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Monday, 9 November 2026
Local government election fallout dominated the show, from a Northern Cape revote and hung-council coalition talk to a WHO-linked report on firearms and femicide.
- 20:01
Ten people arrested over election-related violence at a Douglas, Northern Cape community hall have had their case postponed to tomorrow, after about 100 ballot papers were destroyed and results were withheld for a revote.
- 21:15
Firearms now make up the majority of intimate partner femicide deaths in South Africa, even as overall femicide rates have fallen since the late 1990s, according to a WHO-linked Global Coalition report.
- 20:16
Political analyst Good Enough Mashiko says stability in hung metros depends on the leading party, usually the DA, inviting one partner to govern while others accept opposition roles.
- 20:52
Trump, Putin and Xi may meet on the sidelines of the APEC summit in Shenzhen, but only Russia and the US have confirmed; China has not yet said whether Xi will attend.