Website Glitch Stalls South Africa's Election Results

A glitch on South Africa's electoral commission website caused the results page to stop updating, showing the vote count as 0% complete. Technicians are working to resolve the issue. Prior to the glitch, the ANC had 42.3% of the vote, the Democratic Alliance had 23.4%, and the MK party had 10.8%.

An apparent glitch on the website of South Africa's electoral commission on Friday morning meant that the results page from this week's parliamentary election stopped updating and went blank.

As of 0630 GMT, the results page showed the vote count as 0% complete after it had previously been showing results from more than 50% of polling stations. The election took place on Wednesday. An election commission official at the results centre in Midrand, north of Johannesburg, said:

"We should be back online very soon and the data will be available again. "We have not lost any data and there is progress with our capturing, and there are no issues in terms of that."

Technicians at the results centre said they were working to fix the problem. Before the results page went blank, the vote count showed the ANC on track to lose its parliamentary majority with 42.3% of the vote, the opposition Democratic Alliance at 23.4% and the uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK) party of former President Jacob Zuma at 10.8%.