RC 261028SAfmElvis Presslin
Wednesday, 28 October 2026
Local government election jitters dominated, with Thabo Mbeki predicting hung municipalities and a Samwu wage dispute in Johannesburg escalating into protests and a closed M1 highway.
- 05:41
Former president Thabo Mbeki says next week's local government elections are likely to produce hung municipalities, with coalitions unavoidable where no party wins an outright majority.
- 05:23
Samwu says Johannesburg is owed R9.1 billion under a 2016 agreement to correct pay disparities, which was implemented incorrectly and has since escalated, and the union will not back down.
- 05:10
Israel's election result remains too close to call, with exit polls showing Netanyahu's Likud and Gadi Eisenkot's Change Bloc neck and neck, and neither side reaching a majority.
- 05:50
The Electoral Court enters next week's elections with two of its five posts vacant, so four acting judges have been recruited from several provinces to hear election disputes.
- 05:51
Home Affairs has about 650,000 uncollected IDs and will extend office hours from 2 to 4 November, opening 8am to 6pm, and from 7am to 9pm on election day.