RC 261106702Azania Mosaka
Friday, 6 November 2026
The vote count is dominated by the MK Party's apparent KwaZulu-Natal lead, hung councils across the Western Cape, and the ANC dropping below 50% in the Eastern Cape.
- 13:01
MK Party President Jacob Zuma says his party has secured KwaZulu-Natal, though results are not yet officially declared after the party took the lead in the province's count.
- 13:03
The DA must now stabilise 16 hung councils out of 25 Western Cape municipalities, controlling only seven outside Cape Town so far, while ActionSA edged ahead of it in Lanesburg.
- 14:03
ANC Eastern Cape leader Oscar Mabuyane says the party has dropped below 50% in the province for the first time in 30 years, blaming a third force pursuing regime change.
- 14:06
Belgium has approved a law letting police search homes of people denied asylum who ignored orders to leave, with an investigative judge's approval, between 5am and 9am.
- 13:04
The state disclosed the docket in the Blue Lights case against alleged crime boss Matlala and two others, which returns to court only in January next year.