RC 261105Kaya 959Andy Maqondwana
Thursday, 5 November 2026
Election counting dominated this Feel Good episode on Kaya 959, with IEC complaints, early Johannesburg results and post-vote water cuts taking up most of the news segments.
- 12:01
The IEC says most of its 800-plus complaints from political contestants involved party agents being denied access to observed voting and counting. Only 106 remain unresolved, and objections are due by 5pm tomorrow.
- 13:01
The DA leads the proportional representation ballot in Johannesburg with 39% of the vote, ahead of the ANC on 17.7% and ActionSA on 17.4%, based on 133 of 862 voting districts counted.
- 13:04
Residents in parts of Johannesburg say water returned for only three days during the voting period before taps ran dry again. Some accuse those in power of using water supply as a political tool.
- 12:04
A Soweto civic leader says prolonged water and electricity cuts, sometimes lasting weeks without warning, have fuelled disillusionment among young residents and discouraged them from voting.
- 14:02
The IFP says it has won 15 of the 20 wards in Umzumbe and will assess the proportional representation seats before deciding on any coalition talks.