ANC’s dominance may end

Preliminary results, with 72% of the votes counted in South Africa’s municipal elections, put the African National Congress at 31.94%, down from previous levels, and the Democratic Alliance at 24.76%. Turnout was 51.16%. If the result holds, the governing party will have lost about 14 percentage points compared with the 2021 elections. The Democratic Alliance led in six of the eight major metropolitan municipalities, while the uMkhonto weSizwe Party was ahead in KwaZulu-Natal province with 33.2%. The report attributed voters’ move away from the ANC to crime, corruption, and declining water and electricity services. Official results are expected on Sunday. The parties are due to begin coalition talks within two weeks, as no party has an outright majority in several key municipalities.

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