RC 261106Cape TalkClarence Ford
Friday, 6 November 2026
Clarence Ford's Friday show followed the Western Cape count as the DA dominated, the ANC won no municipalities, and turnout reached about 52% of registered voters.
- 10:00
The ANC has garnered only 13% support in the Western Cape with about 75% of votes counted, and has not clinched a single municipality, even as a leading party, with 21 of 25 councils decided.
- 10:42
Roughly 52% of registered voters cast ballots, leaving about 14 million registered South Africans at home, and almost 30 million eligible citizens, including those never registered, did not take part.
- 10:02
The Good Party is at about 1.5% of the Western Cape vote, less than half its 2021 showing, and mayoral candidate Brett Herron says who stayed away from the polls mattered as much as who voted.
- 09:31
Projections show no party will win an outright majority in Johannesburg, Tshwane or Ekurhuleni, where the DA leads, so coalition talks lie ahead, and ActionSA is keeping an open mind.
- 11:39
Results remain preliminary until the national declaration on Sunday, and a Ward 60 complaint of zero votes must be lodged as a formal objection before the IEC can investigate it.