Wayne Susman: DA leads in 4 Metros, 2 to go…

And then we can do some deep dives, Chris, if that's okay with you. Absolutely. Let's go to Cape Town. I think people are really anxious to hear the results of the survey, Wayne. Sure. So Cape Town is the second most populous city in South Africa. Higher turnout than Johannesburg in 2021, 47%. And look at this: the voters' roll increasing by 9.39%. That was higher than the Johannesburg rate. And by the way, if there's a significant

Higher turnout in Cape Town than Johannesburg. I know Cape Townians are proud of their mountain, proud of their 101 beaches. Well, if they have a much higher turnout than Johannesburg, Cape Tonians actually might have the most voters this election. But let's not get ahead of ourselves. Let's see voter turnout on the 4th of November. So, Chris, the DA had great numbers in the city of Johannesburg, less so in

The city of Cape Town, because you'll remember they got about 57-58% last time. They are still, according to the snapshot of this poll, going on their track to win an outright majority, but down somewhat. I was surprised at the ANC strong showing, particularly when one considers their poor showing in 2024 and 2021. But they'll be happy with 23.6%. The EFF holding on to their third place, they finished third.

In 2024 and 2021, they're there at 6.5%. The Patriotic Alliance, 4.9%. The National Colored Congress, very consistent with 2021-2024, 2.7%. Al-Jama showing some growth, 1.7%. Action SALB, happy with 1.5%. They might think that they could even get more. Um Control 1.5%. Parties you'll notice.

Is missing there is the good party, Chris. They came fourth in 2021 with 4% of the vote, not featuring thus far in the top eight. So, just to sum it up, DA on track to an outright majority, but a reduced majority. I now want to focus on the sentiment. So, you'll remember I spoke about a few minutes ago in Johannesburg, there was just a

Under 70% of voters saying that the municipality was badly run. When one does the splits, i.e., negative, the two negative questions versus the two positive, Johannesburg had a negative 42% percentage point difference, i.e., people were negative versus positive. In Cape Town, only averagely well run is still more positive than negative, 34%. Very well run, 26.5%. That's