South Africa votes in local elections as growing anger threatens ANC
- South Africans queued from early on Wednesday to vote in municipal elections, with anger over corruption, crime and failing public services threatening to inflict fresh losses on the African National Congress.
- Issued on: 04/11/2026 - 15:31 3 min Reading time Voting has been largely incident-free, more than four hours after polls opened at 7am (0500 GMT).
- More than 29 million voters are registered, but the last municipal elections in 2021 drew a turnout of just 46 percent.
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- South Africans queued from early on Wednesday to vote in municipal elections, with anger over corruption, crime and failing public services threatening to inflict fresh losses on the African National Congress.
- Issued on: 04/11/2026 - 15:31 3 min Reading time Voting has been largely incident-free, more than four hours after polls opened at 7am (0500 GMT).
- More than 29 million voters are registered, but the last municipal elections in 2021 drew a turnout of just 46 percent.
Sources: RFI