South Africa
Latest week · November 2
LATEST WEEK
- Trump suspends South Africa from AGOA, ending duty-free US access from 2027The Trump administration has suspended South Africa from AGOA, ending the country's duty-free access to the US market from 2027. Rwanda was removed from the trade programme at the same time. The decision follows a US review of South Africa's eligibility.
- ANC heads for its worst local election result with 80 percent of ballots countedThe ANC is on course for its worst-ever local election showing, with 80 percent of ballots counted, as support for the party slumped in South Africa's municipal vote. The count puts the party behind its previous results and leaves it facing a bruising defeat in the councils it has run.
- South Africa begins counting local election votes as ANC and DA lead early talliesCounting began after 9pm in South Africa's 2026 local government elections, with the ANC and DA leading the early tallies. The Mail & Guardian reported that a meagre 12 million people cast ballots.
- South Africans vote in local elections as ANC faces anger over water and servicesSouth Africans voted in the 2026 local government election, with 11.5 million voters registered across the country's eight metropolitan municipalities. Johannesburg has the highest number of registered voters among the eight metros.
- South Africa holds municipal elections as ANC faces losses and no party wins a national majoritySouth Africa's local government elections are being held this week, with special voting on Monday and Tuesday ahead of Wednesday's polls. Nationally, no party commands strong majority support as the country heads into coalition territory, according to Ipsos.
SOURCES CITED IN NOVEMBER 2026
Outlets referenced by the published weekly picks for this month — not the full monitored registry.
- African TimesWire
- BBCCentristcentre
- BizNewsOppositionalcentre-right
- Business DayBusinesscentre-right
- Business Insider AfricaBusinesscentre
- businesstech.co.zaBusinesscentre
- Cape Town ETCCentristcentre
- Daily MaverickOppositionalcentre-left
- eNCACentristcentre
- ewn.co.zaOppositionalcentre
- Financial TimesBusinesscentre-right
- https://novanews.co.za/Wire
- IOLCentristcentre
- IpsosCentristcentre
- Mail & GuardianCentristleft
- MoneywebBusinesscentre
- News24Centristcentre
- PoliticswebOppositionalcentre-right
- Polity.org.zaCentristcentre
- ReutersWirecentre
- SABC NewsStatecentre
- Scrolla.AfricaWire
- SemaforCentristcentre
- South African Government News AgencyStatecentre
- The CitizenCentristright
- The GuardianOppositionalcentre-left
- The Times of IndiaOppositionalcentre
- themercury.co.zaWire
- TimesLIVECentristcentre
Next update November 9, 2026