Vote counting gets underway in critical South Africa local elections

Vote counting gets underway in South Africa's critical local elections conducted on Wednesday. Control of the major cities is at stake in the vote for 257 councils that will gauge the political mood ahead of the next national elections in 2029. Polling stations began closing at 9pm local time after a 14-hour day. But authorities said anyone still in the queue was still allowed to cast their vote. The final results are due by Sunday, according to election authorities. Of 29.2 million registered voters, 12 million had cast their ballot on Wednesday by 5 p.m. Some 2.6 million people were allowed to vote early on Monday and Tuesday, but only 1.4 million. We did so more than three decades after the first all-race election. France, the African National Congress, ends into power. South Africa are fed up with crumbling infrastructure, dry taps, persistent inequality, high crime and employment above 30%. We have one minute to be.