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The Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) has announced that most of the vote counting, if not all of it, is now complete for the 2026 local government elections. As of 7pm, the results portal indicated that 50% of the votes had been counted, with IEC chair Mosotho Moepya revealing that results for 65 out of 213 municipalities have been confirmed.
The slow release of the final results is attributed to procedural reasons, with IEC chair Moepya stating that any ongoing counting is being handled by the commission as they make decisions on various issues.
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