South Africa: Police Step Up Security Ahead of Election Voting - South African News Briefs - November 2, 2026
What happened
South Africans vote Wednesday in local elections that polls suggest will cost the governing African National Congress heavily, amid anger over water outages, power cuts and failing infrastructure, according to the Guardian.
Polls put the ANC below a third of the vote, compared with 45.6% in the 2021 municipal elections and 40.2% in the 2024 national elections.
It would probably still be the biggest party, but split votes mean many cities will likely be run by shaky coalitions.
The ANC's national leadership is reportedly open to working with the Democratic Alliance in Gauteng, but local ANC leaders are reportedly against it.
“Service delivery is bad, it's horrible”
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- 2026-11-02 06:02 UTCAllAfrica · allafrica.com ↗
- 2026-11-03 04:36 UTCIOL · iol.co.za ↗
- 2026-11-03 11:39 UTCFrance 24 · france24.com ↗
- 2026-11-03 15:06 UTCDW same text as AllAfrica · dw.com ↗
- 2026-11-03 16:39 UTCAl Jazeera · aljazeera.com ↗
- 2026-11-03 19:18 UTCAfricanews · africanews.com ↗
- 2026-11-04 04:00 UTCGuardian · theguardian.com ↗
- 2026-11-04 04:27 UTCFBC News · fbcnews.com.fj ↗
- 2026-11-04 05:49 UTCTimesLIVE via Reuters · timeslive.co.za ↗
- 2026-11-04 06:34 UTCClub of Mozambique · clubofmozambique.com ↗
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