IEC urges patience as election results continue to trickle in
The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) has appealed to political parties, independent candidates and their supporters to remain patient as counting and results-capturing processes continue. About 15.9 million people took to the polls in Wednesday's 2026 Local Government Elections, despite more than 29 million people being registered to vote. The commission's CEO, Masego Sheburi, says local municipality, metropolitan and district council ballots are expected to produce 66,073 result slips across 23,696 […]
