Election results – counting slows down.

The counting of votes slowed down drastically on Friday morning, with only 435 932 tallied since midnight.

By 06:25, the ANC had 8 363 065 votes, or 66.9% of the 12 500 704 votes counted.

The DA was on 15.95% with 1 993 238 votes, while Cope had 7.61% with 951 522 votes. The IFP was in fourth place at 3.9% with 487 292 votes. The PAC trails at 0.28% with just 35 886 votes.

The ANC has clinched the Eastern Cape, the only province where all the votes have been counted.

All eyes are now on the Western Cape and Northern Cape, where counting will probably be finalised early on Friday morning.

It is expected that the entire counting process will be finalised by midday on Friday with the results of KwaZulu-Natal expected to come in last.