A taxi rank next to a voting station: Cape Town’s violence is now an election problem

Nov 12, 2026

Taxi and gang shootings in Delft, Lavender Hill and beyond have put voter safety on the table days before 4 November. What police, the City and the province still owe Cape Town.

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Nine days out, the ANC leads none of SA’s big metros in the eNCA poll. The blame numbers matter more.

Nov 12, 2026

The ANC tops none of six metros in the eNCA MarkData poll nine days before the 4 November local elections. Voters' blame numbers tell the bigger story.

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The DA’s “doomsday coalition” just got a letter from the DA

Nov 12, 2026

The DA has written to the EFF and MK Party about municipal coalitions. After years of warnings, voters deserve to know what changed and what the red lines are now.

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