DA Limpopo leader Jacques Smalle said the party was 'delighted to have retained Ward 2 in Thabazimbi' in yesterday's by-election.
DA Limpopo leader Jacques Smalle said the party was ‘delighted to have retained Ward 2 in Thabazimbi’ in yesterday’s by-election.
Tokkie Swanepoel won Ward 2 in Thabazimbi with 33.59% of the votes cast compared to 57.16% in the 2016 municipal elections. Voter turnout was 46.89%. DA Limpopo leader Jacques Smalle said the party was “delighted to have retained Ward 2 in Thabazimbi” in yesterday’s by-election. Kwandiswa Gobeni retained Ward 20 in the Mnquma Municipality for the ANC with 87.95% of the votes cast compared to 69.26% in the 2016 municipal elections. Voter turnout was 33.49%.
The DA’s performance in by-elections since the May national and provincial elections has been mixed, with some wards seeing no losses, and others suffering substantial losses.
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