NOVEMBER BY-ELECTION: ANC posts strong results in rural KZN and Eastern Cape

The previous ward councillor resigned. The IFP fielded Sharon Peetz as its candidate. Peetz is a former DA councillor and mayoral committee member in Johannesburg.

Despite the clear internal divisions within IFP ranks in Msinga, the party put aside its differences and came together to ensure that Ward 11 remains firmly in IFP hands. Three of the voting districts in the ward changed hands as the IFP won the Nomfovelo School voting district off the ANC, all but inverting the 2021 result, with the IFP getting 60%, up from 40%, and the ANC sliding from 58% to 40%.

Malatjie was an independent and therefore could not be on the PR ballot. Here the ANC restored some normalcy, but was still well under the 50% mark as the EFF gave it a run for its money, as the ANC finished 164 votes ahead of the EFF on the PR ballot.

At the Christian Assembly Church district in Extension 3, the ANC did not have the same growth, declining slightly from 49% to 48%, as the Patriotic Alliance made its mark here, affecting the ANC, the EFF and Merafong Agents of Change with a 22% haul. The DA put a brake on the vote-shedding to the FF+ with a solid hold in this by-election. It all but matched its 2021 showing. The FF+ still made good ground but would have wanted to run the DA closer in this low-turnout election. The FF+’s support in Rangeview grew from 16% to 26%, with the DA’s support dropping from 73% to 72%. An interesting contest within a contest was the EFF pipping the ANC for third place in this safe DA seat.

This was a difficult by-election for both the EFF and ActionSA. The EFF’s percentage vote share fell from 33% to 7% and 16% to 1% in the Zola township. In the Tarkastad town centre , its fortunes went from 9% to 1%. This was ActionSA’s worst by-election performance to date. It has been very meticulous in choosing which by-elections to choose.

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