Thursday, August 26, 2010

DA grabs another ward from ANC

By Lelethu Mquqo
26 August 2010

African National Congress has again lost to Democratic Alliance in the third set of by-elections in the Western Cape last night.

The ANC lost in Stellenbosch and barely made it in Bredasdorp with just 75 votes.

Arniston , Struisbaai and Agulhas are areas included in the Bredasdorp ward and it had 74 percent voter turnout.

The ANC received 51.4 percent and the DA got 48.6 percent.ANC president Jacob Zuma last week visited the province.

Zuma met with the party’s supporters at Glendale High School in Mitchells Plain.

The DA retained its seat in Athlone with a huge winning margin over the ANC.

At the Groendal voting station near Stellenbosch, the DA had 723 votes and the ANC 519.

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