The Sterkspruit Civic Association (SCA) is a political party based in

Sterkspruit Sterkspruit is a town in the Senqu Local Municipality in the Joe Gqabi District Municipality in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. The town is located about 45 km south-east of Zastron, 80 km north-east of Aliwal North Al ...

in the

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. The party wishes the town of Sterkspruit to secede from the

Senqu Local Municipality Senqu Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Joe Gqabi District of the Eastern Cape in South Africa. Senqu is a Sesotho name for the Orange River. Main places The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main plac ...

(headquartered in Lady Grey 45 km away) and form its own municipality, citing corruption by the

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-led municipality and the sidelining of Sterkspruit with service delivery. In February 2013, protests led by the organisation resulted in the town shutting down for two weeks. In 2014, the party stated that it would boycott the 2019 South African general election and supporters denied access by

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officials to polling stations. The party has contested elections in Senqu, winning eight seats in 2016, and two in 2021.

Election results

Municipal elections

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References

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