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ELECTORAL COMMISSION OF SOUTH AFRICA

Reinforcements dispatched to Gauteng to finalise election results

IEC rejects claims local government elections results are late, despite promising to finalise them by Wednesday

Khaya Koko

democracy arrived in South Africa and was seen around the world as a beacon of hope for humanity at large: if the deeply divided South Africa could do it, then so could any other country in the world. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

LGE 2021: The IFP is the biggest winner in KwaZulu-Natal

The Inkatha Freedom Party is on track to take control of five of the province’s 11 district municipalities

Paddy Harper

The IEC has assured media load-shedding will not affect the counting of votes. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&)

ELECTORAL COMMISSION OF SOUTH AFRICA

Eskom implements load-shedding; IEC says it won’t affect vote counting

Eskom has announced that stage two load-shedding will be implemented from 4pm on Tuesday afternoon until 5am on Wednesday morning.

Anathi Madubela