LOCAL ELECTIONS 2026: Build your own coalition in Joburg, eThekwini, Tshwane and Cape Town
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In most of South Africa’s metros no party is expected to win a majority in the 4 November elections. Here, you can build your own coalition in four metros, based on different polls, to see how different parties could build a majority.
18 Oct 2026
A man fills in the voting forms before casting his vote at the IEC polling station in the St Hubert Catholic Church in Alexandra, Johannesburg. (Photo: Chris Collingridge)
IEC officials prepare a voting station at a church in Alexandra for local elections in Johannesburg on 18 May 2011. (Photo: EPA / Kim Ludbrook) The results screen during the 2021 local government elections. (Photo: Shiraaz Mohamed)An election observer registered with the Ground Work Collective at the French School voting station in Sea Point, Cape Town, on 29 May 2024. (Photo: Shelley Christians)
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A man fills in the voting forms before casting his vote at the IEC polling station in the St Hubert Catholic Church in Alexandra, Johannesburg. (Photo: Chris Collingridge)/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/2986128.jpg "Electoral Commission of South Africa officials prepare a voting station at a church in Alexandra for local elections in Johannesburg on 18 May 2011. (Photo: EPA / Kim Ludbrook)")
/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/LGE-ROC-General-Pix-24.jpg "An image of the election results screen.Photo: Shiraaz Mohamed.")
/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Tamsin-election-observers-04.jpg "Sarietha Engelbrecht (39) an election observer registered with the Ground Work Collective, at the French School voting station in Sea Point, Cape Town on 29 May 2024. (Photo: Shelley Christians)")