{"id":132409,"date":"2016-08-04T07:30:53","date_gmt":"2016-08-04T05:30:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=132409"},"modified":"2016-08-04T07:30:53","modified_gmt":"2016-08-04T05:30:53","slug":"da-takes-kouga-municipality-in-the-eastern-cape-from-the-anc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/trending\/132409\/da-takes-kouga-municipality-in-the-eastern-cape-from-the-anc\/","title":{"rendered":"DA takes Kouga Municipality in the Eastern Cape from the ANC"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The DA says it has won Kouga Municipality in the Eastern Cape, a formerly under ANC control.<\/p>\n

The DA is believed to have won 58% of the vote.<\/p>\n

The municipality consists of nine towns including Jeffreys Bay, Humansdorp, St Francis Bay, and Cape St Francis, among other.<\/p>\n

News24 reported that while only 9% of the votes have been counted in the highly contested Nelson Mandela Bay metro, the DA is currently in the lead with 55% of the vote.<\/p>\n

This however is far from the final result as a significant number of votes still have to be counted.<\/p>\n

With that 9%, the ANC is currently sitting at 33.41% and the EFF is at 3.8%.<\/p>\n

The turnout of voters currently appears to be stronger in DA areas at 69%. In strong ANC areas, its voter turnout is currently 59%.<\/p>\n

According to political analyst Dawie Scholtz, the DA is making inroads into township areas. In the 2011 local government elections only 2% of the vote went to the party, but that is currently up to 6% in this election.<\/p>\n

“That makes quite a big difference,” Scholtz said.<\/p>\n

“With the ANC and DA, it looks like it is going to go down to the wire.”<\/p>\n

In the 2011 local government elections the ANC won the metro with 52.13% of the vote, while the DA had 40.24%.<\/p>\n

News24<\/a><\/p>\n

More on elections<\/h3>\n

2016 Municipal Elections: when you can expect the full results<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

We will be gracious in defeat if we lose Nelson Mandela Bay \u2013 ANC<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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