RC 261103702John Perlman
Tuesday, 3 November 2026
Eve-of-election Afternoon Drive focused on South Africa losing US AGOA trade access, a fired KZN presiding officer, and the killing of an MK Party organiser ahead of voting.
- 15:34
South Africa loses US AGOA preferential trade access from January; the DA and Freedom Front Plus blame International Relations Minister Ronald Lamola, calling the outcome avoidable and unnecessary.
- 15:31
The IEC fired a Hammarsdale presiding officer after sensitive election material was loaded into an ANC-branded taxi that belonged to her and was driven by her son.
- 15:25
An MK Party KZN regional organiser was shot dead at his home on Monday night while preparing for the elections; police have urged people not to speculate on a motive.
- 15:27
Four men made their first court appearance over the brutal farm attack on Donovan Marks, 50, who remains in hospital in serious condition; the case returns on 13 November.
- 16:26
Mandy Wiener warned that with no threshold for small parties, smaller parties could become kingmakers in metro coalitions, producing unlikely alliances and considerable horse-trading.