00:01Vote counting gets underway in South Africa's critical local elections conducted on Wednesday.
00:08Control of the major cities is at stake in the vote for 257 councils that will gauge the political mood
00:14ahead of the next national elections in 2029.
00:19Polling stations began closing at 9pm local time after a 14-hour day,
00:25but authorities said anyone still in the queue was still allowed to cast their vote.
00:30The final results are due by Sunday, according to election authorities.
00:35Of 29.2 million registered voters, 12 million had cast their ballot on Wednesday by 5pm.
00:43Some 2.6 million people were allowed to vote early on Monday and Tuesday, but only 1.4 million did
00:50so.
00:50More than three decades after the first all-race election,
00:55France, the African National Congress, and Seen to Power,
00:59South Africa are fed up with crumbling infrastructure,
01:02dry taps, persistent inequality, high crime and employment above 30%.
01:07He has one minute to see.
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