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FILE: African National Congress (ANC) head of elections, Fikile Mbalula, briefs the media on 16 September 2021 on the party's plans for 2021 local government elections. Picture: @MbalulaFikile/Twitter

Election results

ANC leaders to meet to discuss coalition strategy in wake of election results

By Eyewitness News

The election results showed that the African National Congress (ANC) still dominated in the country's 213 municipalities, having achieved a majority in 161 of...

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    IEC urges new and returning councillors to be honest and ethical

    Councillors from over 200 municipalities are expected to be sworn in within two weeks. They'll also have to undergo training.

    279 days ago
  • ‘Coalitions of convenience’: Political parties welcome municipal election results

    Political parties give their reactions after the Independent Electoral Commission released election results on 4 November 2021, in Tshwane. Parties are already approaching each other for coalitions after the commission announced that 66 municipalities were hung. #LGE2021 #Elections2021 #IEC

    279 days ago
  • The IEC Results Operations Centre in Pretoria. Picture: Abigail Javier/EWN.

    Buoyed by ANC's decline, parties to use poll results to plan for 2024 elections

    The Democratic Alliance (DA)’s John Steenhuizen said that it had secured a respectable result to confidently plan for the 2024 national elections.

    279 days ago
  • Screengrab of DA leader John Steenhuisen reacting to LGE2021 results on 13 November 2021, video posted by DA on YouTube

    Opposition parties delighted to reduce ANC's majority below 50%

    A record 325 parties contested the 2021 elections, and the decline of the dominant parties has ushered in a new crop of voices.

    279 days ago
  • IEC CEO Sy Mamabolo at the national election results centre in Pretoria on 4 November 2021. Picture: Boikhutso Ntsoko/Eyewitness News.

    New chapter begins for local govt after polls produce surprising results

    With the elections declared free and fair, the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) said that the African National Congress (ANC) still dominated in the country’s 213 municipalities, having achieved a majority in 161 of them.

    279 days ago
  • A National Freedom Party (NFP) poster. Picture: National Freedom Party/Facebook

    NFP approaching courts to halt election results announcement

    The official results are expected to be announced by the IEC at 6pm on Thursday.

    280 days ago
  • The IEC Results Operations Centre in Pretoria. Picture: Abigail Javier/EWN.

    IEC to announce election results at 6pm on Thursday

    IEC officials are scanning and auditing the last tranche of ballots for finalisation.

    280 days ago
  • The IEC result centre in Pretoria. Picture: Eyewitness News.

    WATCH LIVE: Eyewitness News election reflection - day 2

    Eyewitness News looks at the progress of the election vote-counting process and how the results are shaping up.

    281 days ago
  • The Independent Electoral Commission's National Results Operation Centre (ROC) in Pretoria. Picture: @IECSouthAfrica/Twitter.

    WATCH LIVE: IEC gives update on election results process

    The IEC is briefing the media on the progress of the vote-counting process.

    281 days ago
  • An electoral commission official verifies sealed ballot boxes at the Fordsburg Primary School polling station under the supervision of party delegates in Johannesburg on 1 November 2021. Picture: Emmanuel Croset/AFP

    90% of election results captured - IEC

    The number of completed municipalities now stands at 111 from a total of 257.

    281 days ago
  • Party representatives at the North West results operation centre in Mahikeng on Tuesday, 2 November 2021. Where results are coming in slowly. Picture: Masechaba Sefularo/Eyewitness News.

    ANC wins 1 council out of 18 in North West as votes continue to come in

    Results at the North West IEC’s Mahikeng operations centre trickled in Tuesday afternoon in after a slow start.

    282 days ago
  • ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa addresses the crowd at the party's main rally in Thokoza Park, Soweto, on 29 October 2021. Picture: Boikhutso Ntsoko/Eyewitness News.

    40% of election results in, ANC bags 44 councils so far

    The official opposition, Democratic Alliance will govern in 13 councils.

    282 days ago
  • FILE: Ghana President Nana Akufo-Addo. Picture: AFP

    Ghana's opposition rejects election results

    Mahama, 62, charged that Akufo-Addo, 76, had harnessed the military in a bid to sway the outcome, a claim the government said was false.

    609 days ago
  • Former President Jacob Zuma outside the Pietermaritzburg High Court addressing supporters on 20 May 2019. Picture: Sethembiso Zulu/EWN

    Zuma: No person can claim he has more power than the ANC

    Former President Jacob Zuma has told his supporters it’s not true that there is one leader more powerful than the ANC.

    1178 days ago
  • Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema during the media briefing at the party’s headquarters in Braamfontein, Johannesburg on 16 May 2019. Picture: Sethembiso Zulu/EWN

    Malema urges IEC to modernise voting systems to avoid future crisis

    The commission on Thursday confirmed that the Statistician-General found there was a negligible risk of multiple voting during last week’s elections.

    1182 days ago
  • EFF member Dali Mpofu at the Tshela Thupa rally at Orlando Stadium. Picture: Kayleen Morgan/EWN

    Mpofu: EFF accepts election results despite alleged irregularities

    In a statement, the IEC said that the Statistician-General's report has revealed what it calls negligible risks of double voting.

    1182 days ago
  • FILE: Minister in the Presidency for Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma. Picture: GCIS

    Dlamini Zuma: Govt saving R100m on presidential inauguration ceremony

    Minister in the Presidency Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma said government spent over R240 million on the last inauguration.

    1183 days ago
  • FILE: Western Cape Premier-elect Alan Winde. Picture: Cindy Archillies/EWN

    Winde: Rise of populism in SA one of reasons why DA lost support

    Western Cape Premier-elect Alan Winde aid he was happy with the electoral results despite a drop in support for the Democratic Alliance (DA).

    1183 days ago
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