ActionSA wins its first by election in North West

ActionSA has won its first-ever by-election, five years after it was formed. 

The party now has a seat in the Ramotshere-Moiloa Local Municipality after it beat the African National Congress (ANC) by just two votes. 

Moses Moumakwa is the new ward 7 councillor, replacing the ANC's Petrus Mokgatlhe, who vacated the seat after being fired by his party for ill-discipline.  

Ramotshere is an ANC stronghold, with the party having won all of its 19 wards since 2006.  

Earlier this year, ActionSA merged with Forum 4 Service Delivery, which has a strong support base in some North West municipalities.  

ActionSA national chairperson, Michael Beaumont, said the latest round of by-election results has been encouraging for the party's growth.  

"Results of last night’s by-election demonstrate that ActionSA is one of the few parties in SA growing at the expense of the ANC, at a time when we need to rescue a broken local government system."