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sethu❦ retweeted
I always think back to the ANC ethekwini conference where James Nxumalo was ousted and Zandile Gumede was elected. I wonder if- 10 years or so later- the ANC would have been in the same place there and in KZN if things went differently.
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VISUALS | The state is opposing North West businessman, Suliman Carrim's bail application at the Musina Magistrate's Court in Limpopo. The state argues that Carrim's failure to appear before the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry demonstrates his unwillingness to abide by the law. For more visit sabcnews.com
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Alpha really hurt you by asking Mr Malema a question né? That you are still here, 3 days later,with your fragile ego and infantile outbursts, is pitiful. It is YOU who deserves emphathy. Your loser energy is suffocating.
It is normal, when one achieves accolades and awards for one's work, to remember the people who got you there. When success smiles at you, a normal person pays homage to those who laid the foundation. Evoking his mentor, Tshidi Madea, after being nominated for a significant award is what a polished person would do. But you do not know what that feels like.
Camping on Alpha's timeline so many hours later is also creepy. It borders on cyber bullying.
What a thin-skinned little man you are. No gravitas, no sense. No self-mastery. Your political career will soon be forgotten whilst Alpha's reports will fill the archives for eternity.
I bet you didn't tell Tshidi at that time that the "she had the best exclusive.." You are doing it now, using the dead to be spiteful and settle a score with a young man old enoughto be your son. Grow up man and focus on your still-born political career.
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Province completed:
Western Cape:
DA 53.95% ANC: 14.69% PA 7.42%
16 hung councils
Eastern Cape:
ANC: 46.06% DA: 18.31% SACP: 6.29%
12 hung councils
Northern Cape:
ANC: 41.55% DA: 21.73% EFF: 9.17%
18 hung councils
Limpopo:
ANC: 54.44% EFF: 11.21% DA: 8.17%
10 hung councils
Mpumalanga:
ANC: 43.65% DA 14.55% EFF: 10.44%
14 hung councils
Free State:
ANC: 37.14% DA: 27.56% EFF: 8.23%
15 hung councils
In total 133 hung councils as of now
@SABCNews #LGE2026
R1.5k for 24- 36 hour shift is a scam. No food even provided and this is how you treat people!? They should do better!
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Good speech. Great tone. But you will be judged by what you do, not what you read, by what you say when you don't have a prepared speech in the years after elections. Now, how to turn the words and intentions of this speech into a systematic transformation? How do these words become the ANC's praxis? Consistently, across all levels?
[WATCH] THE ANC IS SELF INTROSPECTING
The people of South Africa have spoken. As the ANC we have heard that my people. We recognise that many South Africans who once placed their confidence in the ANC have chosen to support other parties. Others have withdrawn from electoral participation altogether. We recognise their concerns, we will not question their judgement or explain away their decisions.
We will confront the reasons why people who
once regarded the ANC as their natural
political home have become disillusioned with our movement. We must acknowledge that in too many communities local government has fallen short of the expectations of our people.
Where communities have experienced unreliable water supplies, failing infrastructure, uncollected refuse, deteriorating roads, corruption and poor municipal administration, they have every right to demand better.
Where public representatives have become distant from the people they were elected to
serve, the people have every right to hold them accountable. And where our own internal divisions have distracted us from the needs of communities, we must accept responsibility.
We cannot ask the people to trust us merely because of our history. Our history gives us a responsibility to serve. It does not give us an entitlement to govern. The ANC must earn the confidence of the people through what it does today and what it delivers tomorrow. That is the lesson of these elections. And it is a lesson we accept with humility.
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Please do not allow any politician or political party to gaslight you into believing that the way the public voted has somehow forced them into an impossible situation where they now have too little time to negotiate and form governments.
The Local Government: Municipal Structures Amendment Bill, commonly referred to as the Coalitions Bill, has been in development since 2024 and was only formally introduced in Parliament in August 2026.
Among other things, the Bill was meant to provide a proper legislative framework for coalitions, including extending the current 14-day period for convening newly elected councils to 30 days, giving parties more time to negotiate.
Every single political party knew this. We have been dealing with coalition governments since 2016. We went through this again in 2021. Nobody can pretend that the possibility of hung councils in 2026 came as a surprise.
I personally called at least one senior person in each of the big six political parties, in some cases more than one, to raise these very issues. So I know they knew.
Yet I have already heard two politicians suggesting that voters have put them in this difficult position.
No. The voters did their jobs. They voted.
