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Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Des van Rooyen says concerns raised by communities in areas where municipalities share boundaries will be attended to now that the elections are over. Van Rooyen says his department is ready to facilitate the transition of new administrators of the country's municipalities. For more on this - Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs...

Municipalities have 14 days in which to formulate new councils following last week's Local Government Elections. The ANC won 53-point-nine-one per cent of the national vote, eight per cent down from 2011. The DA is second with over 26 per cent and the EFF with over eight per cent. Political parties are now discussing possible coalitions as there's no outright winner in some municipalities and some...

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Nerina Visser, Strategist and Adviser at ETF SA looks at give clarity around the financial and investment implications of the recent 2016 local Government Election outcomes and more.

The ANC and the DA are locked into a tight competition in most metros. So far, the ruling party is leading in Buffalo City in the Eastern Cape and Mangaung in the Free State, while the DA is leading in Cape Town and the Eastern Cape's Nelson Mandela Bay. We spoke to Innovation Manager at the CSIR, Ndumiso Cingo and political analyst, Sanusha Naidu....

Market Analyst, Clive Ramathibela looks at Asian Markets as Asian shares rise after Bank of England launches post Brexit stimulus campaign and the gap between emerging markets and S&P 500 almost reaching record high...

Nadir Thokan looks at South African trade balance numbers that came out on Friday, US GDP growth numbers and the consequences of negative yielding debt....

Market Analyst, Clive Ramathibela looks at Asian Markets as a positive light on election day in South Africa , Asian shares rising after a rebound in oil prices, Bank of England under pressure to cut interest rates and Bitcoin Sinking After Hackers Steal $65 Million From Hong Kong Exchange...

While major parties are scrambling for key metros, the Congress of the People is disappointed at its dwindling support. Cope has been losing support in every election. Formed in 2008, it had 37 MPs in the 2009 national elections which was reduced to three in the 2014 elections. COPE's Dennis Bloem spoke to our producer Asanda Ntame...

The EFF's Godrich Gardee says the party is satisfied with its results thus far and they look forward to the results of the larger metros as results of yesterday's local election results begin to trickle in...

The IEC in the Eastern Cape says the tents that fell in Port Elizabeth are being re-erected. This after some fell tents used as voting stations in the metro were blown away by strong winds . IEC provincial electoral officer Thamie Mraji says the situation is under control and a team is currently dealing with this proble. We spoke to our reporter in the province, Camagwini Mavovana ....

Minor glitches have been experienced at a voting station in Athlone in the Western Cape. A voting station in ward 49 in Kewtown opened a few minutes late after experiencing some technical problems. Berenice Moss reports that small groups of residents have been waiting since the crack of dawn to ensure they make their mark in the Local Government Elections. We spoke to our reporter Berenice Moss......

News from Marikana in NorthWest is that scores of people will not be able to cast their votes today, as they are registered elsewhere in the country. Most of the affected people are migrant labourers and job seekers who flock to the platinum rich area. We spoke to the SABC's Itumeleng Kgajane....

While a number of residents are going to the polling stations to cast their votes in many parts of Vuwani, in areas such as Mashau and Vyeboom some stations had not yet received even a single voter by half past ten this morning. In Mashau 19 schools were set alight during the anti-demarcation protest three months ago. We spoke to our reporter, Witness Tiva....

As South Africans head to the polls today, it remains to be seem which parties were able to reach and convince more people to vote for them. Our listener and Data Scientist, Phillip Massie has found that smaller political parties are not able to reach as many prospective voters as the bigger ones due to budget constraints...

The IEC in the Northern Cape says while it does not expect any incidents at voting stations during the elections, security forces will be on high alert in volatile areas such as Joe Morolong in Kuruman. Presiding officers in the Sol Plaatjie Municipal area queued in the early hours of the morning to collect voting material for their respective voting stations. We spoke to Senior SABC Journalist Me...

Voting has commenced at Ward 22 in Port Elizabeth in the Eastern Cape. The ward which is made up by Daku, Njoli and KwaZakhele was regarded as one of the hotsposts in the Nelson Mandela Metro following weeks of protest by residents accusing the ANC of imposing the ward candidate on them. A group of residents clashed with ANC volunteers during the campaign refusing to let them campaign in the ward....

Millions of South Africans cast their votes in this year's municipal elections, we spoke to Dr. Ndumiso Cingo who is Innovation Manager at Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) on election predictions and what to expect from these elections...

The Independent Electoral Commission says it has made sufficient provisions across the country to ensure smooth voting for both special vote days as well as Wednesday's local government elections. This as political parties gear up for a fierce battle for the that all important X. We spoke to Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) vice-chairperson, Terry Tselane....

Lawyers representing 38 Marikana protesters will launch a civil lawsuit against the state, for what they termed the unlawful detention of their clients. The 38 accused appeared in the Rustenburg Magistrate's Court in the North West for public violence on Monday. The group was protesting at Wonderkop in Marikana, demanding employment from local mining companies, including Lonmin. An IEC voting stat...

The highly contested Nelson Mandela Bay Metro continues to be a battle field as special votes are cast ahead of Wednesday's municipal elections. Mayoral candidates, Athol Trollip and Danny Jordaan made a few stops to encourage voters to turn out in numbers and are both confident of victory. Our reporter Thandi Setokoe has more....

Gauteng garages are running dry as the strike by the Chemical, Energy, Paper, Printing, Wood and Allied Workers Union (CEPPWAWU) members continues. Fuel suppliers say the strike is hampering delivery to filling stations. Bongiwe Hobongwana an Engen filling station owner in the Vaal, says her stock was depleted on Saturday...

Market Analyst, Clive Ntozabantu Ramathibela looks at Asian shares down awaiting Reserve Bank of Australia rates decision, Japan’s Prime minister Shinzo Abe cabinet expected to approve fiscal steps to boost growth and Zimbabwe likely to charge farmers rent on land seized from white....

President Jacob Zuma has assured the nation that tight security measures have been put in place to ensure that no criminal or violent incidents will mar Wednesday's local government elections. There are about 26 million voters who have registered for what has been termed as the most competitive and closely contested municipal polls since the advent of democracy in 1994. Presidential Correspondent...

The National Joint Operational and Intelligence Structure (NATJOINTS) - which co-ordinates all security and law enforcement operations- has gone to Vuwani in Limpopo to assess the area ahead of Wednesday's local government elections. This follows threats by some Vuwani residents that no elections will take place in the area. Our reporter in Vuwani, Witness Tivha and the Acting National Police Comm...