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It’s the final countdown. The IEC’s big push for the results. Now for a snapshot of the election counting day that was. Expect fresh shows twice a week. This show has been carefully produced, presented and edited by Raubenheimer, News24 visual director Wynand Louw, and video journalists Luke Daniel, Storm…

It’s the day we’ve all been waiting for. Which candidate will walk on water? And who cannot swim? Two more weeks till Joburg has a new mayor. This is a work of reported opinion.

As they say, “a week is a long time in politics”. Well, election week is like running a marathon. Not only for the parties and the journalists who cover it, but of course, for the Electoral Commission processing the results as they slowly emerge. We cross to the IEC’s national…

In this episode, Lisette IJssel de Schepper, chief economist at the Bureau for Economic Research, on what failing municipalities cost businesses and local economies, why smaller firms suffer most, and whether a change in political leadership after the local elections can deliver better services. Her answer is that confidence can…

Firstly, the IEC’s been chuffed with voter turnout. Meanwhile, from Seshego to Edgemead, and from the president to the official opposition, this is what the leaders of some of the country’s biggest political parties had to say while casting their ballots. And lastly, as the outskirts of Cape Town are…