Frustrated by persistent service delivery failures, dry taps, and potholes, affluent ratepayers in Mthatha have voted in droves for the UDM, stripping the ANC of its outright majority in King Sabata Dalindyebo municipality for the first…
Political parties have started intense negotiations to take control of hung municipalities in the Eastern Cape after the ANC lost outright majorities across several councils, including Buffalo City.
The United Democratic Movement has ruled out a coalition with the ANC in Buffalo City Metro, preferring to sit in opposition as vote counting leaves council control in the balance.