DA leads early Tshwane and Emfuleni election results
Early local government election results showed the DA on 30.6% in Tshwane, ahead of ActionSA on 22.8%. The ANC had 21.9% there. In Emfuleni, the DA had 55.6% and the VF Plus 17.5%.
ActionSA national spokesperson Michael Beaumont said the party had taken 12 wards from the ANC in Tshwane. He said this included every ward in Atteridgeville except one. He also said ActionSA results in Mamelodi and Soshanguve were above 50%, and that the party was well set to become the second-largest in Tshwane.
Beaumont said ActionSA is contesting 105 municipalities and expects coalitions to be necessary in many of them. He said residents were responding well to the track record and leadership of Nasiphi Moya.
DA federal chairperson Solly Msimanga said the DA had gained ground in Emfuleni, Midvaal and parts of Johannesburg. He said the party had won more than 10 wards in Emfuleni. In the past, he said, it won a single ANC ward at most in a by-election. He also said the DA now had more than one million black township voters, and credited years of preparation.
Key facts
- Who
- Michael Beaumont (ActionSA national spokesperson); Solly Msimanga (DA federal chairperson); Nasiphi Moya (Mentioned by ActionSA as the leader whose track record residents respond to in…); ActionSA (Political party contesting local government elections)
- What
- By lunchtime on Thursday, early results had the DA leading in Tshwane with 30.6% and ActionSA second with 22.8%. ActionSA spokesperson Michael Beaumont said the party had taken 12 wards from the ANC in Tshwane and was willing to engage in coalitions, while DA federal chairperson Solly Msimanga said the DA had gained ground in Emfuleni, Midvaal and parts of Johannesburg.
- When
- 5 November 2026
- Where
- Tshwane, Gauteng, Emfuleni
- Status
- Reported