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Follow IOL’s live Local Government Elections stream for the latest coverage and updates from across South Africa.
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A luxury Ferrari linked to businessman Morgan Maumela is set to go under the hammer from Friday, November 6, 2026, as investigations continue into the alleged looting of approximately R2 billion from Tembisa Hospital.
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Sikhumbuzo Mdlalose, interim provincial secretary of the South African Communist Party (SACP) in KwaZulu-Natal, said the party was pleased with the preliminary local government election results so far. With 27% of the vote counted on Thursday, the SACP had secured 0.94% of the vote in the province. iol.co.za/
📷: Mthobisi Nozuela / IOL
#SikhumbuzoMdlalose #SACP #KwaZuluNatal #LGE2026 #IOLElections
ActionSA Cape Town mayoral candidate Dereleen James says she remains hopeful that the party’s performance in the 2026 local government elections will translate into meaningful change for communities that continue to feel marginalised and overlooked.
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#DereleenJames #ActionSA #CapeTownChange
The South African Police Service (SAPS) in Limpopo has arrested a 25-year-old for allegedly disrupting the voting process at Mugoboya Voting Station in Mopani District on Wednesday, November 4.
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#ElectionRecording #LimpopoArrests #VotingDisruption
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South Africa is among only three African countries in the Commonwealth considered sufficiently prepared to help young people benefit from artificial intelligence (AI), according to a new study examining the readiness of 56 member states.
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WATCH | Pretoria News Digital Editor Benjamin Moshatama sits down with Advocate Sipho Mantula, Deputy Head of the Unisa Election Observer Mission, to unpack the first day of voting and counting across South Africa.
📹youtu.be/GQKHCvBmvug
#SouthAfricaElections #PretoriaNews #IECElections #AdvSiphoMantula #Unisa #ElectionObserver #SouthAfricanPolitics #LocalGovernmentElections
Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) has announced a R375 million project to upgrade key roads at the Port of Richards Bay in a bid to improve cargo movement and ease congestion caused by increased heavy vehicle traffic.
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Emirates Group has reported a 66% year-on-year decline in first-half profit, as the war in the Middle East, soaring fuel costs and disruption to regional airspace put pressure on its aviation operations.
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Analyst Louw Nel says DA gains could leave the ANC fighting for control of Gauteng metros and Nelson Mandela Bay, with early projections showing the ANC at 31.7% nationally against the DA’s 25.7% and no metro majority for the ANC.
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#DAGains #ANCCoalitions #LGE2026
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The Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) has warned political parties and their supporters against spreading unverified election results, saying false claims could fuel tensions, incite violence and undermine confidence in the 2026 local government elections.
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#IECWarning #FalseResults #ElectionMisinformation
WATCH | Live from the IEC KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Results Operations Centre at the Durban ICC, political parties are positioning themselves as early counting unfolds for the 2026 Local Government Elections.
📹youtu.be/zrjZNEptti4
#LGE2026 #SAvotes #IOLelections #LGE2026Results #RCO
KwaZulu-Natal IEC Provincial Electoral Officer Ntombifuthi Masinga and Deputy Chief Electoral Officer Mawethu Mosery address the media during a press briefing at the results centre at the International Convention Centre (ICC) on Thursday. iol.co.za/
📷: Doctor Ngcobo / ANA Studio
#NtombifuthiMasinga #MawethuMosery #KwaZuluNatal #IEC
With 26% of national votes counted in the 2026 Local Government Elections, early results show the ANC leading with 32.04%, followed by the DA at 28.48% and the MK Party at 6.17%.📸: Simon Majadibodu/IOL
#LocalGov2026 #SouthAfricaElections #IECResults
The DA has swept the board in uMngeni, claiming victory with more than 60% of the vote and leaving the MK Party and the ANC trailing far behind.
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#ChrisPappas #DAuMngeni #ElectionLandslide
KwaZulu-Natal Democratic Alliance leaders, including provincial leader Sithembiso Ngema, chairperson Dean Macpherson and uMngeni Municipality Mayor Chris Pappas, attend a press briefing at the results centre at the International Convention Centre (ICC), Durban on Thursday. iol.co.za/
📷: Doctor Ngcobo / ANA Studio
#DemocraticAlliance #KwaZuluNatal #ChrisPappas #DeanMacpherson #SithembisoNgema
The leader of the Democratic Alliance (DA) and the party's mayoral candidate for Cape Town Geordin Hill-Lewis is confident that his party has secured victory for the Mother City.
Speaking at a briefing, Hill-Lewis said that, based on the party's data, the DA projects that it will secure close to 58% of the votes.
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📷: Robin-Lee Francke/IOL
Ballot boxes have been found dumped on the side of the road in eThekwini Ward 96, raising questions on the first day after the elections. iol.co.za/
#IEC #LGE2026 #KZN #Elections2026
📷: Sibonelo Ngcobo / IOL
IOL Election Analysis: Analyst says social media likes don't equal votes for The Good Party. Notes youth moving away from tribal/race politics toward global issues. Warns parties must offer more than slogans as voters in areas like Khayelitsha stay home.
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