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The Western Cape legislature will kick off the post-election process to swear in new leaders on Thursday, 13 June 2024. The next few days will see all nine provincial legislatures sworn in, along with representatives from the National Assembly and the National Council of Provinces. The Western...

Premier says his team needs to work extremely hard to maintain confidence and stability given shift in political landscape

The DA scooped more than half of the votes in the province with the ANC coming in second and the Patriotic Alliance (PA) taking third spot in the province.

Western Cape opposition parties believe the strong voter turnout in the province will go in their favour and boost their chances of eating into the DA's majority.



The Democratic Alliance in the Western Cape is confident that it will hold onto power in the province, as preliminary results released by the Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) as at 6. 50am on Friday morning showed the blue party leading the polls.

A man who allegedly voted twice is among 10 people arrested across the province for election-related crimes since the voter registration weekend kicked-off in February.

With 75% of the vote now captured, a result for the province looks certain by the end of the day.

Hundreds of South Africans were still in line to vote on Wednesday evening after 21:00. Here is the latest.

In the latest news in South Africa on Thursday, 23 May, there is a new modus operandi criminals now strung ropes across the road for bikers.

Eight leading candidates from various political parties are competing to be premier in the Western Cape.