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Wednesday, 4 November 2026
Election-day morning on Power Zone, with security and IEC assurances, Cosatu blaming lobby groups for the US trade fallout, and a debate over spoiling ballots versus staying away.
- 00:01
Polling stations open at 7am on election day, with the Government Security Cluster saying law enforcement is on standby to respond to incidents that could disrupt voting.
- 00:04
Cosatu blames lobby groups AfriForum and Solidarity for the breakdown in relations with the United States, after Washington decided to end South Africa's participation in AGOA.
- 00:03
The Electoral Commission has received at least 34 complaints through its online platforms about misinformation, harassment and hate speech, with X accounting for 58.8 percent.
- 00:05
Diesel drops by more than a rand a litre while petrol falls by just a cent, the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Department says, citing higher crude oil prices and a weaker rand.
- 00:54
Spoiled votes do not count toward seat allocation, and officials record them as mistakes, so a deliberate spoil is not read as protest, Norutando Sole argued on the show.