RC 261108Cape TalkGary van Dyk
Sunday, 8 November 2026
Election-night special from the National Results Centre in Midrand as the IEC declares the 2026 local government elections free and fair, with hung councils and coalition talks now dominating.
- 18:52
The IEC has declared the 2026 local government elections free and fair, ending a count that now moves into coalition negotiations across hung councils.
- 18:44
The ANC won 30.76% of the vote and 3,200 council seats, ahead of the DA on 24.64% and 1,695 seats, with MK on 9.76% and ActionSA on 5.67%.
- 18:46
Only 74 of 213 councils have a party with an outright majority, so coalition deals will decide control in the rest.
- 18:43
The results from a Douglas, Northern Cape voting station will be withheld and the station revoted after activists stormed it and destroyed ballot papers before they were counted.
- 18:40
National turnout reached 52 percent, up six percentage points from 45.9 percent in the 2021 local government elections.