PALI LEHOHLA | The geography of discontent: spatial injustice and the 2026 municipal reckoning
Times LIVE | 09.11.2026 04:30
The dust has settled on the 2026 local government elections, and the political landscape of South Africa has shuddered. For the ANC and its faithful, the results have arrived not merely as a disappointment, but as a sobering historical rupture. Across the country’s metropolitan municipalities, the loss of absolute majorities has signalled a decisive end to the era of unchallenged liberation politics.
