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<p>CNBC Africa&#8217;s Karabo Letlhatlha caught up with outgoing Minister of Public Service and Administration Ayanda Dlodlo at the inauguration that was held on Saturday, Dlodlo was tasked by Cyril Ramaphosa to reconfigure a new government and administration for the new lean government that president Cyril Ramaphosa wants to see.</p>


Ayanda Dlodlo on reconfiguring Ramaphosa’s new government

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<p>For the first time since the birth of democracy, South Africa’s election credibility has been called into question due to the ease of being able to wipe off the indelible ink marks on a voter’s thumb. The company that supplied the ink is Lithotech, a division of Bidvest, to find out what this means for these brands CNBC Africa is joined by Jeremy Sampson, Managing Director, Brand Finance Africa.</p>


Has the #SAElections2019 tarnished brand IEC, Bidvest & Lithotech?

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<p>The impacts of possible outcomes of elections will have ramifications on the global market outlook and foreign direct investment. Joining CNBC Africa to discuss the country&#8217;s place in a global market is William Attwell, Practice Leader, Sub-Saharan Africa, Duckerfrontier.</p>


Tracking global market reaction post #SAElections2019

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<p>After winning by landslide, South Africa&#8217;s newly elected ruling party, managed to hold on to its sixth term at the head of office. The African National Congress held a special National Executive Committee in Tshwane.</p>


ANC holds special NEC meeting

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<p>Andile Mngxitama, leader of Black First Land First is of the opinion that BLF had been &#8220;robbed&#8221;. He sees the ANC, DA and EFF as a single party representing White Monopoly Capital in Parliament. He spoke to Karabo Letlahtlha at the IEC.</p>


BLF will continue to make a noise, in parliament or not

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<p>Brigadier Vishnu Naidoo, spokesperson for joint operations intelligence structure and national police spokesperson spoke to CNBC Africa’s Karabo Letlhatlha about investigations into allegations of double voting.</p>


Journalist arrested, charged for fraud

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<p>Many factors contributed to the ANC&#8217;s loss of 5 percentage points at the polls, said ANC General Secretary Ace Magashule. Yet, the results are also a sign of a maturing democracy. He spoke to CNBC Africa’s Karabo Letlhatlha at the IEC, also addressing questions about corruption, South Africa&#8217;s position in the global economy, and reform within the ANC.</p>


Election results show a maturing democracy – Ace Magashule

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<p>Steinhoff’s share price tumbled over 20 per cent after its financial results for 2017 revealed that the company’s legal troubles could pose long term threats to the future of the company. This has shed doubt on its ability to continue as a going concern as legal related troubles continue to pile on, and insurmountable debt. Peter Armitage, CEO, Anchor Capital.</p>


Peter Armitage on why there’s no value left in Steinhoff

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<p>CNBC Africa’s Fifi Peters spoke to Brigadier Vishnu Naidoo, spokesperson for joint operations intelligence structure and national police spokesperson to find out how many arrests the police have made following revelations of double voting.</p>


SAPS reveals how many S.Africans arrested for double voting

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<p>The final count for this year&#8217;s general election is currently underway. The IEC is confident in the fairness of the election but can the country&#8217;s economy share the same confidence as the final tally approaches. ThembaLihle Baloyi, Co-founder of Sithega Holdings and a member of YPO joins CNBC Africa for more.</p>


Regaining confidence in SA’s economy post-elections

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<p>CNBC Africa’s Fifi Peters takes a look at how the parties&#8217; election manifestos are tackling environmental issues and reveals the shocking truth that the parties don&#8217;t seem to be taking the threat of global warming seriously.</p>


Do SA’s political parties take climate change threat seriously?

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<p>Nedbank had to readjust their growth forecast for 2019 to 0.9 per cent after the first quarter of the year. Load-shedding had a big impact on driving down their previous growth figure of 1.3 per cent. Nedbank Economist, Busisiwe Radebe spoke to CNBC Africa’s Kopano Gumbi about her outlook after the election.</p>


Hope vs realistic expectations post-election

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<p>The Independent Electoral Commission Chief Electoral Officer Sy Mamabolo says they will urgently audit votes to ascertain if double voting occurred.</p>


IEC to urgently audit votes to check for double voting


<p>PRETORIA (Reuters) &#8211; South African elections officials counted ballot papers early on Thursday, a day after a vote seen as the toughest test yet for the ruling African National Congress (ANC) party 25 years after it swept to power at the end of white minority rule.</p>



<p>The elections for a new parliament and nine provincial legislatures are the first barometer of national sentiment since President Cyril Ramaphosa replaced scandal-plagued Jacob Zuma as head of state in February 2018.</p>



<p>Ramaphosa is trying to arrest a slide in support for the ANC, which has won every parliamentary vote since the end of apartheid in 1994 but whose image has been tarnished by corruption scandals and a weak economy in the past decade.</p>



