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Election results for 3 Benoni wards complete

The final results are expected to be announced on November 8.

According to the Independent Electoral Commission’s (IEC) official live 2026 Municipal Elections results, 78% of the votes cast nationally during this year’s Local Government Elections (November 2, 3 and 4) have been counted.

It further reports that 63% of the votes cast throughout Ekurhuleni have been tallied.

With results steadily trickling in and the final results expected to be announced on November 8, results for the following Benoni wards have been completed:
• Ward 29 (Actonville, Wattville Hostel and Emandleni informal settlement)
The ANC claimed 29.99% of the votes, followed by the DA with 21.39% and the uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP) with 16.8%

• Ward 30 (Wattville, Harry Gwala informal settlement and portion of Tamboville)
The ANC secured 33.85%, followed by ActionSA with 19.32% and MKP with 13.25%

• Ward 110 (Chief Albert Luthuli Park, Cloverdene, Harry Gwala, N12 informal settlement and portion of Daveyton)
ActionSA took the lead with 29.3% of the votes, followed by the ANC with 25.84% and MKP with 12.56%.

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Jani de Beer

Jani went from working as a student intern for the Boksburg Advertiser to being employed as a junior journalist in 2004. Taking time out to start a family, she returned to the Caxton family in 2022 as senior journalist for the Benoni City Times. Her passion is telling her community's stories.

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