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Results to be known in next few hours

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Pretoria – The Electoral Commission says the outstanding vote results from metro and district councils are expected to be known within the next few hours.

2016 Municipal Elections, a game changer

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Pretoria – As the counting of results for the 2016 Local Government Elections draws closer to an end, coalitions are becoming a reality for some metros and political parties are keeping their cards close to their chest.

Free State vote counting completed

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Pretoria - The Free State has become the second province in the country to have all the votes counted, after the Northern Cape.

Deputy President commends IEC

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Pretoria - Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa has praised the Electoral Commission of South Africa for its integrity in conducting the 2016 Municipal Elections, and thanked South Africans for exercising their democratic right to vote.

SADC commends 2016 Local Elections

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Pretoria – The Electoral Commissions Forum of SADC countries (ECF-SADC) says the 2016 Local Government Elections adhered to the legal framework governing elections in South Africa.

Nelson Mandela Metro finalised

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Pretoria - With 100% of voting districts declared, the Democratic Alliance (DA) has clinched the Nelson Mandela Bay metro with 46.71% of the votes.

SA democracy maturing

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Pretoria - The 2016 Local Government Elections are an indication that South Africa’s democracy is maturing.

ANC, DA battle it out for major metros

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Pretoria – Its neck-and-neck for the country’s leading political parties, with the African National Congress (ANC) and the Democratic Alliance (DA) battling it out for the major metros.

Vote counting reaches final stretch

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Pretoria – It’s the second day of vote counting for the 2016 Local Government Elections and about 90 percent of the votes have been counted.

Thank you for collecting your IDs

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Pretoria – The Department of Home Affairs says it is delighted by the positive response on the part of the South African voters who seized the opportunity to go and collect their Identity Documents.

Results capturing reaches key point

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Pretoria – About 92% of the 63 001 results slips have already been captured in the IEC in the 2016 Local Government Elections.

Bar set high for new administrations

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Pretoria – Acting Director-General at the GCIS, Donald Liphoko, has challenged the incoming administrations and ward councillors that will be working with communities after these municipal elections to go the extra mile to serve the people.