ELECTIONS FLASH: Gauteng on the cusp, ANC clears 50%.

A woman casts her vote for the general elections at the Presbyterian Church ballot station in Dobsonville, Johannesburg, on May 8, 2019. - South Africans began voting today in national elections which the ruling ANC, in power since 1994, is favourite to win despite corruption scandals, sluggish economic growth and record unemployment. The ANC has won all the past five elections, but todays vote is set to be an electoral test on whether the party has staunched a decline in popularity.

Gauteng, the richest prize in provincial politics, remains in the balance as the ANC early on Saturday morning breached the electoral threshold of 50% support. With only a fraction of Gauteng's 2 727 voting districts still outstanding, the state of play at 08:15 was:- Freedom Front Plus: 3.61%The only parties that have increased their support since 2014 are the EFF and the FF Plus, which will both have more members in the provincial legislature than before.

PieterDuToit If the DA could not unseat the ANC in Gauteng, with its more sophisticated urban voter base, or the FreeState NorthWest & Limpopo, sites of the worst forms of corruption & looting by CrookedComrades, then there is NO hope that it will be able to do so in future!

PieterDuToit This is CyrilRamaphosa effect. He and He alone saved both Gauteng and National results looking from 2016 results debacle. David Makhura must be the most delighted Man now while Ace Magashule is the new elephant in the room. The battle of Luthuli House is on !!! Watch this space

PieterDuToit Looking at the voting districts still to come, I think the ANC will hold above 50%. Just.

PieterDuToit I wonder with the numbers being so close whether any of the parties will call for a recount in GP. The IEC may well have to cancel the results announcement planned for tonight.

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