THE DA is set to reclaim the City of Cape Town with an outright majority, according to the party’s projections on Wednesday afternoon.
Projections indicate that the DA will win around 62.27 of the vote in the City of Cape Town, nearly 40 percentage points ahead of the ANC, the second largest party currently sitting at 13.26%.
“With the results now nearly finalised, the Democratic Alliance is proud to announce that the people of Cape Town have elected a new DA government with a strong, outright majority,” said Geordin Hill-Lewis, the party’s Cape Town mayor-elect.
“Our projection of the results show that Capetonians have strongly affirmed the DA’s track record of delivering the best basic services to all residents, that they trust the DA to get things done, and to do more to secure Cape Town’s future.”
Hill-Lewis said in a statement that the party’s purpose in government is simple:
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