RC 261104Power FMTehillah Niselow
Wednesday, 4 November 2026
Election-day coverage dominated Power Business, with IEC turnout and counting details, then a panel on how weak municipal services and governance hold back small businesses and local growth.
- 19:03
Preliminary IEC figures put election-day turnout at about 12 million voters by early evening, with Gauteng leading on roughly 3 million votes, followed by KwaZulu-Natal at 2.5 million.
- 18:31
Ballots are counted at each voting station straight after closing, in the presence of party agents, independent candidate agents and accredited observers, with sealed boxes checked for the Commission's security stamp.
- 18:04
National Police Commissioner Fannie Masemola says extra police have been deployed to hotspots in KwaZulu-Natal, the Eastern Cape and the Western Cape, with positive results after protest reports.
- 19:07
President Cyril Ramaphosa called South Africa's exclusion from AGOA a negative development and setback, with duty-free US access ending from 1 January 2027, and says trade will shift to bilateral deals.
- 18:25
Only about 39 of South Africa's 257 municipalities achieved clean audits, roughly 15%, which a panellist said weakens the service delivery that businesses depend on.