SACP leader Blade Nzimande has warned that there were a number of factors that led to low voter turnout. He said factors contributing to the decline in voter turnout include internal divisions within the ANC, factional conduct, and situations where alliance partners were marginalised.
The ANC has again claimed victory as the governing party in
the country, but a decline in voter turnout and the ruling party’s support has
seen voters turning to either opposition parties or not participating in voting
due to a lack of confidence within the party.
The Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC), will make
the official announcement on the results this evening.
Nationally, 97% of the voting has been captured. In 2016,
the ANC led the pack with 53.91%. Current figures show that the party has
obtained 45.94%.
Nzimande said the SACP would conduct a detailed assessment
of the results and develop the way forward. “Problems within our broad
movement, such as internal divisions and counter-campaigning of the ANC,
factional conduct, and situations where Alliance partners were marginalised,
resulting in divided communities and a failure to provide quality services,”
Nzimande said.
Done by: Yandisa Qwabe
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