2019 Elections Special Edition - A final look at the results

[Putting the pedal to the govern-metal]( [Daily Maverick]( Sunday, 19 May 2019 - ELECTIONS EDITION “We’ve never perpetuated hatred.” Julius Malema to a French journalist at EFF Presser, 16 May This limited series of Sunday mails will bring you focused Daily Maverick articles relating to the 2019 elections. Each week, DM's writers present to you a pressing topic or thematic seam to pick at. [The results are in]( The 2019 elections are officially over, but the political madness hasn’t ended yet. This week Mmusi Maimane survived a Federal Executive council meeting and will remain leader of the DA, while a special ANC NEC meeting couldn’t [decide on a premier for the North West.]( The first sitting of the National Assembly has provisionally been set for 22 May, where 400 MPs will officially become part of the sixth democratically elected parliament. On the list is Verwoerd’s grandson representing the [newly popular FF+](, as well as four prominent #FeesMustFall activists representing the EFF and ANC. Just three days later, Cyril Ramaphosa will be officially inaugurated as President of the Republic of South Africa, with all the pomp and ceremony that he missed out on the first time around. Despite election exhaustion setting in, politicians still have some work to do before they can sit back and relax for another five years. — THIS WEEK: 2019 ELECTIONS [Kaapse Draai: Bo-Kaap switches sides as gentrification battle rages on]( By Suné Payne On the slopes of Signal Hill above Cape Town is an area which has seen the ANC score a big victory from the DA: Bo-Kaap, an area deeply-rooted in the fight against the gentrification of the city. In Bo-Kaap, the party went from 17.96% of the vote in 2014 to 41.6% in 2019. In numbers 84% The percentage of voters who were confident or completely confident that their vote would be accurately counted, according to a voter satisfaction survey. Election facts Before he started the IFP, Mangosuthu Buthelezi starred in the 1964 film Zulu alongside Michael Cain and James Booth. [EFF enters parliament ready to shake things up…again]( [EFF enters parliament ready to shake things up…again]( BY Nkateko Mabasa [In KwaZulu-Natal, the story of these elections belongs to EFF and IFP]( [In KwaZulu-Natal, the story of these elections belongs to EFF and IFP]( BY Rebecca Davis [SA’s unlikely winners: Some small parties defy critics to take parliamentary seats]( [SA’s unlikely winners: Some small parties defy critics to take parliamentary seats]( BY Rebecca Davis [South Africans must overcome the elections apathy and hold the government to account]( BY Andrew Ihsaan Gasnolar [President Cyril Ramaphosa’s first, biggest and most important post-election priority is to fix the education system]( BY Adam Craker — [FORWARD THIS EMAIL TO A FRIEND]( Copyright © 2019 Daily Maverick, All rights reserved. You are receiving this mail because you are awesome and on the Daily Maverick First Thing subscriber list. [Getting too many emails from us? Manage your preferences]( | [Unsubscribe](