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Monday, 9 November 2026
Monday's Kaya Breakfast led with the IEC declaring the local elections free and fair and the scramble for coalitions, alongside a deadly Bellville taxi rank shooting.
- 06:00
The IEC declared the 2026 local government elections free and fair, with 52% turnout. The ANC won the most votes at 30.76% and 3,246 council seats, ahead of the DA's 24.64%.
- 06:20
Hardly any party has the numbers to govern alone, and new councils must be set up within 14 days. The ANC has already met Action SA, while Herman Mashaba says a deal with the DA is very slim.
- 06:03
Four men were killed in a shooting at the Bellville taxi rank on Saturday evening, and a seven-year-old child was wounded. Police have registered murder and attempted murder cases, and no arrests have been made.
- 06:02
A UDM councillor in Nelson Mandela Bay was shot dead at a Motherwell barber shop at the weekend. The UDM has asked the Eastern Cape Political Killings Task Team to investigate the murder.