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Saturday, 7 November 2026
Mostly music, but the news bulletins dominated this Saturday's episode, with local election fallout from ANC losses to coalition red lines, plus a deadly attack in eastern DRC.
- 13:01
The ANC lost significant support in all provinces compared with the 2021 municipal polls, with the sharpest losses in KwaZulu-Natal, the Eastern Cape, Gauteng and Mpumalanga.
- 13:03
The DA has ruled out coalition arrangements with the EFF and MK Party, citing fundamental differences, including expropriation of land without compensation, which it calls unconstitutional.
- 15:03
The MK Party has asked the IEC not to declare the results until outstanding objections over alleged irregularities are addressed, and has not ruled out legal action.
- 14:03
EFF leader Julius Malema says the party will review its performance ward by ward and municipality by municipality, treating its election setbacks as an opportunity to grow.
- 13:05
Militants linked to the IS group attacked several villages in North Kivu, DRC, killing at least 33 people and forcing patients at a hospital treating Ebola cases to flee.