39 out of the 257 councils' votes outstanding – IEC
5 August 2016
Pretoria - There are only 39 councils with outstanding votes that still need to be finalised, the IEC said on Friday.
"Work is continuing to finalise the results for these outstanding councils – which include…some of the largest metros including the City of Johannesburg, Tshwane, Ekurhuleni, eThekwini, Buffalo City and City of Cape Town," IEC chairperson Glen Mashinini said during a media briefing at the results operations centre in Tshwane around 17:30.
He said the results would however, be known in "the next few hours".
The results would not however be made official until Saturday evening, Mashinini said.