{
  "id": 18731802,
  "title": "ANC to review 2026 LGE performance, hung council strategies: Mbalula",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/07/anc-to-review-2026-lge-performance-hung-council-strategies-mbalula",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-07T14:14:21.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "SABC News",
    "slug": "sabc-news",
    "url": "https://www.sabcnews.com/sabcnews/anc-to-review-2026-lge-performance-hung-council-strategies-mbalula/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The African National Congress (ANC) Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula has announced that party officials will review the party's performance in the upcoming 2026 Local Government Elections. The National Executive Committee (NEC) will also deliberate on strategies for forming governments in hung councils. With nearly all votes counted, the ANC has received a mere 30% of the national vote, a substantial drop from the 45.59% it garnered in the 2021 municipal elections. Mbalula expressed humility and readiness to listen to the voices of South Africans, stating that the ANC will introspect, fix its house, branches, and conduct in government, and work harder for the benefit of citizens waiting for essential services like water, jobs, and working street lights. The ANC remains open to engaging with any political party in coalition negotiations, having received a mandate from the election results. Mbalula vowed that the ANC's promises of building better communities together would remain their guiding principle.",
  "summary": "Mbalula says the party has been humbled by the results of the 2026 Local government elections",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}