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Pressure from outset in Currie Cup: The announcement on Thursday afternoon that Eastern Province Kings have been bailed out by the Port Elizabeth municipality and will take their position in the Premier Division after all should be welcomed in that it prevents further confusion over the …
Source: “Port Elizabeth” – BingNews.

South African election: voters deliver stinging rebuke to ANC: Voters turn away from the party of the status quo, depriving it of majorities in Johannesburg, Pretoria and Port Elizabeth South Africans have delivered a stinging rebuke to the ANC, handing the party its first major election setback since it swept to …
Source: “Port Elizabeth” – BingNews.

ANC accepts defeat for NMB: Concern was raised yesterday when ballot boxes were found in a tent behind a counting station in Zwide, Port Elizabeth. With 98% of the results already in for Nelson Mandela Bay, the final declaration was put on hold until today because of the dispute.
Source: “Port Elizabeth” – BingNews.

Mandela’s party stung by cities in worst South Africa election display since 1994: The DA was ahead in the Nelson Mandela Bay municipality, which includes Port Elizabeth, with 46.7 per cent support, compared to the ANC’s 41.6 per cent, and looks set to increase its majority in Cape Town. The Economic Freedom Fighters, which advocates the …
Source: “Port Elizabeth” – BingNews.

ANC Concedes Defeat in Nelson Mandela Bay, Mthembu Says: South Africa’s ruling African National Congress has conceded defeat in Nelson Mandela Bay, an area of the country’s Eastern Cape Province that includes the city of Port Elizabeth, the party’s Chief Whip Jackson Mthembu said. With 98 percent of the …
Source: “Port Elizabeth” – BingNews.

While you were sleeping: #ElectionResults: By 7am on Friday‚ the IEC was reporting the DA in the lead with 46.6% of the votes‚ the ANC with 40.9% and EFF with 5% in Nelson Mandela Bay. The UDM could be the kingmaker in Port Elizabeth when it comes to coalitions.
Source: “Port Elizabeth” – BingNews.

Election results show ANC taking a body blow: The main opposition DA held Cape Town, was ahead in the city of Port Elizabeth and locked in a close battle for Tshwane and Johannesburg. With more than two-thirds of the votes counted, the ANC had 53% support nationwide, with the DA on 27% and EFF on 8% …
Source: “Port Elizabeth” – BingNews.

Murdered ANC candidate wins ward: For your full guide to the 2016 municipal elections, click here. PORT ELIZABETH – ANC councillor candidate Nceba Dywili — who was murdered last week in Port Elizabeth — won his ward for the ANC by almost 80 percent. He was gunned down last Wednesday.
Source: “Port Elizabeth” – BingNews.

Voters deal sharp blow to South Africa’s ruling party: The DA looked likely to take control of Port Elizabeth, an industrial hub on the southern coast and capital of the Eastern Cape, the heartland of the ANC. The opposition was also projected to cement its leadership in Cape Town and its surroundings.
Source: “Port Elizabeth” – BingNews.

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