2019 ELECTIONS: Battleground Gauteng: ANC holds on by a razor-thin margin as count continues By Greg Nicolson, Yanga Sibembe, Ayanda Mthethwa and Lelethu Tonisi
ANC deputy secretary-general Jessie Duarte was watching the results come in from Gauteng on Thursday night, waiting for the “Soweto surge” that could solidify the party’s majority in the most contested province in the 2019 general elections.
A weak performance in Gauteng would be a significant blow for the DA, particularly to its leader Mmusi Maimane and premier candidate Solly Msimanga, which held its key election rallies in the province and moved its head office from Cape Town to Johannesburg after the 2016 elections. The main opposition parties were still hopeful the ANC might win less than 50% of the vote and the province would be governed by a coalition.
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