{"id":207336,"date":"2021-11-04T11:22:04","date_gmt":"2021-11-04T09:22:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/cabinet-thanks-voters-for-making-their-mark\/"},"modified":"2021-11-04T11:22:04","modified_gmt":"2021-11-04T09:22:04","slug":"cabinet-thanks-voters-for-making-their-mark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/cabinet-thanks-voters-for-making-their-mark\/","title":{"rendered":"Cabinet thanks voters for making their mark"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sanews.gov.za\/sites\/default\/files\/2012\/images\/newsstorytemplate\/202111\/pic1_0.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>Cabinet has thanked all the eligible voters who cast their ballot in Monday\u2019s 2021 Local Government Elections.<\/p>\n<p>Minister in the Presidency, Mondli Gungubele, relayed the message during a media briefing on the outcomes of the Cabinet meeting held on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese elections mark the 21st anniversary of the establishment of a democratic local government in South Africa,\u201d Minister&nbsp;Gungubele&nbsp;explained.<\/p>\n<p>The Executive has also commended the voters\u2019 tolerance, dignity and patience throughout Election Day.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe smooth way in which the political parties contested the local election and the emergence of young candidates, especially women, is testament to our vibrant and functioning democracy,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Gungubele also applauded the Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC), all political party members, society, and law enforcement agencies for their collective efforts to ensure peaceful elections.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCabinet also commended media for the important role in providing voters with relevant information to assist them in exercising their democratic rights to choose the local government leaders.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He called on all South Africans to strengthen the country\u2019s democracy by actively participating in forums and institutions, which holds the elected to account.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe call for the newly elected officials to keep true to their electoral pledges and to serve all people equally and fairly,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>President Cyril Ramaphosa will later today attend the announcement of the final results of the 2021 Municipal Elections.<\/p>\n<p>By 8:30am on Thursday, vote counting had received 98.5%, while 99.9% of the results are already in the system awaiting scanning and auditing. \u2013&nbsp;<strong>SAnews.gov.za<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cabinet has thanked all the eligible voters who cast their ballot in Monday\u2019s 2021 Local Government Elections. Minister in the Presidency, Mondli Gungubele, relayed the message during a media briefing on the outcomes of the Cabinet meeting held on Wednesday. \u201cThese elections mark the 21st anniversary of the establishment of a democratic local government in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":207337,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[38678],"class_list":{"0":"post-207336","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-south-africa","8":"tag-sanews","9":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/cabinet-thanks-voters-for-making-their-mark.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207336","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=207336"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207336\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/207337"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=207336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=207336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=207336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}