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In the by-elections contested yesterday 21 April 2021, the African National Congress (ANC) retained ten seats and won two seats over the Democratic Alliance (DA) and the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP). The IFP and DA both retained one seat won in the 2016 Municipal Elections. The average voter turnout was 40.65% for all fourteen (14) wards that contested yesterday. The Buffalo City Municipality Ward 20 by-election has been postponed pending a court decision.
The new ANC councillors are:
Lungisani Conrad Sikakane in Ward 06 in the Ethekwini Municipality – ETH. The party retained the seat it won in the 2016 Municipal Elections, with 63.98% of the votes cast compared to 82.75% in the 2016 Municipal Elections. Voter turnout yesterday was 25.99%.
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