DA takes early lead in Wards 98, 99 and 101 in preliminary tallies
Early counts published by the Electoral Commission show strong initial showings for Democratic Alliance candidates across three local council seats.
The DA has taken an early lead in Wards 98, 99 and 101 as vote counting continues in the local government elections.
Ward 101
According to preliminary ward results published on the IEC website, Ralf Bitkau of the DA leads Ward 101 with 664 votes (72.12%), while Shane van der Westhuizen of ActionSA is in second place with 69 votes (7.73%) and Ennie Makhafola of the EFF is third with 51 votes (5.71%).
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Ward 98
Devon Steenkamp of the DA leads Ward 98 with 4 179 votes (82.82%), followed by Tshepo Mapharisa of ActionSA in second place with 349 votes (6.92%) and Rebecca Motlhabane of the EFF with 105 votes (2.08%).
Ward 99
In Ward 99, Hendrik Bodenstein of the DA leads with 17 323 votes (74.69%), Tshepo Mabusela of ActionSA is second with 1 530 votes (6.6%), and Nombuso Mhlongo of the ANC is in third place with 1 042 votes (4.49%).
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The Randburg Sun will continue to monitor the counting process and provide updates as further results become available.
Editor’s note: All results reported at this stage remain preliminary until ratified and published on the IEC’s results dashboard. For the most up-to-date results, visit: https://results.elections.org.za/dashboards/lge/
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