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The governing African National Congress achieved a majority in more than half of South Africa’s 213 contested municipalities during the just-ended local government elections that have been described as “free and fair”.
President Cyril Ramaphosa will Thursday evening attend the announcement of the final results of the 2021 local government elections, the culmination of a tough six-week campaign where service delivery and corruption complaints were at the heart of the voters nationwide.
South Africa’s opposition Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) are in third place after more than 50 percent of the municipal elections vote have been counted and a senior party official has attributed this to “supporters making sure they made it to the polls on Election Day”.
South Africa’s opposition Economic Freedom Front (EFF) party will win 65% of the votes when the results of the local government elections are announced, an ‘overly confident’ party leader Julius Malema has told supporters.
The governing African National Congress has taken an early lead as results of South Africa’s local government elections started trickling in on Tuesday.
Leaders of South Africa’s main political parties cast their ballots on Monday as the country voted in tightly contested local government elections.
South Africa’s electoral body is upbeat that measures it has put in place will ensure that Monday’s local government elections will be without major glitches.
Voting commenced in South Africa’s eagerly awaited municipal elections on Monday, with millions of eligible voters expected to cast their ballots at over 23,100 polling stations dotted across the country.
South African Police Minister Bheki Cele has beefed up security in the country’s hotspots to ensure conducive environment for Monday’s secure local government elections, with 18,000 police officers deployed in the troubled KwaZulu-Natal province alone during the exercise.
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa ended a two-month municipal election campaign on Sunday, urging citizens to come out in large numbers to vote for the ruling African National Congress on Monday.