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Sunday, 8 November 2026
Election fallout dominated this 21:00 bulletin: the IEC declared the local polls free and fair and ordered a Northern Cape revote, with a Skyline drama play following.
- 21:01
Results at a Douglas, Northern Cape voting station will be withheld and a revote held quickly after activists stormed the station and destroyed ballot papers before counting.
- 21:02
The IEC declared the 2026 local government elections free and fair, saying South Africans must celebrate their democracy coming of age.
- 21:02
At least 137 councils emerged hung, and President Cyril Ramaphosa urged parties to approach coalition talks with maturity, putting the people they serve before positions and power.
- 21:05
Over 900 suspects have been arrested in Mpumalanga since Thursday during the Operation Shanela 2 festive season policing drive, with six firearms seized.
- 21:04
Members of a party allegedly barricaded the P522 road in northern KwaZulu-Natal over dissatisfaction with ward election results, and the provincial transport department is monitoring the situation.