In a nail-biting finish, all the votes from the capital city have been captured with the DA winning the most votes.<\/p>\n
The results for Tshwane, which were finalised after 12pm, showed that the Democratic Alliance (DA) garnered 43.10% or 381 022 of the votes.<\/p>\n
The ruling African National Congress followed closely with 41.48% or 366\u00a0732 votes and the EFF was at 11.64%.<\/p>\n
The results indicate that both parties did not get the outright 50% majority in the metro council – meaning they both would require a coalition to govern the municipality.<\/p>\n
This leaves the EFF in a good position should one of these two parties approach it to form a coalition.<\/p>\n
Read: This is how coalitions work in South Africa<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n In 2011,\u00a0the ANC won the capital city with a total of 800 367 valid votes (55.32%) which ensured it secured 68 out of 105 ward seats and 118 out of 210 seats in total.<\/p>\n Johannesburg also continues to hang in the balance with both the ANC and the DA votes neck and neck.<\/p>\n At noon, the ANC was leading in the City of Johannesburg with 42.47% of the votes and the DA had 40.87%.<\/p>\n The Electoral Commission has been slow to release some of the results at the National Results Operation Centre in Tshwane.<\/p>\n The delay in the finalisation of the results in Gauteng has been attributed to the extensive auditing process as well as the high number of voters in the province.<\/p>\n The commission is scheduled to officially announce the election results tonight.<\/p>\n DA clinches Nelson Mandela Metro \u2013 final count<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\nMore on elections<\/h3>\n