The DA is maintaining its lead over Tshwane with only 1% of the vote left to be counted. In Joburg there's only a one percentage point difference between the two largest parties, making it too close to call.
Here is the official IEC count just before 11am on Saturday
GAUTENG with 96% of the vote counted:
ANC: 45.14%
DA: 38.08%
EFF: 11.25%
JOHANNESBURG with 90% reported:
ANC: 42.6%
DA: 41.06%
EFF: 10.74%
TSHWANE with 99% reported:
DA: 43.14%
ANC: 41.2%
EFF: 11.7%
EKURHULENI with 99% reported:
ANC: 48.71%
DA: 34.26%
EFF: 11.26%
10.35am
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The Presidency has confirmed that Jacob Zuma will attend the official announcement of the 2016 Local Government Elections at the National Results Centre in Pretoria.
Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) is set to announce the final results this afternoon.
