With almost 60% of the vote count completed, SA’s big three political parties are taking the lead, with the governing ANC enjoying support of 46.42%, followed by the DA at 22.25% and the EFF at 10.09%.
By 6am on Wednesday, and with 58% of the votes counted nationally, the ANC’s support in Gauteng’s crucial metros of Johannesburg, Ekurhuleni and Tshwane was still below the 50% mark, signalling that they could still be run by coalitions just as was the case after the 2016 municipal elections.
The three metros are situated in the country’s economic hub and contribute significantly to the national GDP and the Gauteng economy. The ANC’s support in Johannesburg, Ekurhuleni and Tshwane has dipped to 34.68%, 38.18%, and 32.44%, respectively.
The DA, on the other hand has so far registered support of 25.54% in Joburg, 28.74% in Ekurhuleni and 35.07% in Tshwane.
The ANC is expected to hold a media briefing at its Luthuli House headquarters in Johannesburg at 1pm on Wednesday, where it is expected to thrash out its plan for coalitions, among other things. ANC leader Cyril Ramaphosa is also expected to brief the media later on Wednesday.
In the Free State the ANC is leading with 50.89%, while the DA has 18.33% and the EFF 12.02%. In the Mangaung metro the governing party’s support is below the 50% mark, with 44.9% support. There the DA is on 31.27% and the EFF 9.37%.
In KwaZulu-Natal, the ANC is facing stiff competition from the IFP, having so far amassed 42.16% of the vote, with the IFP at 24.81% and the DA at 12.15%. In the eThekwini metro, the ANC’s support is at 40.18%, with the DA at 30.15% and the EFF at 9.31%.
With 67% of the vote count completed in the Western Cape, the DA, which is running the provincial government, is taking the lead with 53.44%, followed by the ANC at 19.29%, and in the Cape Town metro, the DA has so far registered 61.87% support, with the ANC at 13.25% and the GOOD party at 4.44%.
In the Eastern Cape, with 74% of the vote count completed, the ANC is leading with 65.53%, the DA has 13.38% and the EFF 7.83%.
In the Nelson Mandela Bay metro, run by DA mayor Nqaba Bhanga, the ANC has 40.81% and is trailed closely by the DA at 38.93%. In the Buffalo City metro, the ANC is leading with 61.54%, followed by the DA at 17.48% and the EFF with 12%.
Meanwhile, the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) on Wednesday morning projected the ANC would get 39.1% support in Nelson Mandela Bay, while the DA would get 42.2% and the EFF 6.6%. The research group projects the ANC will retain control of Buffalo City with 60.8%.
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In Mangaung, the ANC’s support is projected to dip to 49.6%, down from the 57.9% achieved in the national election in 2019.
In Gauteng metros, the CSIR projects the ANC will get 34.4% in Joburg (49.6% in 2019), 38.4% in Ekurhuleni (52.7% in 2019) and 33.3% in Tshwane (46.1% in 2019).
In Mangaung, the ANC is projected to achieve 49.6%, down from the 57.9% it attained in 2019 and the 56.8% registered in the 2016 municipal election.
In eThekweni, the ANC is projected to get 42.3% support (59.1% in 2016 and 54.1% in 2019), with the DA getting 25.6%, the EFF 10.6% and the IFP 9.8%.
In Cape Town, the DA is projected to retain control, with 56.2%, followed by the ANC at 19.5% and the GOOD party at 3.9%
Correction: November 3 2021
In an earlier version of this story we said the ANC had 50.89% and 44.9% of the vote at the time. The ANC had 50.89% and was below the 50% mark in the Mangaung metro.
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