ANC seeks to find out what went wrong
Stark choices facing the party may include governing key municipalities or retaining President Jacob Zuma
Patricia de Lille says poll shows voters rejected the politics of division
Cape Town mayor says South Africans showed their disdain for race-baiting, and cheap gimmicks in the local government elections
ANC pleads with its councillors to show more humility
Limpopo spokeswomen says the party has told mayoral candidates and councillors to work at being ‘humble servants to our people’
New leaders must sustain the gains made in Gauteng, David Makhura says
The Gauteng premier says the local government has worked effectively, considering Gauteng’s small size and the number of people who migrate to the province
Nurturing factions will aggravate the ANC’s disease
Disbanding the ANC’s Gauteng structure will cost more urban voters as the chief culprit, Jacob Zuma, avoids scrutiny, writes Natasha Marrian
Smaller parties set up guide for coalitions
DA federal chairman James Selfe says talks are continuing but the party now has a firmer understanding of ‘what we are up against’
Gauteng ANC told to ‘urgently’ find coalition partners
ANC spokesperson Nkenke Kekana says whoever the party works with has to be prepared to ‘advance the agenda of radical socioeconomic transformation’
Would DA give up power in Modimolle and Thabazimbi in a coalition with EFF?
Talks between the two parties began on Wednesday, and sources say the DA plans to give the EFF positions on mayoral committees in the three key Gauteng metros
EFF will look past ideological differences to set coalition delivery goals
Coalitions must not be just about securing people jobs in government, but about implementing the "people’s manifesto"
Political marriages loom — but who with whom?
UDM holds meeting with EFF, COPE and the United Front to craft a common approach to negotiations with ANC and DA
Coalitions need to be formed in 30 hung municipalities
The EFF will be the kingmaker in some municipalities, but the UDM, IFP, COPE and the FF Plus could also play a part in establishing local governments
Msimanga thanks voters for ‘bringing change to the capital’
DA mayoral candidate for Tshwane Solly Msimanga promises to deliver better services‚ cut corruption and create jobs
Vote is a wake-up call to arrogant ANC, Njongonkulu Ndungane says
The Anglican archbishop emeritus says civil society must increase its vigilance and monitoring of the performance of both existing and new government structures
EFF is just talking about talks at the moment, says Mbuyiseni Ndlozi
The EFF look likely to be the kingmaker in key metros such as Nelson Mandela Bay, Tshwane, Johannesburg, Ekurhuleni and Mogale City
As urban voters desert the ANC, it will need to keep rural supporters sweet
The party’s loss of urban support has coincided with the rise in the fortunes of the Premier League a bloc led by the premiers of the largely rural provinces
Sacci urges parties to form coalitions speedily
South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry says political parties must move quickly so as to avoid any disruptions to service delivery
Zwelinzima Vavi evokes Tutu’s ominous warning to the ANC five years ago
After the Dalai Lama was refused a visa and cancelled his trip to SA in 2011, a furious archbishop emeritus Desmond Tutu said the ANC would fall
Election reveals shift in political landscape
It’s the first since SA’s 1994 that the ANC’s support has fallen below 60%, reflecting the lethal combination of a compromised president and limping economy
Opinion
Voters may act if ANC fails to uproot patronage
Steven Friedman
The key story is disgruntled ANC supporters stayed at home rather than switch allegiance
Opinion
What the 2016 election means for 2019
Gareth van Onselen
The distribution of the DA’s increase, rather than its scale, is significant — as well as the ANC’s 3.3-million missing voters
Opinion
How elections will compound SA’s economic woes
Jannie Rossouw
The local government elections may be over, but SA will remain in election mode for the next three years
ANC lost ground in rural areas as well as cities
The key issue will be how the ANC reacts and interpreted the message from the voters
ANC leaders seek deal with EFF’s Julius Malema
Ruling party’s attempts to woo EFF may be scuppered if DA and EFF reach a deal later today or tomorrow.
