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South Africa: Local Government Is Broken - Could the 2021 Election Outcomes Be the Turning Point?
The Conversation Africa, 5 November 2021
South Africa's 2021 local government elections are set to go down in history as a watershed moment in the country's politics. Electoral support for the African National Congress… Read more »
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South Africa: It's All Over, Bar the Shouting - and the Coalitions - As South Africa Stands On the Brink of a New Era
Daily Maverick, 5 November 2021
Twenty-seven years after South Africa was done dismantling the apartheid regime through a government of national unity, the country could again be on the brink of history. Read more »
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South Africa: No Outright Winners in 66 Councils, Electoral Body Confirms
Daily Maverick, 4 November 2021
Results for 2021 show more than double the number of hung councils than in the 2016 local government elections. Read more »
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South Africa: Municipal Elections Another Milestone in the Advancement of Democracy - Ramaphosa
SAnews.gov.za, 4 November 2021
The 2021 Local Government Elections have proved that multi-party politics is flourishing in South Africa and that everyone has an equal chance and opportunity to run for public… Read more »
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South Africa: Coalition Times Coming - ANC & DA Set Their Guiding Principles, but Reality Check Looming
Daily Maverick, 3 November 2021
The 2021 local government elections results show coalitions are part of South Africa's political setup. The poser is how to do it. Indications from the ANC and DA on Wednesday were… Read more »
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South Africa: The ANC Must Wake Up and Smell the Coffee - the People Are Gatvol and the Party Is in Crisis
Daily Maverick, 3 November 2021
Rebone Tau is a political analyst and author of 'The Rise and Fall of the ANCYL'. Read more »
South Africa's Ruling ANC Sinks to Historic Low in Local Polls
On November 4, 2021, Glen Mashinini, chairperson of the Electoral Commission of South Africa, announced that the final results show 66 hung councils, the Daily Maverick reports. A hung council means that none of the parties which were contesting that municipality won an outright majority. This would require parties to form coalitions with other parties or independent candidates so that they can govern the municipality. This is more than double the number of hung councils in the 2016 local government elections. It comes after only 12.3 million South Africans, out of 26 million registered voters, went out to vote in the local government elections on November 1, Mashinini said.
With 100% of votes counted, the results on the Electoral Commission of South Africa's online dashboard show that the ruling African National Congress capured 46.04% of the vote, with opposition parties the Democratic Alliance and Economic Freedom Fighters sitting on 21.84% and 10.42% respectively.
The ANC's share of the vote is a historic low and it failed to regain the three big metros of Johannesburg, Tshwane and Ekurhuleni.
South Africans casting their votes in the 2021 local government elections at Birch Acres Primary in Kempton Park.
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More than 250 local elections will be held in each one of South Africa's municipalities on 1 November. More than 10,000 councillors have to be elected. For this reason, more than ... Read more »
