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The IEC set itself a goal of capturing 90% of the results by Wednesday morning, but are some way off the target.Only 64% of the votes have been tallied, with the ANC in the lead nationally w...

The ANC continued to enjoy slender leads in two of Gauteng’s three highly contested metropolitan municipalities by on Wednesday morning.

Political parties have been gathered at the Independent Electoral Commission’s national results centre in Pretoria since voting closed on Monday as the results continue to trickle in.

Smaller parties will emerge as king-makers in Nelson Mandela Bay metro with the ANC unable to get an outright majority.

As results continued to stream in on Wednesday with talks of coalitions, hung municipalities and lost ground, some parties have reacted to their performance so far:

John Maytham chats to FF Plus ward councillor candidate Andre Fourie about the local government elections on Monday.

Lester Kiewit speaks to Freedom Front Plus leader Pieter Groenewald.

Political leaders interacted with voters and cast their votes across the country on Monday.

After weeks of restless campaigns for the local government elections, political party leaders have taken the time to exercise their democratic right by voting in their respective voting stations and urging South Africans to do the same.

The Electoral Commission of South Africa has vehemently defended its apparently faulty Voter Management Devices notwithstanding the fact that 67 000 voters were affected by the devices’ inefficiencies.