Ramaphoria sweeps through Chiawelo, Soweto, secures majority vote

Ramaphosa’s humility earlier on the day appears to have carried the ANC through — at least in Hitekani — and he will be hoping that the message resonated with voters throughout the country.

“We now know what our weakness are. We know our mistakes and we are sorry,” he said minutes after voting. He went on to urge his party to now “return to addressing the plight of poor people in the country”. He said the ANC had learnt from its mistakes, which makes it the right party to take South Africa forward. Earlier yesterday Maimane had opted to vote at his childhood home in Dobsonville at the nearby Presbyterian Church voting station.

But unlike Ramphosa, his presence seemingly failed to inspire his neighbours to choose the DA. Just after midnight — after multiple recounts that lasted almost four hours since the station closed — City Press heard from a party agent that the DA had only managed about 120 votes in the national ballot, while the ANC flew high with more than 700 and the EFF a distant second at around 160.

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