Several municipalities in the Eastern Cape face hung councils following local government elections, setting the stage for intense coalition talks as no single party secured an outright majority.
The ANC has lost its outright majority in seven Eastern Cape municipalities, with early results showing Buffalo City Metro could also head into a coalition.
Shortly after casting their ballots at dawn in the Eastern Cape, elderly Nqadu villagers returned to collecting drinking water from a stream shared with animals, highlighting decades of persistent service delivery failures.
