By elections and Upcoming Local Government Elections Analysis and Predictions The media’s approach to by-elections is to measure them in terms of wins and losses, gains or retreats for this party, stability or change in that municipal council. We never stop and ask whether a change in ward councillors will lead to better service delivery, and we don’t think to measure the success or failure of a by-election by this metric.

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