#SAElectionResults2019: Jubilant scenes play out as ANC secures 57.5% of votes | IOL News

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When the results board showed 100% votes captured, it became clear that the ANC would be the dominant party again in the country's sixth democratic Parliament. Elections2019 SAElections2019 MzansiVotes ElectionResults

These were the enthusiastic remarks by ANC deputy secretary-general Jessie Duarte as jubilant scenes played out at her party's election desk at the Electoral Commission's centre in Tshwane.

Duarte, who was speaking to Independent Media at the ANC's election desk, asserted that the governing party "would now be rolling up our sleeves and serve our people". "The president will then decide on his Cabinet. We don't know when he will announce the Cabinet; that is his prerogative and he will announce at his own leisure.Ace Magashule, the ANC's secretary-general, during a visit to Independent Media's office at the results centre, confirmed that Ramaphosa would reduce his Cabinet significantly, but could not immediately reveal by how much the reduction would be.

 

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