SAfm, Friday afternoon

Under 1% to 20%. And DA has dropped to 16.3%. From 19.52%. And EFF has also dropped to 6.5%. Almost half from 12.06. And the ANC they are now on. They are now on 41.9%. From 59.43%.

That is massive, but the UDM, that is a story to be told. Yeah, no, absolutely. And you know, before coming to this HB Sakina, I did some research on exactly why the UDM was performing so marvelously in these elections in Buffalo City. I was speaking to a couple of our analysts on site here, some of the professors, and they have all agreed that the UDM was very close on the ground this time around for these elections, especially in Buffalo City.

And remember, the mayoral candidate has a national profile, the deputy president of the UDM, CONCWA. So he's the mayoral candidate that was put up for these elections, so that helped because he's got that national profile. Then their campaign was very strategic, very strategized. They interacted with communities. And then the third element of their campaign for the 2026 local government elections was they were eating supporters of the ANC and they made it known in the media. They had the

Media briefings where you know people with ANC shirts were changing those ANC shirts for UDM shirts. So maybe that helped them a bit as well. But I think it was mainly those interactions with those local communities within that metro. And that's why we saw that huge swing from 0.96% to a whopping just above 20% in these elections. So huge, huge victory for the UDM. Obviously, UDM, Eastern Cape is also a stronghold for the UDM as well broadly.

As well. I must say, I expected the UDM to perform on this sort of level a lot earlier. And it never seemed to happen until now, Terry. I don't think they were as organized as they are now. I think having had their two conferences and those conferences in the Eastern Cape, and I happen to manage both of them. So you have some issues.