South Africa: 'New Kid on the Block' Still Third

23 April 2009
allAfrica.com
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Cape Town — 6pm (SA time): The ruling African National Congress has exceeded the five million mark and stays in the lead with opposition Democratic Alliance receiving over one million votes, according to voting results published on Politicsweb.

Congress of the People (COPE), the 'new kid on the block', hangs in there for third spot with 651,045 votes followed by the Inkatha Freedom Party with 265,370 votes.

COPE was struck by tragedy last night when one of their officials in Motherwell, Eastern Cape was shot and killed 'in what appears to be a politically motivated assassination,' says a COPE media statement.

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