The ANC Is Losing Councils It Led In 2021 (25% Counted)

Описание: With about a quarter of the votes counted in South Africa’s 2026 local elections, the biggest story isn’t who is winning. It’s who is losing. Almost one in three councils the ANC led in 2021 now has a different party in front.

In this video we compare the live IEC count with the 2021 election and look at:

The national swing: ANC 46% → 32%
The councils where the ANC is falling fastest
The councils that have already changed hands, and which parties took them
The cities: Johannesburg, Mangaung, Buffalo City, Ekurhuleni and Tshwane
Why 27 of the first 35 fully counted councils are hung, and what that means for coalitions

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Chapters
0:00 Who is losing
0:31 The national swing
1:05 Where the ANC is falling fastest
1:45 Councils that have changed hands
2:49 The cities
3:41 What it means

Which swing surprised you most? Tell us in the comments.

Data: IEC live results dashboard, snapshot taken 5 November 2026 at 10:53 (about a quarter of voting districts counted), compared with the IEC 2021 local election results. “Led” means the party with the most votes in that council, not necessarily the party that governed. Early counts are not representative and will keep changing.
Boundaries: MDB. Imagery: Sentinel-2 cloudless, EOX.

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