RC 261106SAfmElvis Presslin
Friday, 6 November 2026
Coverage of the 2026 municipal count, with coalition battles building in KwaZulu-Natal, election-day crimes in Limpopo, and calls from observers and the IEC to wait for verified results.
- 05:00
KwaZulu-Natal is emerging as a key coalition battleground, with several councils hung and no party holding an outright majority as the count continues.
- 05:02
Limpopo police recorded a string of election-related crimes, including the fatal stabbing of a 31-year-old EFF member in Polokwane, and a suspect has been arrested.
- 05:02
Eleven people have been arrested for photographing marked ballots and posting them on social media; some have appeared in court and are out on bail.
- 05:13
Advocate Sipho Mantula, a UNISA election observer, calls the 2026 polls a redefining moment and warns that voting is only the beginning, urging communities to keep watching councils.
- 05:45
The IEC urged parties, media and the public to rely only on officially verified results rather than partial counts, with results collation expected to conclude by the weekend.