The first results of the 2011 municipal elections came in at 8:22pm on Wednesday, more than one hour after the voting stations around the country had officially closed.<\/p>\n
Advocate Pansy Tlakula, chief executive of the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC), announced the results as they appeared on the results board in the results centre in Pretoria.<\/p>\n
The results from on polling station in Randfontein were 57,1% in favour of the African National Congress, with the DA gaining 42,9% of the vote.<\/p>\n
The reason for the quick outcome was probably down to the fact that a mere 14 voters cast their ballots at this West Rand voting station.<\/p>\n
The results eclipsed the arrival of DA leader Helen Zille, who was the first national leader to arrive at the centre after voting stations closed.<\/p>\n
The ANC’s secretary general Gwede Mantashe also arrived at the voting station, causing a scramble of ANC officials to the ruling party’s tiny station on the ground floor of the centre.<\/p>\n
A statement by the ANC that the DA was buying votes with bread in Stellenbosch and Riverlea in Johannesburg was met with a shrug by DA officials.<\/p>\n
Asked if the bread included butter, one official dryly commented: “I must check with our chef in Stellenbosch.”<\/p>\n
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