RC 261104702Azania Mosaka
Wednesday, 4 November 2026
Voting day on 702 centred on early turnout figures, media access tensions at Tshwane stations, and listener debate over whether religion should shape how South Africans vote.
- 14:02
More than 3.5 million South Africans had voted by 10am, three hours after stations opened, with the IEC reporting 98% of voting stations opened on time.
- 14:04
Journalists covering DA and EFF mayoral candidate visits were blocked from filming queues at Tshwane stations; the IEC later clarified that visuals and interviews are allowed if they do not interfere with voting.
- 13:03
A Donnybrook police officer was removed from a voting station after arriving in political party regalia, and a man was arrested in Umlazi for allegedly assaulting officers while intoxicated.
- 14:06
Action SA leader Herman Mashaba says coalition talks will wait until results are out, and has set three non-negotiable conditions for any prospective partner, including equal public services regardless of postcode.
- 13:27
Strictly religion-based parties historically win a combined under 2% of the national vote, even though over 85% of South Africans identify as Christian.