Political parties contested in eight by-elections in KwaZulu-Natal, Eastern Cape, and Limpopo on Wednesday.
The governing African National Congress has snatched two wards from the Inkatha Freedom Party in Umhlabuyalingana and Endumeni municipalities in by-elections this week.
Political parties contested in eight by-elections in KwaZulu-Natal, Eastern Cape, and Limpopo on Wednesday, with six of the by-elections held in KwaZulu-Natal. At the eThekhwini metro, the governing party retained two wards. It also retained ward 22 at the Newcastle municipality while the IFP managed to retain ward 3 at Nongoma municipality. The ANC took over at Umhlabuyalingana and Endumeni after receiving 56.29% and 57.13% of votes cast respectively.
In the Eastern Cape’s Nelson Mandela Bay, the Democratic Alliance , ANC, African Christian Democratic Party , Congress of the People and the Economic Freedom Fighters went head to head for DA’s ward 2. The party retained the ward with 93.36% of the votes. At Limpopo’s Fetakgomo Tubatse municipality, ward 5 was up for grabs following the death of the ANC councillor. The ANC retained the ward after receiving 61.8% of votes, beating the EFF, Azanian People’s Organisation , the Pan Africanist Congress , the Socialist Agenda Of Dispossessed Africans and the South African Maintenance And Estate Beneficiaries Association .
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