Political parties satisfied with election process
According to the parties in the Ugu district, no incidents were reported in local municipalities and everything ran smoothly.
By yesterday afternoon (Wednesday), political parties and South Africans were still waiting for the official results of the local government elections from the Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC).
Even so, it seems most municipalities already know which party is taking over which municipality, and at least who the ward councillor is.
According to the parties in the Ugu district, no incidents were reported in local municipalities and everything ran smoothly.
Some communities decided to vote against the current ruling party and some voted for it.
Spokesperson for Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) Sfundo Ngwane said that one of the wards it took over in Umzumbe is being investigated because the ruling party is not happy.
He said every other ward that it has taken over was happy, and felt that the elections were fair.
Rishigen Viranna of the Democratic Alliance (DA) said the party was also very happy because it had have retained all its previous wards.
“Ward one was once DA but was taken over by the ANC, we have now have it back, overall we have 10 wards in Ray Nkonyeni. We are now waiting for the IEC to give us official results.”
Viranna said they had one major challenge where people were turned away because it appeared that they had not registered. “The IEC needs to make sure that their system works and works perfectly. We have been getting complaints from Hibberdene to Port Edward that people were turned away and could not vote.’
He said they have lodged a complaint with the IEC.
The African National Congress (ANC) has retained its wards, besides ward 15 in KwaMadlala and ward 1 in Port Edward.
The ANC is still leading in most municipalities even though some people did not vote.
Lindo Mzimela, spokesperson for the ANC said they have realised that they need to do better and they will be working on that from now onwards.
He said the low voter turnout from people within the ANC affected the party.
“We have committed ourselves to doing better and we will do better. We have seen the importance of educating people about voting.” Mzimela thanked all those who came out to vote in all the areas.
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