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Monday, 2 November 2026
Election week dominated this Power Up episode, covering special voting, the IEC's reprinted ballot papers after a court ruling, a new Ipsos poll showing ANC support falling, and contraceptive shortages in Gauteng.
- 05:00
The IEC is finalising distribution of about 28 million reprinted ballot papers after a Constitutional Court ruling reinstated 181 ANC candidates excluded from the elections; special voting runs until tomorrow.
- 05:02
Security structures report 139 election-related crime cases nationally and 48 suspects arrested, including 72 Electoral Act violations and 10 murders, ahead of the local government elections.
- 03:23
An Ipsos survey puts ANC support at about 30% among voters with a party preference, down from 47.5% in 2021, with the DA second at 28% and the MK Party at 12%.
- 03:24
Coalition governments are expected in most metropolitan municipalities after the elections, and around 66% of South Africans surveyed believe parties should work together at municipal level.
- 03:18
In Gauteng alone, women have reportedly been forced to switch contraceptive methods, travel between clinics, or pay privately when preferred options are out of stock amid medicine shortages.