The ANC and the DA battled for control of two Eastern Cape wards during by-elections on Wednesday.
The ANC retained its 29 votes in Mbhashe local municipality while it lost ward 3 in Walter Sisulu municipality to the DA.
In Mbhashe there were 1665 votes cast with 43 of them counted as spoilt ballots. The EFF only managed to get 60 votes, PAC 22, UDM 186 and the ANC 1397. Philile Mayiji is the new ward councillor.
In Walter Sisulu 1356 votes were cast with only 10 spoilt ballots.
EFF received 112 of those votes, new kid on the block African Transformation Movement 10, DA 688, Maletswai Civic Association 24 and the ANC 522. The new ward councillor is Matthee de Ridder Nel.
Both the ANC and the DA welcomed the results and thanked those who voted. The full story is in the Daily Dispatch on Saturday.
The ANC won ward 29 in Mbhashe by 83.90% and the DA won ward 3 in Walter Sisulu by 50.74%...