Counting under way in local elections as turnout tops forty percent

Counting under way in local elections as turnout tops forty percent

South Africans voted on Wednesday in the municipal elections, with counting under way across twenty-three thousand six hundred voting stations. Turnout surpassed forty percent by late afternoon following a record special voting period, setting up a verdict on municipal service delivery and the African National Congress. Also in this briefing: Angelo Agrizzi is ordered to pay the state one point six six billion rand in a landmark state capture confiscation ruling; diesel prices fall by more than one rand while petrol stays flat; and chronic medicine shortages trigger stock rationing at public health clinics.

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Turnout in South Africa's local elections crossed forty percent by late afternoon across twenty-three thousand voting stations.

The Electoral Commission operates under a strict seven-day statutory deadline to audit and declare final election results.

Angelo Agrizzi was ordered to repay one point six six billion rand under the Organised Crime Act.

November wholesale diesel prices dropped over one rand, while petrol prices remained essentially flat.

Durban Harbour import bottlenecks and global supply strains caused critical chronic medication shortages across public health clinics.

Johannesburg Water throttled supply across twelve reservoirs, leaving thousands of residents without water for a second week.

In this episode
  1. 01Intro1 min
  2. 02Counting under way in local elections as turnout tops 40%: the voting numbers and counting process2 min
  3. 03Counting under way in local elections as turnout tops 40%: political stakes and the municipal mandate2 min
  4. 04Agrizzi ordered to pay state R1.66 billion in landmark Bosasa ruling1 min
  5. 05Diesel drops over R1 as November price changes take effect, but petrol holds flat1 min
  6. 06Where things stand1 min
  7. 07Medicine shortages hit chronic patients in public clinics as stock is rationed2 min
  8. 08Outro1 min
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