News24 | By-Elections: ‘Historic’ eMalahleni Win for DA as ANC Keeps Eastern Cape, Tshwane Strongholds

News24 | By-elections: ‘Historic’ eMalahleni win for DA as ANC keeps Eastern Cape, Tshwane strongholds

The DA took an ANC seat in eMalahleni, Mpumalanga, while the ANC retained two-stronghold seats in Tshwane and the rural Eastern Cape in Wednesday’s by-elections.

By-elections: DA wins Mpumalanga ward from ANC

The ANC retained a key ward in Mamelodi East, Tshwane with just over half of the vote, while MK and the DA made some inroads. The DA took a ward off the ANC in the small town of Ga-Nala (formerly Kriel) in the Emalahleni Municipality in Mpumalanga, while the ANC put in a dominant performance in...

DA snaps up ANC stronghold in Emalahleni by-election as 2026 local elections momentum builds

By Johnathan Paoli Municipal by-elections on Wednesday produced a mixed bag of results, highlighting the African National Congress’s (ANC) continued rural dominance and the Democratic Alliance’s (DA) growing momentum in key battlegrounds ahead of the 2026 Local Government Elections. The by-elections were contested in three wards across three provinces: Ward 10 in Tshwane (Mamelodi East, Gauteng), Ward 26 in Emalahleni (Kriel, Mpumalanga), and Wa…