Friday, August 05, 2016

Battle for big Metro’s still tight

Mbasa Gqokoma
05 August 2016

The battle for the big metros remains tight for the African National Congress and Democratic Alliance.

Despite a second long night of counting by the Independent Electoral Commission, there's still no final result in Nelson Mandela Bay, while the ANC and the DA are neck-and-neck in Tshwane and Johannesburg this morning.

At least 98% of the vote has been counted in Nelson Mandela Bay and the official opposition has 46.56% of the vote there while the ruling party has 49.9%.

The DA has already claimed to have a majority of votes in that metro.

In Johannesburg, 68% of the vote has been counted the DA is just in the lead there on 43%, the ANC has 41% followed by the Economic Freedom Fighters at 10%.

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