ANC GAUTENG PRESS STATEMENT ON POSTPONEMENT OF NOVEMBER 1 ELECTIONS

20 July 1995

The African National Congress in the Gauteng Province puts it
full weight behind President Mandela's call for the local government
elections to go ahead as planned on November 1st, 1995, despite
problems in Gauteng, Kwazulu-Natal and the Western Cape.

It is our wish that the current deadlock over demarcation of the
Greater Johannesburg Metropolitan Chamber, be resolved as speedily
as possible so that this province can also have its elections on
November 1. However, we are disturbed by the delay of the sitting of
the Electoral Court to settle the dispute. It is in the interest of
the entire province that the matter be resolved as speedily as
possible.

We also reiterate our view that any postponement of the
elections will have far-reaching consequences for the delivery
process of the Reconstruction and Development Programme.

We call upon the Nationalist Party and the DP to go back to the
drawing boards and come up with amicable solutions to the problem of
the demarcation of the Greater Johannesburg TMC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT DONOVAN CLOETE AT 333-0398
OR PAGER 455-6111 CODE 7446

Issued by Department of Information and Publicity
Gauteng Province
P.O. Box 8299
Johannesburg 2000
20 July 1995