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ActionSA Emerges as Kingmaker as ANC Moves to Set Coalition Strategy

Fast-moving coalition talks will decide who governs Gauteng metros, hinging on ActionSA’s conditions for talks.

ActionSA leader Herman Mashaba at the IEC polling station at the Sandton Fire Station, 4 November 2026, during the local government elections. Picture: Michel Bega/The Citizen
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The ANC slumped to its worst-ever election result

Overview

  • ActionSA won 48 of 214 seats in Tshwane and reported 27 ward victories, giving it decisive leverage over council majorities in the capital.
  • The Democratic Alliance led Johannesburg, Tshwane and Ekurhuleni by vote share but lacks outright majorities, leaving control of those metros uncertain.
  • The ANC convened an extended National Executive Committee meeting on Thursday, November 12, 2026, to adopt a negotiating mandate and set central rules for coalition talks.
  • ActionSA leader Herman Mashaba has opened talks with multiple parties while demanding that Helen Zille and Cilliers Brink be removed as mayoral options before his party will support DA candidates.
  • The EFF has held talks with the MK Party and some ActionSA supporters oppose deals with the ANC, so negotiations will shape who delivers local services and could alter party trajectories before 2029.