NEWS ANALYSIS: Minorities usually lose in coalitions
SA’s fraught history of coalitions and alliances is reflected in the different approaches to the current frantic talks, writes Tim CohenELECTION 2016: Coalitions explained in six easy points
So near yet so far: a party that has achieved close to 50% of votes may try to form majority coalition with one or more other parties to claim right to govern
DA only likes conservative whites for leadership roles, Cosatu’s Ehrenreich says
Union federation Cosatu is taking the City of Cape Town to court over the number of white, male members of the mayoral committee
ANC’s ‘long process’ of reflection to begin at four-day NEC meeting
The results of the local government elections are expected to top the agenda, after support for the ANC fell from 62% to 54% nationally
How shall Joburg be governed? Let us count the ways
The ANC got more votes, but it is less likely to find coalition partners because of Zuma
ANC bags Ekurhuleni but Joburg result still close
DA has won 19 municipalities with an outright majority
Protests mark Jacob Zuma’s election address
As the president started to speak to the nation at the IEC’s results presentation, the EFF walked out and women in black reminded SA of the rape charges against him
’Political killings very embarrassing’, says KZN premier
Emotional Willies Mchunu opens up on eradicating election violence
Voters reacted to poor management
Even in traditional strongholds in Cape Town, the party failed to retain or grow its voter support
What the IEC seat allocation reveals about Western Cape’s future
With the DA in charge of Western Cape, former battlegrounds Oudtshoorn, Drakenstein and Beaufort West can expect a new direction
EXCLUSIVE: Opposition metros financially independent
Experts say the ANC will have little leeway to control DA-lead coalition metros
Government warns on ineffective coalitions
Des van Rooyen says the government will place councils under administration should coalition talks fail and service delivery affected
Rapturous Nelson Mandela Bay crowd welcomes Maimane and Trollip
Mmusi Maimane, celebrating victory in the Eastern Cape metro and others, says the DA has shattered the myth that it is a party for white South Africans
Mmusi Maimane sees a chance for DA to govern all three Gauteng metros
The party has already begun talks on a coalition in Ekurhuleni, where the ANC polled far ahead of it, and will look at coalitions in Joburg and Tshwane
ELECTION RESULTS: Retrace all the key moments in our election blog
All the latest news, analysis and results from the 2016 local government elections as it happens
Coalition talk is none of our concern, says IEC
IEC deputy chair Terry Tselane says what happens after the elections is ‘really not in the province of the commission’
ANC wins new disputed municipality in Vuwani
Vuwani residents boycotted the elections in protest at the area’s redemarcation, but only 10 of 56 voting stations in the area returned zero results
Voters fooled Zuma in the queue at Nkandla, mocks Malema
The IFP has taken the municipality that includes Nkandla, much to the president’s dismay after saying on Wednesday he was confident the ANC would win
No more sleeping civil servants, Trollip vows
Mayor-elect Athol Trollip says he will now deal with all the Nelson Mandela Bay municipal officials appointed irregularly and with no qualifications
EFF will talk to ‘anyone’ about a coalition, including the ANC, Malema says
Julius Malema’s EFF won eight wards in its debut local election, and is anticipated to finish on about 8% of the vote nationally
If you want to form a coalition, you must come to us, Julius Malema says
EFF leader Julius Malema says larger parties must approach the smaller ones, and that the EFF will not ‘engage anyone’
Jacob Zuma hails SA for hotly contested, but peaceful, polls
South Africans have shown the world that the country is a thriving democracy, the president said at the IEC’s results announcement
EDITORIAL: Politicians must bridge chasms
Coalitions of the unwilling have to succeedBantu Holomisa expects coalition talks to get messy
United Democratic Movement leader says his party will consider ‘the Zuma factor’ and high levels of corruption when considering an alliance with the ANC
No partying for the party of Jacob Zuma, after a rude awakening at the polls
There will be no celebration at Luthuli House, says the ANC, ahead of the announcement of final results that show a loss of support even in strongholds
ANC ‘must get used to being an opposition party’, says DA
The DA is already in talks to forma coalition in Nelson Mandela Bay where it won 47% of the vote, followed by the ANC with 41%, and the EFF with 5%
Poor turnout and "issues" behind ANC’s weak performance in Gauteng
Provincial chairman Paul Mashatile says the party will go back to the voters for answers
DA wrests Tshwane from ANC
This is the first metro in Gauteng to go to the DA in the democratic era of South Africa
‘Devastating’ results for ANC will affect chances of a majority in 2019, IRR says
The IRR’s CEO‚ Frans Cronje, says the ANC’s poor performance in the municipal elections can be ascribed mostly to the sagging economy
NEWS ANALYSIS: Major shift in SA politics as the DA breaks out of its Cape enclave
The ANC’s immediate reaction has been to rally around Jacob Zuma and deny the role of the Nkandla, Gurpagate and other scandals, writes Keith Gottschalk
