Wednesday, 4 November 2026

Just over 38% of Cape Town's 2.15 million registered voters had cast their ballots by mid-afternoon, with turnout lagging as voting passed its halfway mark.

Johannesburg's mayor signed a R10.3 billion wage deal, but Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana has effectively threatened to put the metro under administration if the deal goes ahead.

A mid-October Constitutional Court ruling forced 28 million ballots to be invalidated and reprinted, and a backlog left over 200 voting stations without ballot papers on Monday morning.

ANC chairperson Gwede Mantashe told members to accept election results rather than query them, warning that discrediting the IEC damages its long-term credibility.

The US decision to exclude South Africa from the African Growth and Opportunity Act takes effect next year, with fears it could cost the battered local economy thousands of jobs.