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CAPE TOWN TSHW ANE JOHAN NESBURG
BY JESSIE TAYLOR
NELSON MANDELA BAY
NEW MAYOR FOCUS
Post Local Government Elections The game was on for selecting mayors in the metros!
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ollowing the political shakeup that came with the Local Government Elections on 1 November, power dynamics in the country's major municipalities have been decided through coalitions and bloc voting. The elections saw a drop in voter turnout and a decrease in support for leading parties, resulting in 68 hung councils out of the 213 municipalities in the country.
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In the battle for the title of mayor in the country's key municipalities, the DA walked away with more than half of South Africa's coveted metropolitan municipalities. While the ANC retained control of eThekwini and Nelson Mandela Bay, the DA is incharge of municipalities such as Johannesburg, Tshwane and Cape Town, thanks to support from smaller parties.
