By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on IOL
Calls for resignation are mounting against Cyril Ramaphosa and the seven main leaders of the ANC, after the party’s poor showing in the local elections of 4 November 2026. According to IOL, these calls have intensified since the poll.
South Africa’s ANC lost 15 points of the vote to 31% in local elections, while its spokesperson said Cyril Ramaphosa would remain president. The party leadership must examine the setback and negotiate coalitions in municipalities without a majority, according to ANC’s Mahlengi Bhengu-Motsiri.
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ANC spokesperson Mahlengi Motsiri said Cyril Ramaphosa does not have to resign as party president, attributing the ANC’s decline in the municipal vote to factors other than him. ANC leaders are meeting in Johannesburg to set conditions for future coalitions with other parties.
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The ANC in Gauteng says its selection criteria have produced competent candidates for municipal councils after the local elections. The party highlights training requirements and checks aimed at excluding candidates with criminal records, according to SABC News.
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At a meeting of its expanded national executive committee, which concluded at midnight on Thursday, the ANC decided to favour ‘tactical flexibility’ in coalitions across the country’s 257 municipalities. The party is considering no single formula, sees the Democratic Alliance (DA) only as a last resort and will assess each agreement on a case-by-case basis, after its setback in the local elections, according to Sowetan.
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Chris Pappas begins second term as mayor of South Africa’s uMngeniChris Pappas, of the Democratic Alliance (DA) party, is beginning a second term as mayor of the uMngeni municipality in KwaZulu-Natal, where his party retains control with more than 60% of the vote. His priorities include job creation, infrastructure and electricity problems in Hilton, according to IOL.
Rifles bound for Sudan reportedly transited through MalawiAn investigation by the Platform for Investigative Journalism (PIJ), reported by Malawi24, places Malawi on the alleged route of a shipment of 60,000 AK rifles to Sudan. Former Malawian army commander, retired General Paul Valentino Phiri, who was arrested on 1 October by the Anti-Corruption Bureau, is at the centre of the allegations.The week in Africa
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