the Siyathemba (Prieska) municipality. Ward 15 (Rosedale ...
https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-05-14-northern-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Council & Management Composition of Council: ANC 5, SGB 4, DA 2 Controlling Party: Hung Council Executive Mayor: Mr Johan Andrew Phillips (SCM) Speaker: Mr Giel Macdonald (ANC) Chief Whip: Mr Lazarus …
https://municipalities.co.za/management/1177/siyathemba-loca…
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“Rosedale has a monument to “Ouma Griet” Magrieta Jantjies, one of the last known speakers of the N!uu Language”
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Multiple sources (SAnews and DAC/SAHRA) confirm that a memorial was unveiled for Magrieta Jantjies ('Ouma Griet'), honoring her as one of the last fluent speakers of the N!uu language.
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web search NEUTRAL — The Nuu language is listed as one of the critically endangered languages in the world by UNESCO. This language was spoken largely around in the areas Upington and Olifantshoek and possibly other surro…
https://www.sanews.gov.za/south-africa/memorial-unveiled-mag…
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web search NEUTRAL — Mrs Magrieta Jantjies is being honoured for her role in promoting the N!uu Language. Ouma Griet, as she was known, was Khoisan, and one of the last to speak the language fluently. N!uu has been displa…
https://www.theheritageportal.co.za/notice/dac-and-sahra-unv…
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web search NEUTRAL — Members of the media are hereby informed of the postponement for the unveiling of the memorial of unsung heroine Mrs Magrieta Jantjies.The Deputy Minister Mabudafhasi, will unveil this memorial in hon…
https://artsculturesa.wordpress.com/2016/08/23/unveiling-a-m…
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“Upington produced the famous actor Shaleen Surtie-Richards and business titan Christo Wiese”
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The provided web search results for this claim are completely irrelevant (Anime-Planet), providing no information about Shaleen Surtie-Richards or Christo Wiese.
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web search NEUTRAL — Welcome to Anime-Planet Discover anime and manga, track your progress, get personalized recommendations.
https://www.anime-planet.com/
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web search NEUTRAL — Discover manga Find new manga, webtoons, and light novels, Track your reading progress.
https://www.anime-planet.com/manga/
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web search NEUTRAL — Watch Anime Online Watch a selection of anime episodes on Anime-Planet. All videos are legal and industry-supported due to partnerships with the anime industry.
https://www.anime-planet.com/anime/watch-online/
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“The 2021 local government election: The DA beat the ANC by 135 votes in Ward 15”
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Currency News confirms the DA won Ward 15 with 47% vs ANC's 38.2%, but it does not specify the exact vote difference of 135 votes. No other source provides the specific vote count.
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web search NEUTRAL — The Dawid Kruiper Local Municipality council was formed in 2016 and consists of thirty-three members elected by mixed-member proportional representation.In the election of 1 November 2021 the African …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dawid_Kruiper_Local_Municipali…
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web search NEUTRAL — Ward 15 in Dawid Kruiper will be contested by the ANC, DA, PA and the Restoration SA party. In the 2021 local election the DA won the ward with 47% to the ANC’s 38.2% and the Khoisan Revolution’s 9.4%…
https://currencynews.co.za/the-week-ahead-cyril-in-the-hot-s…
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web search NEUTRAL — The information presented in this site is derived from official election result data downloaded from the Electoral Commission.
https://wikitable.frith.dev/lge2021/NC087
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“A regional party, Khoisan Revolution, was third with 9%”
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Currency News reports the Khoisan Revolution received 9.4% in the 2021 local election for Ward 15, which aligns with the claim of approximately 9% and placing third behind the DA and ANC.
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web search NEUTRAL — All South African political parties launched voter registration campaigns. Politicians especially urged the youth to register to vote.[11] Following the January 2019 registration, the commission annou…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_South_African_general_ele…
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web search NEUTRAL — Khoisan Revolution Submission to IEC: Free and Fair Elections. Page 3. It is a known fact that Elections do not take place on Election Day for political parties, but in order to evaluate the freedom a…
https://www.elections.org.za/freeandfair/IEC+Submissions/Pol…
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web search NEUTRAL — Voters' Services Portal...
https://voters.eci.gov.in/
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“This was one of the three wards won by the DA in the Dawid Kruiper Municipality, with the ANC winning the other 14”
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Wikipedia confirms the ANC won a majority of 18 seats in the 2021 Dawid Kruiper election, but the specific breakdown of 3 wards for DA and 14 for ANC is not independently corroborated in the provided snippets.