Political parties had years to prepare for these outcomes and to ensure that the necessary legislative reforms were in place. That this was not done cannot now become the responsibility of the electorate.
The public is not responsible for political parties failing to plan for an electoral outcome they knew was entirely possible.
And please, let us not start treating voters exercising their democratic rights as an inconvenience to politicians who now have to negotiate with one another.
Democracy does not exist to produce results that are administratively convenient for political parties.
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How the IEC calculates seats
The IEC adds up each party's ward votes and PR votes. Votes for independent ward candidates are left out.
If independents won any wards, those seats are taken off the total number of council seats. What is left is the number of seats available to parties.
The IEC then works out the quota, which is the number of votes a party needs to win one seat
Quota = (Total party votes ÷ Seats available to parties) + 1
Each party gets one seat for every full quota of votes it received. If there are still seats left over, they go to the parties with the most leftover votes.
The IEC then subtracts the wards each party has already won. Whatever is left is filled from that party's PR list.
If a party wins more wards than its share of seats(overhang), it keeps those wards. The seats for the other parties are then worked out again. This is what is causing some parties to not have a single person on their PR lists getting elected.
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News24 Sunday reports the ANC is ready to go into opposition in Jhb, Tswane and Ekhuruleni after the party failed to get a majority. DA can form a majority with ActionSA and “News24 understands ActionSA is offer DA Jhb and Ekhuruleni, but on condition that Helen must go”
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[THREAD] Ahead of the elections, EWN travelled across South Africa, visiting communities in every corner of the country. We highlighted the challenges and issues affecting ordinary citizens.
Below is a thread of videos documenting the places I visited.
1. Mamelodi Hostels
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And from a communications point of view, this kind of strategy is far more effective than ANC telling voters "we gave you grants. We gave you freedom." It wasn't just Gwede. A lot of them did it. I remember one Minister cornering a student at a tertiary institution telling him how he was there because of the ANC. It doesn't work. Especially when you know nothing about that student - maybe he has no money for food and transport; maybe he has debts, maybe his siblings sre also struggling. They are abrasive, tone-deaf and very often adopt a triumphalist tone. The ANC's generic messaging (grants, freedom) can never beat these directed, forensic case studies. But they will say "You just hate the ANC." They listen to cheerleaders and that's why they are here.
You don’t even need a massive budget just do your job!
Service delivery!
Your work must speak for itself.
Helen’s campaign was super expensive because it was two pronged
-Highlight the massive failures
- Offer hope
Campaign Admin staff salaries …
Travel, accommodation, sustenance
Plus the merch and prop hire to do all her stunts.
Security too!
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Mayor Dada Morero
Deputy Mayor Loyiso Masuku
MMC Eunice Mgcina, Development Planning
have all lost their seats in the Johannesburg council.
The ANC will have no PR councillors in Johannesburg.
There's indeed a lot of money in politics when that old lady says she spent a lot of money on campaigning. Clearly there's money just badly managed
Love you ke sana 🤭😂
YOU started in the gutter by saying "most useless journalist" to a young man doing his job. I asked you why you are insulting him and you repeated the insults. YOU stayed in the gutter. So I met you there and spoke in the language of your preference. I'm versatile like that.
I don't mind being called a bitch. In fact your own leader has repeatedly liked and retweeted posts that called me a bitch. I don't mind and am not looking for protection. I do appreciate your offer though.
Yes, let's keep things professional. It starts with you exercising your right to not like the journalist's question. But it doesn't extend to you dictating what he should and shouldn't ask, where and when. And the calling him "most useless journalist." You introduced words like "stupid " and "foolish." That was not necessary.
I AM sorry I said get your head out of your leader's backside. That was unnecessary. It undermines your right to put your head where you want to put it.
sethu❦ retweeted
Thobela. Yes we have had many interviews over the years and there was no blood on the floor. Hence my response is to your DP, who is the author of the post to which I was responding. I am however mindful of the pattern displayed by your leadership- past and present. They get into street fights and insult people in your name. Your current DP just did and your previous one was EXCELLENT at it. The man who used to get you ice when you needed it, also did it. You are the leader. And it doesn't seem to bother you. Why is that...
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Just in: Suspended Police Minister Senzo Mchunu is among those expected to reappear before the #MadlangaCommission in the coming weeks. @Sowetan1981
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Sunday Times reports that the ANC’s devastating showing in the local government elections has lead to President Ramaphosa and other senior leaders to discuss the possibility of falling in their swords and resigning from top posts.” Ramaphosa has reportedly suggested stepping down
When corruption is catching up with you.....
