RC 261107702Gugs Mhlungu
Saturday, 7 November 2026
Local government election results dominated, with the ANC's historic slide, MK's first municipal surge, and a wave of hung councils, alongside a Brenda Fassie tribute on what would have been her 62nd birthday.
- 06:01
The ANC has fallen to 31.1% of the national vote, down roughly 14 points from 2021, while the DA holds second at 24.6% and the MK party leaps to third with 9.7% in its first municipal outing.
- 07:05
The MK party has lodged an objection in eThekwini alleging system failures and mismatches between electronic results and physical slips, and wants the IEC to freeze contested results for forensic analysis.
- 09:07
The DA is on course for an outright majority in Cape Town with close to 60%, but 16 Western Cape municipalities are heading for hung councils, including Knysna, Breede Valley and Oudtshoorn.
- 08:02
In Mangaung the ANC leads with 33.91% against the DA's 33.48%, a gap of just 0.43 points, leaving the metro hung after the ANC held an outright majority there in 2021.