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Smaller parties weigh options as vote counting draws to a close
The IEC is expected to finalise election results during the course of Friday.
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IEC pleased with work done in WC, despite criticism
The IEC is expected to announce the election results for the Western Cape by midday. Currently, 94,68% of the results in the province have been captured.
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Over 12 million votes tallied and captured by IEC across SA
More than 17,000 voting districts have captured their results, however, more than 5,000 still need to do so.
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Winde ready for hard work in WC, as DA leads with most votes
The Democratic Alliance has sealed the deal, leading the board with just under 56% of the vote.
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EFF didn’t expect major win in WC but delighted with growth
EFF provincial chairperson Melikhaya Xego said the party had been realistic about its chances in the province but was happy that its support base has grown.
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Long week, lack of sleep worth it, say IEC volunteers
Several IEC officials have told EWN the lack of sleep has been worth it because they got to be part of a historic event.
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Selfe: Inevitable DA would lose some support to FF Plus
The Democratic Alliance (DA) says it was inevitable some of its supporters would leave the party for the Freedom Front Plus
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Maimane: No need for election rerun
The IEC said that an audit would be conducted once vote counting has been completed but it has repeatedly defended the integrity of the polls.
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ANC leads in Gauteng as vote counting crawls along
The total vote tally currently stands at around 55% with a number of districts still outstanding.
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ANC leads race for Northern Cape by large margin
By Thursday night, the African National Congress was leading the pack with just under 60% of the vote, compared to the Democratic Alliance (DA) who had about 25%.
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EFF moves in to be official opposition in a third province
Going into this general election, the EFF was the official opposition in Limpopo and the North West.
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IFP and DA battling to be official opposition in KZN
The African National Congress (ANC) remains firmly in the lead in KwaZulu-Natal with 52% as more than 61% of voting stations have been tallied.
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Shivambu: Parties that haven't performed well only have themselves to blame
The EFF’s deputy president Floyd Shivambu said parties that have not performed well only have themselves to blame.
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Big three parties express mixed feelings on election results
The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) says it hopes to be done tallying all the votes by Saturday.
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Rand stable for now, but could be affected by new Cabinet - economist
The rand has been hovering at the R14.30 to the US dollar over the past two days.
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WC to remain a DA-led province, ANC is 'disappointed'
In this year’s provincial election, early indications are that the ANC will only reach 29%.
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Voting irregularities meant to suppress support base, claim some smaller parties
Leaders of the small political parties who intend to contest the legitimacy of this year’s provincial and national elections said they would lodge their legal case against the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) on Friday morning.
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Delay in poll results a possibility as IEC probes voter fraud claims
On Thursday, the commission announced that it has established an audit to check the extent of the problem after several objections were laid with the IEC over its supposedly indelible ink.
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ANC set to remain as governing party
With just a quarter of the ballots left to be tallied and captured, the ANC has so far secured 57% of the vote, which is down from its 62% in the last general elections.
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'You can’t take down an elephant like the ANC in one move' - EFF
With the number of votes counted in hotly contested Gauteng yet to reach the 50% mark, the EFF also claimed it had made a major contribution to bringing out young people to vote in the 2019 elections.
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FF Plus shaping up to possibly gain more seats in Parly as counting continues
Based on valid votes captured so far, the party was in close fifth place - with 2.63% of the vote behind the Inkatha Freedom Party's 2.65%.
