While the ANC won the 6th general elections with a comfortable majority, this was the party’s worst performance since the first free election in 1994.
JOHANNESBURG - The Electoral Commission of South Africa is expected to officially announce the total 2019 election results captured.
Vote counting was completed on Saturday afternoon, with the African National Congress winning 2019’s general election and retained its majority in the country with 57.5%.ANC deputy secretary-general Jessie Duarte said the party took this as a sign that people wanted a clean party that would act and tackle corruption.
At the same time, the ANC in Gauteng gave former presidents Kgalema Motlanthe and Thabo Mbeki credit for helping the party campaign.
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