By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Maroela Media
The Democratic Alliance’s preliminary calculations put it at around 58% of the vote in Cape Town, according to Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis. The figure remains a party projection and is not yet the official final result of South Africa’s municipal election.
The ANC won 52.54% of the vote in Ward 3 of Kamiesberg Municipality, its first announced seat in South Africa’s 2026 local elections. After more than 26,600 votes were counted, the party was provisionally ahead of the Democratic Alliance, according to SABC News and South Africa’s electoral commission.
🇿🇦 South Africa · Source: SABC News ·
Two of the 12 Western Cape municipalities whose counts are complete have enough of a majority to be run by a single party: Swartland and Berg River. The others are expected to form coalitions, while one polling station remains to be counted in Khayelitsha, according to South Africa’s Independent Electoral Commission.
🇿🇦 South Africa · Source: IOL ·
The uMkhonto weSizwe Party claims a lead in several KwaZulu-Natal municipalities, including 25 of Msunduzi’s 41 wards, as only 12% of provincial votes have been counted. South Africa’s electoral commission currently assigns five seats to the Democratic Alliance and four to the Inkatha Freedom Party.
🇿🇦 South Africa · Source: IOL ·
The United Kingdom is reportedly preparing around 11,000 troops to protect critical infrastructure in Ukraine, with authorisation to return fire in the event of Russian attacks. One thousand French soldiers could join them after exercises in Romania, according to the Zambian Observer.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Source: Zambian Observer ·
Man shot dead near South African polling stationA 57-year-old man was fatally shot near a polling station in Boikhutso Trust, in Bushbuckridge municipality, South Africa. Mpumalanga police are investigating the killing and have made no arrests, according to spokesperson Donald Mdhluli, quoted by SABC News.
Amupanda accuses company of buying three military vehiclesJob Amupanda, leader of the Affirmative Repositioning movement, claims a company linked to Namibian musician Lazarus «Gazza» Shiimi may have acquired three military vehicles for about 50 million Namibian dollars. He is seeking explanations for the purchase and says the army leadership may not have been informed.The week in Africa
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