165 ActionSA says it has taken 54 wards from the ANC in Gauteng’s three metros, including every ward in Tembisa. Party leader Herman Mashaba made the claim at ActionSA’s results briefing on…
Category: Politics
Mokonyane refuses to bury ANC as voters deliver crushing verdict
188 ANC deputy secretary-general Nomvula Mokonyane says her party is “yet to be condemned”, even as early results show its support at its lowest in a municipal election. Asked at Thursday’s results…
Zille ahead in Joburg votes, but ANC could still block her from mayor’s office
209 Johannesburg has not yet delivered a final result. But the projections are already telling a brutal story: the DA is on course to win the city in votes, and the ANC…
SACP leaves ANC begging as communists refuse to rush into coalition
160 The ANC went looking for a familiar friend on Thursday. The SACP left it standing in the cold. Hours after ANC deputy secretary-general Nomvula Mokonyane named the communists as a party…
ANC falls one seat short of outright majority in Maruleng
167 Maruleng Local Municipality in Limpopo’s Mopani District has become the first municipality to complete the counting of votes in the 2026 Local Government Elections. The African National Congress (ANC) has fallen…
Mokonyane: DA 'must be watched' as GNU ties reviewed
164Mokonyane: DA 'must be watched' as GNU ties reviewed
Maotwe: EFF yet to win a single target ward
155 The EFF has not won any of the 40 wards it was banking on in Tshwane outright, its mayoral candidate Omphile Maotwe has admitted. Maotwe, who is also the EFF’s treasurer-general,…
MK Party Claims First Municipality, Warns: “We Will Not Be Robbed Again”
160 The Umkhonto we Sizwe Party has won its first-ever municipality in its first-ever local government election. Counting is complete in the Richmond Local Municipality in KwaZulu-Natal, with the MK Party winning…
ANC mulling over dumping DA for ActionSA to survive 2026 local government elections
151 Cornered, bleeding support and running out of allies, the ANC is now mulling over whether to dump its Government of National Unity (GNU) partner after the 2026 local government elections. Insiders…
DA Projects Historic Win Over EFF Among Black Voters
138 The Democratic Alliance (DA) claims it has made a historic breakthrough in South Africa’s 2026 local government elections, projecting that more than one million black South Africans voted for the party….