Municipal by-elections: MK party rocks GNU rivals, wins first ward outside KZN

Thabiso Molefe from MK Party secured the party's first ward outside of KZN while Andrew Akkers rode the independent ticket in Durban

Thabiso Molefe from MK party secured the party's first ward outside of KZN while Andrew Akkers rode the independent ticket in Durban.The uMkhonto weSizwe party has claimed a valuable scalp in the municipal by-elections held on Wednesday, 28 August.

In eThekwini’s Ward 34, which had been a Democratic Alliance stronghold, voters chose the independent candidate Andrew Akkers over the DA’s Jerald Raghunath.Voters went to the by-election polls in 14 wards across Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal , North West, Mpumalanga and the Western Cape.Five of those were and will continue to be run by the ANC, with the DA maintaining their dominance in the seven others.

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