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Thursday, 5 November 2026
Local government election counting dominated the morning, alongside an Ebola case involving a British national and a family-dilemma Blind Spot about a recovering son.
- 11:00
The IEC says more than 15.9 million of 29.2 million registered voters turned out for the 2026 local government elections, with about 26% of votes counted so far.
- 11:03
Early results remain inconclusive: the DA leads in Gauteng, nationally the ANC narrowly edges the DA, and the MK Party is emerging as the strongest contender in eThekwini, analysts say.
- 09:07
The first confirmed case of a UK national contracting Ebola has been recorded in the DRC, and the British man is expected to be flown out of the Congo.
- 10:03
Al Jama-ah spokesperson Shamima Salim expressed disappointment at low voter turnout among young people, saying, We have a lot of work to do.
- 11:21
On the Blind Spot segment, callers urged a mother's recovering son to take accountability and apologise, while advising her husband and family to drop ultimatums and work through the situation one day at a time.