Joburg after the vote: four things to watch as coalition talks begin

Daily Maverick | 09.11.2026 14:44
It has been quite a week for Johannesburg. In the local government elections on 4 November, the DA’s mayoral candidate, Helen Zille, opened a crocodile-jaw-wide gap on the ANC, the first time this has happened in the city. But it was not enough to reach the party’s projected outcome of 40%.