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Vote counting: Political parties hold cards close to chest

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Pretoria – By lunchtime on Thursday – after the IEC had announced that half of all votes had been counted – analysts and political party leaders were still keeping their cards close to their chest on how they thought their parties would fare once the last votes get counted.

ANC satisfied with results in W-Cape

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Pretoria – As preliminary election results show a landslide victory for the Democratic Alliance (DA) in the Western Cape, its rivals the ANC, has conceded defeat in that province, with the party saying, it could have done more to win the hotly contested province.

Home Affairs issues over 47 800 IDs

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Pretoria - A total of 47 809 green bar-coded IDs were issued during the voter registration weekends in November 2013 and February 2014, says the Department of Home Affairs.

Armed robbers cornered in Limpopo

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Pretoria - Election-centred police operations in Limpopo, which ensured a safe voting environment for communities, have resulted in the arrest of five armed robbers who have been on the police’s radar for the past few months.

IEC pleased with vote rate capture

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Pretoria - With 7.55 million votes having been counted so far, the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) on Thursday afternoon said it was happy with the rate of vote capture.

Premier applauds voters for taking part in elections

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Pretoria - North West Premier Thandi Modise has applauded voters who came out in their numbers to exercise their democratic right in the national and provincial elections held on Wednesday.

Vote counting expected to be completed today

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Pretoria – As the results of the 2014 General Elections continue to trickle in at the National Results Operating Centre (ROC) in Pretoria, the provincial results centres are optimistic that all the votes would be captured and audited by the end of the day.

SA thanked for voting

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Pretoria – Government has thanked South Africans for casting their votes on Wednesday in what it has described as a successful 2014 General Election.

IEC boss: We have done well

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Pretoria – Just weeks before South Africans were to cast their votes, the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) was faced with a potential crisis when its chairperson Pansy Tlakula was embroiled in a tender controversy which ended up in court.

EFF may become official opposition in some provinces

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Pretoria – The Congress of the People and IFP are likely to be the biggest losers in the 2014 General Election and Julius Malema’s Economic Freedom Fighters may become the official opposition in few of the country’s provinces, a political analyst is predicting.

ANC nets 59.7% of counted votes

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Pretoria - By 9am the African National Congress was leading in the votes with over 2 870 576 (59.72%) nationally.

Parties show off colours at results centre

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Pretoria - Politicians showed off their party colours at the National Results Operations Centre in Pretoria this morning as the focus shifted from voting to the results of the country’s national and provincial elections.

ROC geared up for first day of results

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Pretoria - The national Results Operation Centre (ROC) is a hive of activity early on Thursday, the first day following the country’s fifth democratic elections.