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web search NEUTRAL — In the election of 1 November 2021 the African National Congress won a majority of eighteen seats.The Dawid Kruiper Local Municipality council was formed in 2016[1] and consists of thirty-three member…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dawid_Kruiper_Local_Municipali…
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web search NEUTRAL — In 2021, the SGB won the ward with 55.3% to the ANC’s 39% (DA: 5.1%).Ward 15 in Dawid Kruiper will be contested by the ANC, DA, PA and the Restoration SA party.
https://currencynews.co.za/the-week-ahead-cyril-in-the-hot-s…
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web search NEUTRAL — Last Thursday, the DA in Northern Cape called on the Dawid Kruiper Municipality to take criminal action against the Ward 14 councillor and committee members accused of stealing food parcels in Leerkan…
https://www.citizen.co.za/news/south-africa/politics/da-accu…
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“the DA... won 61% of the vote while the ANC only received 33% [in the Prince of Peace International Ministries voting district]”
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The search results provided for this claim are general information about the year 2021 (COVID-19, calendars) and do not contain any data regarding the Prince of Peace International Ministries voting district.
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web search NEUTRAL — Like the year 2020, 2021 saw the year by the COVID-19 pandemic ongoing, due to the emergence of multiple COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 202…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021
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web search NEUTRAL — Yearly calendar showing months for the year 2021. Calendars – online and print friendly – for any year and month.
https://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/?year=2021&country=1
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web search NEUTRAL — Dec 20, 2021 · In 2021, the United States—and the world—continued to confront the consequences of the momentous events of 2020, particularly the COVID-19 pandemic and the 2020 U.S. presidential electi…
https://www.history.com/articles/2021-events
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“The ANC came first in the more-populated Piet Thole Community Hall voting district with 41%, beating the DA by nine votes as the latter finished on 40%, followed by Khoisan Revolution with 12%”
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No evidence was found after searching for the Piet Thole Community Hall voting district results.
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“The 2024 provincial election: The DA came first with 47%, followed by the ANC with 33%”
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No evidence was found after searching for the 2024 provincial election results for Ward 15.
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“The PA... coming third with 17% [in the 2024 provincial election in Ward 15]”
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“The DA ward councillor resigned”
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“The PA shocked the DA and the ANC, beating the ANC by 176 votes and the DA by 257”
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“The PA won one of the two voting districts, taking the Piet Thole Community Hall district with 39% of the vote”
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“While the DA won the Prince of Peace International Ministries voting district with 45%, it was hurt by the PA which came second with 32%. The ANC also fell here, to 23%”
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“The DA falls from 12 seats to 11 [in Dawid Kruiper]”
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“In 2021, the PA won a paltry 63 votes across all 17 Dawid Kruiper wards”
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“In this by-election, in one single ward, the PA amassed 1,115 votes”
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“In 2021, 1,556 votes were cast in the ward. In the by-election it was almost double that, with 2,971 voters entering the polling stations”
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“The voters’ roll here was 43% higher than 2021 and 37% higher than 2024”
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“Prieska is on the banks of the Orange River”
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“Zinkplaat lead singer Bertie Coetzee... become a celebrated winemaker and farmer in the Prieska area”
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“Former Olympic marathon runner Gert Thys also hails from Prieska”
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“The 2021 local government election: A new local party, the Siyathemba Gemeenskap Beweging (SGB), shocked the ANC in Ward 2, beating them by 199 votes”
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“The party won five of 11 seats, with the SGB winning four and the DA taking two”
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“The 2024 provincial elections: The ANC was the most popular party here, with 48% support. The SGB was not on the ballot. The Northern Cape Communities Movement (NCCM) was second with 33% and the DA third with 14%, while the PA garnered 2%”
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“Ward councillor Ronald Februarie resigned from the council and left the SGB to form a new local party, d’Bokke”
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“The municipality is currently governed by an ANC-SGB grand coalition”
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“The ANC beat d’Bokke by 75 votes to win Ward 2”
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“It beat d’Bokke by 74 votes here [Omega Community Hall] and won 52% of the vote”
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“He beat the SGB candidate by 429 votes [Ronald Februarie]”
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“The ANC now has six of the 11 seats... The SGB falls to three seats in the 11-seat council”
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“Ward 20 is south of Klerksdorp... west of the gold-mining town of Orkney”
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“Sesotho is the main spoken language in Kanana, followed by isiXhosa and Setswana”
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“The 2021 local government election: The ANC won here by a big landslide, taking more than 70% of the vote”
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“The 2024 provincial election: The ANC... fell just shy of the 70% mark with 69%. The EFF was a clear second again with 14%. The DA came third with 5%, while the Patriotic Alliance (PA) was sixth with 1%”
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“Ward councillor Molefi Sello was stabbed to death during an altercation outside a tavern”
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“The ANC romped home in this by-election, beating the second-placed PA by 872 votes”
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“The party did best at the Bathabile Primary School where it obtained 84% support”
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