RC 261107Cape TalkPippa Hudson
Saturday, 7 November 2026
Local government election results dominated, with the ANC's steep slide, hung councils needing coalitions, and a Patriotic Alliance surge in the Western Cape as the morning's lead story.
- 07:01
Preliminary national results show the ANC down to 31.1% and the DA at 24.6%, with the MK Party surging into third place with 9.7% in its first municipal election.
- 07:02
The ANC has lost outright majorities in Buffalo City and Mangaung, and the DA's federal executive was set to discuss coalition options in hung metros such as Buffalo City.
- 09:03
In KwaZulu-Natal the ANC won just one municipality outright, down from 13 in 2021, while the MK Party secured three outright majorities and leads in 10 other councils.
- 09:01
With 93% of Gauteng votes counted, Action SA looks set to be kingmaker across Johannesburg, Tshwane and Ekurhuleni, while the ANC has plummeted to 19.6% in Johannesburg.
- 07:06
A former Colombian president and Nobel Peace laureate delivered the 24th Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture in Cape Town, urging world leaders not to stay silent in the face of injustice and threats to peace.