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Political parties vying for KwaNobuhle’s Ward 43 seat brought out the big guns as residents went to the polls in Wednesday’s by-election.

"How does a public representative act in such a childish manner in a public engagement?" asked EFF deputy leader Floyd Shivambu.

Allegations that a bodyguard was brandishing an automatic firearm at a voting station where KwaNobuhle’s Ward 43 by-election is set to take place on Wednesday will be probed by the electoral commission.

Eastern Cape farm boy Athol Trollip was coaxed out of retirement by ActionSA leader Herman Mashaba and joined the new party in February.

ActionSA says placing former crime intelligence boss Richard Mdluli on parole is patently irrational.

Only 68 of 902 registered voters who applied for special votes cast their votes for the Ward 43 by-election on Tuesday, IEC Bay manager Crosby Bacela said.

It was a matter of transforming from hero to possibly zero in less than a week for East London philanthropist and businessman Leonard Anele Ncumbese, the owner of Asaza Funeral Services.

Coalition with the party is a corrupt idea, and will lead to bad governance

ANC Johannesburg chairperson Dada Morero was sworn in as the newest member of council on Wednesday.

Mashaba said the state capture inquiry was a “painful but necessary exercise”.