<p>Opinion polls suggest the ANC will again win a majority of the parliament’s 400 seats, but analysts say its margin of victory may fall from the 62 percent of the vote it secured in the last election in 2014 because of frustration with slow progress addressing racial disparities in income and wealth.</p>



<p>The ANC’s biggest challengers at these elections are the main opposition party, the Democratic Alliance (DA), and the leftist Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF). The DA won 22 percent of the parliamentary vote in 2014 and the EFF six percent.</p>



<p>Most polling stations closed around 1900 GMT on Wednesday.</p>



<p>Results from some smaller voting districts started to trickle in on Thursday morning. As of 0330 GMT, more than 1.3 million votes had been processed out of around 26.8 million registered voters.</p>



<p>In the parliamentary vote the ANC was on around 53 percent, with the DA on 28 percent and the EFF on seven percent, with a turnout of 64 percent. Given that less five percent of the potential number of votes had been processed, it was too early to make an accurate prediction about the final result.</p>



<p>A full tally may not be known until Saturday.</p>



<p>Elections officials said voting had in general progressed smoothly but that there had been isolated incidents where bad weather, unscheduled power outages or community protests had caused disruptions. The electoral commission said it was investigating two potential instances of double-voting.</p>



<p>“The Electoral Commission will not allow the potential misconduct of one or two individuals to taint the overall outcome of these elections,” the commission said in a statement.</p>



<p>The ANC achieved its best parliamentary election result in 2004, under former president Thabo Mbeki, when it won 69 percent of the vote. But its support fell under Zuma, and it lost control of big cities like the commercial capital Johannesburg in local government elections in 2016.</p>



<p>The ANC currently controls eight of the country’s nine provinces, with the DA in power in the Western Cape. Analysts predict the provincial races for Gauteng, where Johannesburg and the administrative capital Pretoria are located, and the Western Cape, home to Cape Town, will be close.</p>



<p>Ramaphosa, who became ANC leader in December 2017 after narrowly defeating a faction allied with Zuma, has promised to improve poor public services, create jobs and fight corruption.</p>



<p>But he has been constrained by divisions within his own party, where some Zuma supporters still retain influence and oppose his agenda.</p>



<p>Reporting by Alexander Winning and Mfuneko Toyana; Editing by Peter Cooney and Michael Perry<br></p>


#SAElections2019: Will Ramaphosa’s ANC retain power ?

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<p>IFP spokesperson Mkhuleko Hlengwa, speaking to CNBC Africa’s Fifi Peters said that he hoped the numbers would pick up as vote counting progressed. The party came into the election on the back foot after a number of setbacks, but the work they have put in is beginning to pay off and this is being reflected in the numbers, he said. They also spoke about the youth representation in the vote, leadership plans for the party and the IFP’s position on coalitions.</p>


IFP looking forward to better numbers – Hlengwa

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<p>As the markets opened on the 9th of May, CNBC Africa’s Kopano Gumbi was at the JSE to find out from Henry Biddlecombe, Analyst at Anchor Capital, how he thought the markets would respond to the election outcomes. He outlined three possible scenarios.</p>


SA economy like a tightly wound spring – Expert

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<p>Good Party’s Sam Shabane says their goal is to govern the Western Cape and is confident of the results they have garnered so far from the just ended South Africa national elections.</p>


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Ayanda Dlodlo on reconfiguring Ramaphosa’s new government

Has the #SAElections2019 tarnished brand IEC, Bidvest & Lithotech?

Tracking global market reaction post #SAElections2019

ANC holds special NEC meeting

BLF will continue to make a noise, in parliament or not

Journalist arrested, charged for fraud

Election results show a maturing democracy – Ace Magashule

Peter Armitage on why there’s no value left in Steinhoff

SAPS reveals how many S.Africans arrested for double voting

Regaining confidence in SA’s economy post-elections

Do SA’s political parties take climate change threat seriously?

Hope vs realistic expectations post-election

IEC to urgently audit votes to check for double voting

#SAElections2019: Will Ramaphosa’s ANC retain power ?

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SA economy like a tightly wound spring – Expert

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Ayanda Dlodlo on reconfiguring Ramaphosa’s new government

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ANC holds special NEC meeting

BLF will continue to make a noise, in parliament or not

Journalist arrested, charged for fraud

Election results show a maturing democracy – Ace Magashule

Peter Armitage on why there’s no value left in Steinhoff

SAPS reveals how many S.Africans arrested for double voting

Regaining confidence in SA’s economy post-elections

Do SA’s political parties take climate change threat seriously?

Hope vs realistic expectations post-election

IEC to urgently audit votes to check for double voting

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SA economy like a tightly wound spring – Expert

Good Party confident of obtaining seats in Parliament

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