PoliticsIEC: 65 of 213 municipalities finalised as objections close at 5pm today
The IEC says more than 60% of results were captured by Thursday 5pm. Objections close at 5pm today, and no result can be declared before then.
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PoliticsAfter the count: what happens between the final results and the first council meetings
The IEC hopes to declare final results by the weekend. Here is what that means for council meetings and coalition talks, and what is still unclear.
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PoliticsEarly metro count: DA leads Johannesburg, ActionSA ahead in Tshwane, IEC figures show
With roughly one in ten districts counted in the two metros, IEC figures put the DA first in Johannesburg and ActionSA first in Tshwane. Early counts can shift.
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PoliticsAbout 14.5 million voted as IEC aims to declare final results by the weekend
The IEC says about 14.5 million ballots were cast, including special votes, and aims to declare final results by the weekend. None are official yet.
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PoliticsElection disputes explained: how parties can object, with a Friday 5pm deadline
Parties unhappy with how voting or counting went have until 5pm on Friday 6 November to lodge formal objections. Here is how the dispute process works.
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PoliticsMantashe tells ANC to accept the election outcome as DA waits on Cape Town
ANC chairperson Gwede Mantashe urged his party to accept the result and make coalitions work, while the DA's Tertuis Simmers said Cape Town voters turned out.
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PoliticsEarly election returns put ANC and DA close as counting gets under way
With under 5% of voting districts counted, early figures show the ANC on about 35% and the DA on about 32%. Results are provisional and the mix will shift.
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PoliticsParliament mourns NCOP secretary Advocate Modibedi Phindela, who has died
Parliament's presiding officers announced the death on Tuesday of Advocate Modibedi Eric Phindela, secretary to the National Council of Provinces since 2010.
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PoliticsCounting under way after polls close, with final outcome expected by the weekend
Votes are being counted at every station after the 9pm close, and the IEC says final outcomes will be known by the weekend. No results have been confirmed.
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Politics12 million had voted by 5pm as IEC says anyone in the queue at 9pm will vote
IEC figures put turnout at 12 million by 5pm, with polls closing at 9pm and counting starting at each station soon after. Here is what happens next.
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PoliticsElectoral Court rejects bid to overturn ANC Eastern Cape lists, flags EFF ward nominee
Two Electoral Court rulings this week: ANC members lose a challenge to Eastern Cape lists, and an EFF ward nominee who never consented must be flagged.
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PoliticsElection Day: IEC says polls opened smoothly and sets out what campaigning is allowed
Voting runs to 21:00. The IEC says stations opened without major glitches and that low-key campaigning outside stations is legal.
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