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Provincial ANC leader and Eastern Cape premier Oscar Mabuyane at the IEC Results Centre in  East London on Thursday.
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Ominous signs as ANC loses outright control of seven EC councils

The ANC has lost its outright majority in seven Eastern Cape municipalities, with early results showing Buffalo City Metro could also head into a coalition.

  • Asanda Nini
  • Ziyanda Zweni
  • Mandilakhe Kwababana
  • Mpumzi Mshweshwe
Just minutes after casting their votes, Nqadu villagers Nofundile Nontshizela, 60, and Nokhwezi Nqwiliso, 56, are seen collecting water from a stream also used by animals. Both women have been voting since 1994, but decades later, access to clean and reliable water remains a struggle. Picture: SINO MAJANGAZA
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After voting, it's back to collecting water in Nqadu area

Shortly after casting their ballots at dawn in the Eastern Cape, elderly Nqadu villagers returned to collecting drinking water from a stream shared with animals, highlighting decades of persistent service delivery failures.

  • Mandilakhe Kwababana
  • Sino Majangaza
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