The African National Congress (ANC) says it is prepared to engage political parties, civic movements and independent candidates as it seeks to establish coalition governments following its losses in the 2026 Local Government Elections. The party’s Special Extended National Executive Committee (NEC), which met from Thursday to Friday, has mandated its leadership to begin coalition negotiations in municipalities where no political party secured an outright majority. In a statement released on Friday, ANC national spokesperson Mahlengi Bhengu said engagements with…

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EFF leader Julius Malema has launched a scathing attack on former party deputy and spokesperson Dr Mbuyiseni Ndlozi after he admitted that he did not vote in the 2026 Local Government Elections. Speaking at the National Results Operations Centre in Midrand on Saturday, as vote counting neared completion, Malema questioned Ndlozi’s decision to stay away from the polls, describing it as a display of what he called “exaggerated self-importance”. “You’ll never leave the EFF and sound normal. How do you…

The City of Johannesburg has warned political parties and independent candidates to remove their election campaign posters or face a R500 penalty for every poster left behind after the prescribed deadline. In a media statement issued on 9 November 2026, the municipality called on all political parties and candidates who contested the recent Local Government Elections to urgently remove their campaign materials across the metro. The City said all election posters and campaign materials must be removed within the legally…

The African National Congress (ANC) has retained its position as the largest political party in the North West following the 2026 Local Government Elections, despite a decline in electoral support that the party partly attributes to persistent service delivery challenges. The ANC secured 44.1% of the combined ward and proportional representation (PR) vote across the province. Speaking during a media briefing in Mahikeng, where the party reviewed its election performance, ANC North West Provincial Chairperson Nono Maloyi acknowledged growing dissatisfaction…