The Patriotic Alliance won Ward 7 in Ennerdale and Finetown in the deep south of Johannesburg off the ANC in the latest round of by-elections, while the DA increased its percentage vote share in all four wards it was defending. The ANC had a good win in Mkhondo in Mpumalanga and there were sign.
The ANC increased its margin of victory in a key Tshwane by-election to not only fill a ward vacancy but also show that its voters seem far more motivated than DA voters there. No seats changed hands in the latest round of by-elections as the IFP continued to make headway in KwaZulu-Natal, whil.
The ANC lost its outright majority in the troubled Ditsobotla municipality in North West after an impressive surge by the EFF. The IFP also won a seat from the ANC in eThekwini. But it was not all doom and gloom for the ruling party as it retained all five seats in Mkhondo in Mpumalanga and can.
The DA was given a major scare by the Freedom Front Plus in a safe DA seat in Paarl, while the EFF made inroads in traditional ANC areas in Mpumalanga, and GOOD and the DA dented the ANC’s big majority in Nyanga, Cape Town, in a round of by-elections where no seats changed hands.