South Africa: Parties Keep Close Watch As Election Results Trickle in
What happened
The African National Congress is heading for a heavy defeat in South Africa's local elections, sitting at 31.8% of the national vote with most ballots counted, according to the Guardian.
That is almost 14 points lower than the ANC's showing in 2021.
The centre-right Democratic Alliance had 24.1% and Jacob Zuma's uMkhonto weSizwe party 9.3%.
The ANC is projected to lose its lead in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal, the two most populous provinces, as parties open closed-door coalition talks.
Turnout reached an estimated 54.5% of registered voters, up from 46% five years ago, and the final results are expected on Sunday.
In Johannesburg, with just over half the votes counted, the DA led on 40%, ahead of the ANC on 17.5% and ActionSA on 15.5%.
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- 2026-11-05 10:36 UTCTimesLIVE · timeslive.co.za ↗
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- 2026-11-06 04:30 UTCIOL · iol.co.za ↗
- 2026-11-06 12:48 UTCGuardian · theguardian.com ↗
- 2026-11-06 14:51 UTCAfricanews · africanews.com ↗
- 2026-11-06 16:29 UTCTimes of Israel · timesofisrael.com ↗
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