The Forum 4 Service Delivery (F4SD) is a South African political party founded in 2015 to tackle grassroots issues such as water, sanitation, housing, immigration laws, education and children going to school without shoes. The party registered to contest the 2016 South African municipal elections in five provinces: North West, Mpumalanga, Northern Cape, Gauteng and Limpopo.[1]
Forum 4 Service Delivery | |
|---|---|
| Founder | Mbahare Johannes Kekana |
| Founded | 2015 |
| Headquarters | Steven House Brooklyn |
| Colours | White, Green and Black |
| National Assembly seats | 0 / 400 |
| Provincial Legislatures | 0 / 430 |
| Website | |
| forum4sd | |
The party contested the 2016 Local Government elections, winning 31 seats, 29 in the North West Province, and one each in Mpumalanga and the Free State. The party also contested also 2019 general election but failed to win a seat. The party's primary demand in their 2019 manifesto was direct speedy services to the people and the removal of all foreign nationals.[2][3]
Election results
editNational Assembly elections
edit| Election | Party leader | Total votes | Share of vote | Seats | +/– | Government |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Mbahare Johannes Kekana | 8,525 | 0.05% | 0 / 400
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New | Extra-parliamentary |
| 2024 | 11,077 | 0.07%[a] | 0 / 400
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Extra-parliamentary |
- ^ From 2024, seats in the National Assembly are determined by a combination of the national ballot, and the nine regional ballots. Only the national ballot figures are shown here.
Provincial elections
edit| Election[4][5] | Eastern Cape | Free State | Gauteng | Kwazulu-Natal | Limpopo | Mpumalanga | North-West | Northern Cape | Western Cape | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | Seats | % | Seats | % | Seats | % | Seats | % | Seats | % | Seats | % | Seats | % | Seats | % | Seats | |
| 2019 | 0.05 | 0/63 | 0.08 | 0/30 | 0.33 | 0/33 | 0.02 | 0/42 | ||||||||||
| 2024 | 0.03 | 0/80 | 0.10 | 0/64 | 0.58 | 0/38 | ||||||||||||
Municipal elections
edit| Election | Votes | % | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016[6] | 86,667 | 0.23% | - |
| 2021[7] | 81,960 | 0.27% |  0.04
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In the 2021 election, the party increased its representation from one to two seats in the Ditsobotla Local Municipality. In the 2022 election, held after the entire council was dissolved, it retained its seats.[8]
References
edit- ^ Stone, Setumo (6 June 2016). "Independent forum 'not founded by disgruntled ANC supporters'". CityPress. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
- ^ "Forum 4 Service Delivery". www.forum4sd.org.za. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
- ^ Davis, Rebecca (25 March 2019). "2019 Elections: Crib-sheet for the political parties contesting the 2019 polls, Part Two". Daily Maverick. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
- ^ "Results Dashboard". www.elections.org.za. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
- ^ "NPE Results Dashboard 2024". results.elections.org.za. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
- ^ "Results Summary - All Ballots p" (PDF). elections.org.za. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
- ^ "Local Government Elections 2021 Results Summary - All Ballots" (PDF). elections.org.za. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
- ^ Sussman, Wayne (15 December 2022). "DECEMBER BY-ELECTIONS: North West misery – ANC hammered in Ditsobotla as EFF delivers blows in townships, villages, farm areas". Daily Maverick. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
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