The African National Congress (ANC) can kiss goodbye its status as the official opposition to the Democratic Alliance (DA) in the Western Cape legislature, if early election results trends continue in the province.
As of 11AM on Thursday, 20.87% of voting districts (328 of 1 572) had been tallied. And although the ANC sits in second-place (48,291 votes) behind the DA (127,433 votes), the Patriotic Alliance is in third at 31,243 – ahead of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) in fourth at 9 754.
There is some way to go before the vote can be called definitively but the ANC…
