3 PARTIES JOIN TO DEFEAT ANC IN PIETERSBURG: NP

PIETERSBURG Sept 20 Sapa

Three political parties had joined forces to stop the African
National Congress winning November's local government elections in
Pietersburg, National Party provincial leader Andre Fourie said on
Wednesday.

Fourie and Freedom Front deputy leader Johan Kriek said the NP
would nominate candidates in four of the seven wards in
Pietersburg. Three of the NP candidates would not be opposed by the
Conservative Party nor the FF, he said.

However, in Ward 12, candidates from the three parties would
oppose each other as each felt they had an equal chance of winning.

"We cannot let Pietersburg be threatened by the ...
inexperience and lack of expertise the ANC has shown so far,"
Fourie said.