Overview
- ActionSA reported 15.89% support in Gauteng and its leaders said on Friday that the party has taken about 55 wards in township areas, a claim that shifts the balance in several municipalities but still awaits full confirmation from the IEC.
- Party president Herman Mashaba said ActionSA is willing to negotiate coalitions if it lacks an outright majority while explicitly ruling out working with DA mayoral candidate Helen Zille and expressing caution about the MK Party’s leadership stability.
- Reporting says an ANC–ActionSA alignment is now a developing possibility in Johannesburg, a scenario that would heighten a power struggle with the DA over who leads the metro and on what governing terms.
- ActionSA is framing coalition talks around stable municipal governance and service delivery, pledging priorities such as housing reallocation, steady water and electricity, and anti-corruption measures rather than ideological deals.
- With IEC counts still unfinished, formal coalition agreements will decide control of key metros and could immediately affect local services and the business environment because municipal administrations run water, power, waste and housing.