By-Elections Update

The ANC has retained 27 of the 40 wards it contested in yesterday's by-elections. The governing party has also lost one ward and won three new wards. The DA which contested ten wards, has retained six wards but lost four, while the Patriotic Alliance has won two new wards. The IFP has retained one ward and won another. The Better Residents Association in Mpumalanga has lost a ward. According to the IEC the average turnout of the by-elections was 31-point-94 per cent. We spoke to Wayne Sussman an elections analyst.