There were some visibly dejected faces at the Electoral Commission of South Africa's results operating centre in Durban on the first day of vote counting on Thursday.
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It was slightly awkward at Northwood High School when former ANC provincial chair and KwaZulu-Natal premier S'bu Ndebele arrived to vote at the same time as DA leader John Steenhuisen on Wednesday.