New kid on the block, Action SA, walked away the biggest winner in the City of Johannesburg Municipality, managing to secure 44 seats in that metro.

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5 November 2021

The City has now been classified as a hung municipality, along with 65 other councils, where not a single party could manage to secure an outright majority. The ANC has managed to secure only 91 seats (33.6% of votes) in the Johannesburg metro, a decline of 121 seats from 2016. The DA has 71 seats with 26,14% of the votes. The party has lost 33 seats from 2016.

Merentia Van Der Vent

Merentia joined the media world in 1996 and in 2001, she took her first steps in the broadcasting world. In her free time, she likes to go on adventures in the city. She also likes to learn new dances, not that she is any good at that.

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