DA poised to hold Midvaal
04 August 2016 - 05:48
The Democratic Alliance (DA) looks set to retain the only municipality it controls in Gauteng. At 3.30am with 55% of the votes counted in Midvaal‚ the DA led with a huge margin of 73.3%‚ followed by the ANC at 19.33% ad the Economic Freedom Fighters with 3.71%.During its campaign‚ the ANC vowed to take Midvaal from the DA‚ claiming that its opponent was not taking care of poor in this town.Nationally‚ 21% of the votes had been counted. The ANC led with 50.11% of the votes‚ followed by the DA at 34.8% and the EFF atv 5.73%.Live results, cool maps, fierce battlegrounds: follow the local elections on our web app:http://bit.ly/2apwZKU..
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