RC 261104702Mandy Wiener
Wednesday, 4 November 2026
Local government election day coverage centred on a last-minute Joburg municipal wage deal, uneven turnout between suburbs and water-starved townships, and the IEC's rules on campaigning.
- 12:53
Joburg Can's Julia Fish says the last-minute municipal wage deal for Joburg workers adds about R10 billion to the wage bill over three years, and questions its timing before the elections.
- 12:16
Helen Zille says the DA's only preference in Johannesburg is an outright majority, and that it would go into opposition rather than depend on the EFF to stay in power.
- 12:06
The IEC says campaigning is banned inside voting station boundaries, including displaying party posters and billboards, but political meetings and marches outside those boundaries are permitted.
- 12:42
In Inanda, KwaZulu-Natal, a woman carrying water buckets said she had no time to vote because she had to make repeated trips to collect water for washing.
- 12:51
The CSIR's prediction model, run with the SABC, will start projecting results from the first declared voting districts just after midnight, with results usually expected around 5:30 tomorrow morning.