RC 261106SAfmSakina Kamwendo
Friday, 6 November 2026
Local election counting dominated, with the SACP, UDM and small community parties surging as the ANC slipped, and the IEC facing scrutiny over vote capture and recounts.
- 12:18
The SACP, which went it alone without backing the ANC, has won around 70 seats across five or six provinces, including the Eastern Cape, a result analysts say gives it real leverage in coalition talks.
- 12:48
In Buffalo City, the UDM jumped from under 1% in 2021 to about 20% of the vote, while the ANC fell from 59% to roughly 42%, based on near-complete counting.
- 12:01
EFF in Mpumalanga has raised concerns that IEC-captured results differ from the results slips its party agents signed off.
- 12:03
The IEC is recounting votes in Newcastle's Ward 18 after a high number of spoiled ballots was flagged at one voting station.
- 12:04
The Durban High Court dismissed Zuma-Sambudla's application to have terrorism-related charges against her withdrawn; the case is postponed to May next year and she remains out on warning.