The Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) has lost two wards in the province to the ANC in by-elections this week before its election manifesto launch in Chatsworth, south of Durban this weekend.
The Independent Electoral Commission held by-elections in six wards across five municipalities this week.
The ANC now has control of uMhlabuyalingana, after receiving 66% of the votes and Dundee, which it won by 63%.
IEC spokesperson in the province, Ntombifuti Masinga says,“In ward 88, the ANC retained the ward, same thing happened in 91. In ward 88, it won by 78% of the vote. In Ward 91, the ANC retained the ward and got 69% of the vote. In Dundee, we had by elections in ward 3. The ANC took over the ward from the IFP, they got a vote of 63%. In Newcastle, in ward 22, the ANC retained the ward, they won by 65%. In Umhlabuyalingana in Mangozi, ward 7, the ANC took the ward from the IFP and they won it by 66%. Kwanongoma, we also had a by election in ward 3. The IFP retained the ward in Kwanongoma, they won by 66%,” says Masinga
