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The ANC will fail to win an outright majority in each of the four South African municipalities where ANC candidates appear only on ward ballots and not on proportional-representation ballots in the 4 November 2026 local government elections.

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The ANC will fail to win an outright majority in each of the four South African municipalities where ANC candidates appear only on ward ballots and not on proportional-representation ballots in the 4 November 2026 local government elections.

“The other four, where they will be on the ward ballot but not on the PR, it is very clear that the ANC will lose the outright majority in those councils.”

Suzanne Boysen · SAfm · The National Briefing · 17 Sept 2026

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