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ANC members and volunteers interact with voters during a Ward 1 by-election in the Sol Plaatje Municipality in the Northern Cape on 23 July 2025.
The African National Congress (ANC) in the Northern Cape has won Ward 1 in Kimberley following yesterday’s by-election.
The result gives the party an edge over the opposition in the Sol Plaatje Municipal Council.
However, the ANC does not have the majority to govern the council without as the municipality remains a hung council and is currently being governed through a coalition between it and the Good Party.
Platfontein, which forms part of the ward, gave the ANC the numbers it needed to win.
The by-election comes a councillor of the Patriotic Alliance resigned.
The uMkhonto weSizwe Party performed slightly better than the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF).
