RC 261113SAfmAshraf Garda
Friday, 13 November 2026
Coalition politics dominated the episode, with the ANC moving to rank the DA last for local deals, left-wing parties refusing DA-linked coalitions, and the IEC closing out the local election count.
- 15:17
The ANC's extended national executive committee has resolved that the Democratic Alliance should be the last resort for forming coalition governments in local municipalities, according to SABC News.
- 15:11
Parties of the left say they will not support an ANC-led coalition that includes the DA in hung municipalities, setting conditions that include reversing privatised municipal services.
- 15:25
Once the IEC publishes the list of elected councillors, municipal councils have 14 days to hold their first sittings, where they elect mayors, speakers and district council representatives.
- 15:00
Government has 134 shelters across the nine provinces offering about 1,750 beds, but services differ between them, so the Social Development department is drafting a standardisation plan.
- 15:02
Three former police officers were sentenced to eight years in prison by the Upington Regional Court for kidnapping and extorting money from a foreign national in November 2016.