The IFP has convincingly snatched Ward 99 in the eThekwini metro away from the ANC for the first time since the dawn of democracy, winning the ward by more than 1 000 votes following a by-election.
There was a sense of hope and jubilation in the air as hundreds gathered at the Naidoo Memorial School in Umkomaas, ward 99 in the eThekwini Metro, for a crucial by-election.