National support for ANC may slip to 55%
A slip below 60% would be a huge blow and mark a ‘political turning point’
After victory in eThekwini, ANC faces an internal revolt
Supporters of ousted KwaZulu-Natal premier Senzo Mchunu are gathering information for a court action to nullify the results of the party’s elective conference
What the world is saying about the local government elections
From London to New York, and Lagos to Mumbai, major international media outlets are reading the outcome as a wake-up call for the ANC
Mmusi Maimane congratulates DA for ‘beating ANC in Tshwane’
The DA leader has decided not to wait for an official announcement by the IEC, saying there have been ‘exceptional delays’ in issuing voting results
EFF becomes the leading opposition in Polokwane
EFF has earned 28.21% of the vote in the city with the ANC taking the lead with 57.16% and the DA taking third place with 10.98%
EFF’s Shivambu issues blunt ultimatum to the ANC
‘If the ANC is below 50% they must pack their bags… they must allow those that have the collective majority to govern… we will never go into coalition with them’
Free and fair — but Joburg is the last to know
The IEC has finalised almost all of the results for the 2016 local government elections, and declared them free and fair
EFF unhappy with vote counting in Thabazimbi
IEC officials are accused of taking breaks while counting and allowing some people to vote more than twice in the region
ANC shocked about signed ballot papers found in tent
ANC Eastern Cape deputy chairman says party is surprised to hear about finding of signed ballot papers and has instructed its officials to investigate
ANC’s Stanley Mathabatha prepares for a historic coalition in Limpopo
The premier says the ruling party will have to talk to The DA, EFF or Freedom Front Plus about its first ever local government coalition in the province
ANC and DA eye ‘strategic’ metros such as Rustenburg and Emfuleni
By 3pm, the DA was leading in Emfuleni with 42.57% of the vote, but only 40% of the votes had been counted and verified in the municipality
Ekurhuleni not so safe after all for the ANC
Ekurhuleni was regarded as a safe metro for the ANC in Gauteng, where the party is fighting to stay in the lead in Tshwane and Johannesburg
Opinion
ANC must lose its arrogance or it will lose even more support
Onkgopotse JJ Tabane
The ANC has the capacity to listen and to formulate policy, but it lacks political will to take action
Opinion
After the heat of the campaign trail, some hard facts
Gareth van Onselen
Who was president when the ANC had its worst showing at local government polls? Will it do better or worse this time? Gareth van Onselen crunches the numbers
Jesus is back and walking the streets of Nelson Mandela Bay, says Vavi
Former Cosatu leader Zwelinzima Vavi makes it clear he is no fan of the ANC, in the wake of its loss of the Eastern Cape metro to the DA
DA and ANC happy for Gauteng count to go into extra time
The two parties say the IEC is taking additional care in the vital and hotly contested Joburg and Tshwane metros
NEWS ANALYSIS: Has the DA shaken off its ‘white party’ image?
The party has consolidated its power in Cape Town and throughout the Western Cape, but it may be too soon to draw conclusions about its support among black voters, writes Roxanne Henderson
- ANC will do well to avoid an unstable marriage to the EFF
- ANC has failed to shift economic divide
- DA declares victory in Nelson Mandela Bay
- Had there been ballot papers in empty ballot boxes?
- Tempers of tired IEC officers behind disruption at results centre
- ANC and DA headed for photo finishes in Gauteng
- DA still in the lead in Nelson Mandela Bay but ANC remains confident
- The tale of two blue-collar voters polls apart
- There are ‘no problems with Durban’s results, they just take longer
- Contentious Tlokwe is going the ANC’s way
- UDM’s Bantu Holomisa concedes defeat to ANC in his home area
- Kouga’s first DA mayor prepares to tackle a mountain of work
- Voter turnout just slightly more than in 2011 elections
- While you were sleeping: 2016 shaping up as the election of coalitions
- ANC criticises IEC’s flimsy voting tents
- Fewer than 5,000 votes left to be counted in KwaZulu-Natal
- DA excels in Western Cape with 70% of votes
- DA claims Beaufort West with almost 50% of the vote
- Vuwani residents want to stop merger by withholding votes
- Jacob Zuma waits in windy, dusty queue at Nkandla
- Mayor Ramokgopa leaves Tshwane politics
- Zille and Trollip celebrate resounding win in Eastern Cape bellwether
- ‘Relatively good’ turnout trend cannot be considered inevitable
- ANC takes lead in Limpopo, home province of EFF
- Blacks withhold their votes while whites vote to get change, Mantashe says
- Tempers of tired IEC officers behind disruption at results centre
- ANC wins all Northern Cape municipal councils
- Mangosuthu Buthelezi’s praise singers dwindle
- Could IFP be KwaZulu-Natal’s number two?
- Rousing welcome for Kgosientso Ramokgopa, Tshwane’s departing mayor
- PE vote outcome too close to call, says DA
- Threatening letter causes a stir in otherwise peaceful Nkandla
- DA will not pick ANC as coalition partner as it ‘does not represent change’
- ANC should not be an old-age beauty contest
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