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Thursday, 5 November 2026
Thursday's shows were dominated by the slow local election count, with the ANC and DA neck and neck early on and Thabo Mbeki warning of hung municipalities.
- 06:22
By 5 p.m. on Wednesday, 12 million South Africans had voted in the local government elections, out of 29.2 million registered. Over 136,000 candidates are competing for 10,526 seats; the IEC has seven days to declare results.
- 06:01
Former president Thabo Mbeki says South Africa is likely to end up with several hung municipalities, blaming growing political fragmentation and voter uncertainty about the country's future direction.
- 06:26
Early counts had the ANC narrowly ahead of the DA with only about 12% of votes in, and the IEC expects everything counted and verified by late Friday or early Saturday.
- 06:04
In Zimbabwe, Bellarmine Mugabe, son of the late former president Robert Mugabe, was arrested in connection with an assault case, while five men were arrested in Harare over an alleged smuggling of two luxury vehicles.
- 08:06
Police are investigating about 14 cases linked to the local government elections, mostly involving photos of marked ballots, intimidation, and fighting among party members, though the national police commissioner says the vote proceeded peacefully.