RC 261105SAfmAshraf Garda
Thursday, 5 November 2026
Local election counting dominated the episode, with Action SA claiming early Gauteng wins, hung councils mounting, and coalition talks looming across the metros.
- 15:21
Action SA says it has won 54 wards from the ANC across the three Gauteng metros, and that number is growing, though large townships are not yet counted.
- 15:24
Action SA will negotiate coalitions with any party, including the ANC and DA, but only on service delivery, anti-corruption, stability to end revolving-door mayors, and illegal immigration.
- 15:30
The CSIR predicts the City of Cape Town will be the only metro in the country without a coalition government, while most other metros head towards hung councils.
- 16:25
The number of hung councils has risen from 47 to 48 as results come in, and the IFP says it may act as kingmaker in some wards.
- 16:03
The IEC has opened a case against a presiding officer in the Eastern Cape after 10 ballots went missing during results processing and have not been recovered.