In Conversation with Dalisy Manganyi, IFP youth brigade provincial chairperson
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Today, Area Code is broadcasting live from the Electoral Commission of South Africa's (IEC) Gauteng Provincial Results Operation Centre in Alberton, as the country enters the next phase of the 2026 Local Government Elections following Wednesday's nationwide vote.
With voting now concluded, attention has shifted to the counting, verification and announcement of results. Political parties, candidates and communities are waiting to see how South Africans have voted and what the outcome will mean for the country's municipal political landscape.
Here at the Results Operation Centre, election officials are overseeing the processing and consolidation of results received from voting stations across Gauteng. The centre also provides a space for political party representatives, observers and members of the media to follow developments as the results are captured and verified.
The scale of Wednesday's election was significant. According to the IEC, approximately 29.2 million South Africans were registered to vote across 23,696 voting stations nationally, with around 188,000 election officials deployed to facilitate the process.
The Commission reported that 98% of voting stations had opened by 07:00 on Wednesday. By 10:00, preliminary figures indicated that more than 3.5 million voters had already cast their ballots.
With the voting process behind us, attention is now on the results emerging from municipalities across the country, particularly Gauteng's metropolitan municipalities of Johannesburg, Tshwane and Ekurhuleni.
With voting now concluded, attention has shifted to the counting, verification and announcement of results. Political parties, candidates and communities are waiting to see how South Africans have voted and what the outcome will mean for the country's municipal political landscape.
Here at the Results Operation Centre, election officials are overseeing the processing and consolidation of results received from voting stations across Gauteng. The centre also provides a space for political party representatives, observers and members of the media to follow developments as the results are captured and verified.
The scale of Wednesday's election was significant. According to the IEC, approximately 29.2 million South Africans were registered to vote across 23,696 voting stations nationally, with around 188,000 election officials deployed to facilitate the process.
The Commission reported that 98% of voting stations had opened by 07:00 on Wednesday. By 10:00, preliminary figures indicated that more than 3.5 million voters had already cast their ballots.
With the voting process behind us, attention is now on the results emerging from municipalities across the country, particularly Gauteng's metropolitan municipalities of Johannesburg, Tshwane and Ekurhuleni.
