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- After winning its first ever municipality in KwaZulu-Natal the DA in the province is set to host a victory rally in the uMngeni Local Municipality on Wednesday to be addressed by the party’s provincial leader Francois Rodger and the mayoral candidate Christopher Pappas.
In its campaign before Monday’s local government elections the DA pulled out all the stops in a push to gain popularity and score a victory in uMngeni. Victory was secured with over 47% of the vote as they toppled the ANC, which had previously led the council.
The ANC was leading the race in Nelson Mandela Bay metro with 41.01% and the DA is sitting at 38.86%. The EFF is in the third spot with 6.81%.The DA retains the top spot in the Western Cape, with a reduced percentage of votes. This is according to the interim results as at 10.30am, which show the party has claimed 54.15% of the votes in the province.The latest figures give an indication that so far 272 seats have been claimed, comprising 195 wards and 77 proportional representatives.
South Africans have continued to place their trust in the current vote counting process stating that they are confident that their ballots will be counted accurately.Acting strategic leader and research director at the HSRC Dr Benjamin Roberts stated that 84% of voters were completely or very confident that their vote would be accurately counted with 52% of the voters saying they were confident while 32% said they were very confident.
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