2019 ELECTIONS: NEWSFLASH: Gauteng cliffhanger: ANC hovers just below 50%, but final count yet to come By Greg Nicolson gregnicolson
The ANC believes it can still secure a majority in Gauteng despite its vote dropping below 50% on Friday in the most contested province in the 2019 elections.
At the time of writing, the ANC had won 49.61% of votes in Gauteng with 65.68% of voting districts captured. But votes in a number of the party’s strongholds were yet to come in and pollsters tipped that the ANC would still nudge over 50%.Your bigger townships, your metros are still to come through. Soweto, Soshanguve, Temba in Hammanskraal, Katlehong in the East Rand, those areas are still yet to be counted.
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