Sunday, 8 November 2026

Weekend Breakfast was dominated by the unfinished local election count, hung councils and coalition jockeying ahead of the IEC's 6pm declaration, with political killings casting a shadow over the vote.

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The ANC has slipped to just over 30% of the national vote, with the DA trailing at around 24.6%, and more than 130 councils hung ahead of coalition talks.
07:04
NatJoints recorded more than 20 political murders this election cycle, including a former Nelson Mandela Bay deputy mayor shot dead in Motherwell, prompting ANC calls for the masterminds to be prosecuted.
08:05
The DA says its coalition talks will rest on accountable government, rooting out corruption, service delivery for all, the rule of law and non-racialism, rather than rushing into volatile power-sharing deals.
08:04
The EFF has urged the ANC to reconsider any coalition deal with the DA and to reconcile with the EFF, MK Party and SACP, while the ANC says it has no formal view yet.

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