ActionSA wins Atteridgeville's Ward 63
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on TimesLIVE
ActionSA won Ward 63 in Atteridgeville with 42.1% of the vote, ending the ANC's dominance in this municipal ward. Its candidate Phuti Johannes Maselela claimed the victory, while counting in the municipal elections continued in Tshwane, according to TimesLIVE.
ActionSA won municipal Ward 63 in Atteridgeville on Friday, in Tshwane, ending the ANC's dominance in the ward. Its municipal council candidate, Phuti Johannes Maselela, obtained 42.1% of the vote, according to TimesLIVE.
ActionSA gained 30.3 percentage points compared with the 2021 local elections, when the party took 11.8% of the vote in the ward. The ANC had then won the ward with 60.1%, ahead of the EFF with 18.7%, according to TimesLIVE.
At 4pm on Friday, across Tshwane, the DA was leading the municipal race with 31.78% of the vote, ahead of ActionSA on 23.23% and the ANC on 21.89%, after 78% of votes had been counted. ActionSA had obtained 313,181 votes, against 428,388 for the DA and 295,038 for the ANC, according to preliminary results reported by TimesLIVE.
Phuti Johannes Maselela said his team would make jobs, municipal bills, local debt and living conditions in collective households its priorities. He also announced he wanted to work with the security forces against crime and to develop Atteridgeville's households, according to TimesLIVE.
