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ANC leads South Africa's local polls but records all-time election low: final results

The African National Congress came in first place in South Africa's local elections but suffered its worst-ever electoral setback, according to final results on Saturday. 

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00:00The African National Congress came first in South Africa's local elections,
00:05but suffered its worst-ever electoral setback, Sunday's final results show.
00:11While still the largest party in the country, the once-dominant ANC took just 32.5 per cent of the
00:18vote.
00:20Frustrated voters have turned to the Democratic Alliance, the MK Party and other smaller lists.
00:26The ANC's performance marks a drop of some 14 percentage points from its 2021 local election results.
00:36The party has failed to win an outright majority in any of the eight metropolitan municipalities.
00:43The centre-right Democratic Alliance is the second-largest party, with about 22.9 per cent of the vote.
00:51It's leading in Nelson Mandela Bay and Chwane and has secured a majority in Cape Town.
00:58Former President Jacob Zuma's MK Party is finishing in third place nationally, with around 9.9 per cent of the
01:07vote.
01:08The results point to a fragmented political landscape that parties will have to navigate in order to form governing alliances.
01:17The witnesses .
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