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Sunday, 8 November 2026
Results day for the 2026 local government elections, dominated by coalition manoeuvring ahead of the IEC's official declaration, with the show giving way to live news and election reactions.
- 16:01
MK Party won 38% of the vote in eThekwini, and its newly formed national negotiation team is reportedly preparing to meet ANC representatives on a possible coalition deal.
- 17:57
Action SA leader Herman Mashaba says he will talk to the DA only if Helen Zille and Cilliers Brink are removed from the discussions, saying his black voters would not accept them.
- 15:02
ANC secretary general Fikile Mbalula linked the party's decline to poor service delivery, including unreliable water, failing infrastructure, uncollected refuse, deteriorating roads and corruption in ANC-led municipalities.
- 17:52
Police arrested a 44-year-old suspect linked to the August killing of former Knysna executive mayor, who faces one murder and three attempted murder charges and will appear in court on 9 November.
- 15:02
South Africa hosts SADC health ministers in Durban from 9 to 13 November to discuss HIV and AIDS, malaria, climate change and health system resilience under its SADC chairship.