ANC wins Nkandla

Published Aug 4, 2016

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The ANC has reclaimed Nkandla, KwaZulu-Natal, from the IFP, and is leading overall in the country with around 50% of the more than 12 million votes counted.

The DA was on 32% and the EFF on 6.5%.

ANC deputy secretary-general Jessie Duarte told Radio 702 on Thursday morning: “I’m pleased that the president won his ward. Not him himself‚ but Nkandla is back in the hands of the ANC and I think the media were making a great deal about that.

“I suspect that some people were hoping that Nkandla would go to the DA‚ but it didn’t‚ and right now we have a total out of 13 municipalities that have been counted‚ and we have 10 of those in our hands.”

The DA is expected to increase its majority in the City of Cape Town. It led the metro with a 71% majority at 8am on Thursday.

Western Cape Premier Helen Zille has already claimed victory in Cape Agulhas.

The ANC has lost the Kouga Municipality in the Eastern Cape to the DA‚ which took more than 57% of the vote. This could be an indicator of the DA gaining votes in the Nelson Mandela Bay metro.

The rural Kouga Municipality includes Jeffreys Bay‚ Humansdorp‚ Oyster Bay and Cape St Francis and borders Nelson Mandela Bay (Port Elizabeth).

The DA won by 57.04% of the vote to secure 17 seats‚ the ANC claimed 40.01% to secure 12 seats.

The DA is close to clinching its second municipality in the Eastern Cape by winning Camdeboo. With 97% of the vote counted, the DA has 51%.

In the hotly contested Gauteng region, with 30% of the votes counted, the ANC (44%) narrowly leads the DA (42%).

With 94% of the vote counted in the Midvaal metro, the DA sits comfortably on 59%.

In Tshwane, with 29% of the vote counted, the DA is ahead with 48%, followed by the ANC on 39%.

The DA is also leading in Ekurhuleni – DA 45%, ANC 42% – with 33% of the vote counted

The EFF is set to take over from the DA as the second biggest party in the Limpopo province. The party did not contest the 2011 local government elections, but now has 16% of the vote to the DA’s 12.5%.

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