Thursday, 5 November 2026

Election-day disruptions and early ANC losses dominated Afternoon Drive's local government coverage as counting passed 40 percent, with coalition talks looming across the metros.

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15:01
Members of a local political party forced their way into the Bongani Community Hall voting station in Douglas, Northern Cape, tore up ballot papers, halted the count, and the station is now a crime scene.
16:18
With about 22% of Johannesburg votes counted, the DA led on 39.7%, ahead of the ANC on 17.2% and ActionSA on 16.1%, with the EFF on 6.5% and MK on 4.4%.
16:01
The IEC in the Eastern Cape says 10 ballots from special voting at one Buffalo City station are still unaccounted for, and a case has been opened against the presiding officer while police investigate.
16:32
The ANC lost its outright majority in Makana municipality in the Eastern Cape, winning 10 of 25 council seats, short of the 13 needed, with the DA on six and the Makana United Civic Movement on four.

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