Friday, 6 November 2026

With about 77% of votes counted, the ANC is tracking just over 31% nationally, a 13-point drop, while the DA sits at 24.52% and the MK Party at 9.13%.

Cape Town is the only metro projected to keep an outright majority, with the other seven metros expected to need coalitions, and the DA says negotiations will unfold over the next two weeks.

The Durban High Court dismissed Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla's application to withdraw incitement charges over her social media posts during the 2021 unrest; the ruling is not a judgment on the charges.

DA leader Geordin Hill-Lewis says coalition deals will be decided case by case with no one-size-fits-all model, and that it is premature to commit to any one model now.