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A forecasting model developed by former Statistician-General Pali Lehohla projects a sharp decline in ANC support ahead of South Africa’s 2026 local government elections, but the assumptions, data and methodology behind the forecast require fuller disclosure.
ANC

Lehohla model forecasts sharp ANC decline ahead of 2026 local elections

A forecasting model developed by former Statistician-General Pali Lehohla projects a sharp decline in ANC support ahead of South Africa’s 2026 local government elections, but the…

  • Dr Pali Lehohla
8 min read
ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula has been served with a lawyer's letter over alleged false and defamatory comments made about the party's Eastern Cape provincial secretary Lulama Ngcukayitobi.
2026 LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTIONS

ANC list feud: EC secretary demands Mbalula retract alleged defamatory claims

Eastern Cape ANC leader Lulama Ngcukaytobi is threatening legal action against party secretary-general Fikile Mbalula.

  • Kamini Padayachee
3 min read
MK Party candidates in eThekwini are demanding the resignation of replacement candidates after alleging that names were removed from 34 ward lists submitted to the IEC.
MKPARTY

LGE 2026: MK Party candidates in eThekwini demand resignations over alleged list changes

Tensions are heating up in the MK Party over alleged manipulation of ward councillor lists.

  • Willem Phungula
3 min read
ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula speaks during a media briefing on Tuesday. The party has filed an appeal in the Electoral Court concerning candidates that the IEC says were captured on its online system before the deadline but were not formally submitted.
2026 LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTIONS

LGE 2026: ANC Electoral Court case targets IEC candidate submission rules

The ANC says candidate information captured on the IEC’s system before the deadline should count as submitted, despite the absence of a final-submission status.

  • Wendy Jasson Da Costa
6 min read
uMkhonto weSizwe Party members want their leader Jacob Zuma to deal with the people allegedly manipulated the councillor candidate lists
JACOB ZUMA

LGE 2026: Zuma intervenes in MKP councillor list clashes

MK Party members in eThekwini have protested over alleged changes to councillor candidate lists submitted to the IEC.

  • Willem Phungula
2 min read
Nominations list issues: An ANC or an IEC problem?
2026 LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTIONS

ANC and IEC clash over candidate nominations may head to Electoral Court

A disputed technical glitch has left hundreds of ANC candidates off nomination lists, with the IEC rejecting claims that its system failed.

  • Wendy Jasson Da Costa
5 min read