DA provincial leader Bonginkosi Madikizela said their hard work was paying off.
CAPE TOWN – The Democratic Alliance has won three by-elections in the Western Cape, including one in Hessequa, previously held by the African National Congress .
The DA also retained wards in Stellenbosch and George; seeing a 23% increase in votes in the Hessequa by-election.“We have taken away ward 4 from the ANC in Hessequa, the DA is now the majority party in that municipality.""We learned quite a few valuable lessons and one of them is that we must get our voters out to polls stations."
In Stellenbosch, the DA retained Ward 9 with a 98% majority vote and in George, retained Ward 18 with 74% of the vote.
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