I-Independent Civic Organisation of South Africa (ISANCO) licembu lelincane lepolitiki lase INingizimu Afrika Yasungulwa ngu Truman Prince, lobekangumphatsi weKaroo District Municipality, lowacoshwa I-African National Congress (ANC) nga-2006. Wabuyiselwa esikhundleni sekuba ngumphatsi wamasipala ngumkhandlu wamasipala ngenyanga yeNhlaba, emnyakeni wa 2007, ngemuva kwemphi yetemtsetfo lendze, kepha wacoshwa esikhundleni sakhe ngenyanga yeNgci ngalowo mnyaka ngelukhetfo lwesifundza. Jeffrey Donson, lobekangumdlali I-National People's Party (NPP), ungumengameli we-ICOSA. I-Democratic Alliance/ICOSA yacala kubusa eKannaland Local Municipality ngenyanga yeNgci 2006 ngesikhatsi sivumelwano lesifishane lesiholwa yi-ANC kanye ne-DA siwela phansi.
Kuhlangana kwe DA ne-ICOSA kwabhidlika ngesikhatsi emakhansela lamabili e-ICOSA kanye nemakhansela lamatsatfu e-ANC ewela phansi aniketa i-NPP tihlalo letisihlanu kuletisishiyagalolunye kumkhandlu nobe linyenti lelicondzile (lokukuphela kwemkhandlu lonjalo e-SA lebewubuswa ngulelicembu lelisha ngaleso sikhatsi). I-DA ayizange ivume kuphatsa lokusha kwe-NPP njengoba beyikhuluma ngekutsi lababili labaphuma ku-ICOSA bacoshwa ngaphambi kwekutsi lifasitelo lelisetulu livuleke futsi babekwa insayeya Inkantolo lePhakeme yaseKapa Ngaleyo ndlela, lobekangumphatsi welidolobha wala "kwehla" kudzimate kufike umphumela welicala, lokwabangela kungaciniseki kanye nekungahlaliseki kulomkhandlu lohluphekile.