ANC falls to 31% in eMalahleni, from 51% in 2021
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on SABC News
South Africa's ANC won 31% of the vote in eMalahleni, compared with 51% in the 2021 local elections, while the DA reached 23%. In Mbombela, the ANC won 48% against 65% five years earlier, and retained 54% in Nkomazi, according to SABC News.
In Mbombela, the capital of South Africa's Mpumalanga province, the ANC won only 48% of the vote, compared with 65% five years earlier, and the municipal council is now hung. The DA received 15%, reports SABC News.
In the Nkomazi municipality, the ANC retained an outright majority with 54% of the vote, despite a 19-point decline from the 73% it secured in 2021. The municipality is facing service delivery difficulties and attacks on councillors, including the killing of ANC councillor Thabo Ngwenya in April 2024, according to SABC News.
In eMalahleni, a mining town in Mpumalanga, the DA rose from 18% to 23% and overtook the EFF to take second place on the council. The MK Party came third with 14%, while job losses linked in particular to decarbonisation are weighing on the city, according to SABC News.
These results complement those published on 7 November on the ANC leading with 31% of the vote. They follow results reporting 31.83% for the ANC nationally.
