🇿🇦 South Africa
Jun 12, 2026
Beyond the metros: Where SA's real political battle in November is brewing
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Everyone's watching Johannesburg, Cape Town and Tshwane — but the November local government elections will be decided in places like Pietermaritzburg and Polokwane too. Marius Roodt of The Common Sense drills into the numbers, and the divergence is striking. Msunduzi tells a story of ANC collapse — from 70% in 2014 to 18% in 2024 — with MKP now dominant and the party headed for single digits. Polokwane is a different picture entirely: the ANC's majority looks intact, the EFF remains strong, and
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