First ward result goes the ANC's way

2011-05-19 07:10

Johannesburg - The first ward to be declared by the Independent Electoral Commission in the 2011 local government election has changed hands from the DA to the ANC, SABC news reported on Thursday.

A ward at Thembelihle in the Northern Cape was won by Annetjie Kywe of the ANC with almost 49% of the vote. In 2006, the DA won 52% of the vote and the ANC won 47%.

There are seven seats in the Thembelihle Municipality and some 8 000 people are registered voters in that local council.

This was the first of 4 277 wards in the country to be declared, SABC reported.

 

- SAPA