Official results of South African municipal elections announced
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Sowetan and TimesLIVE
South Africa's electoral commission announces the official results of the 4 November municipal elections, after the count reached 99%. Only Cape Town has a majority of seats, retained by the Democratic Alliance, according to Sowetan.
The counting and entry of results had reached 99% on Sunday, before the official results were announced by the Electoral Commission of South Africa at its results centre in Midrand, Johannesburg, according to TimesLIVE.
Five metropolitan municipalities had no winner with a majority of seats at that point. In Cape Town, the Democratic Alliance retained its majority.
