Vote counting underway in critical South Africa elections
Votes are being counted across South Africa after a record 29.2 million people registered to vote in local municipal councils. The election is seen as a test for the national ANC party, which has largely led South Africa since the end of apartheid rule.
About 11,000 counting supervisors and 28,692 assistants/staff to participate in the process at 365 centres across the State; counting of postal ballots to be taken up first; nearly 20,000 police personnel deployed as part of three-layer security
Early results after polls closed in New Zealand show the race is too close to call. The country has strict election-day laws on political reporting to prevent voters from being swayed at the last minute.
State Election Commissioner Anil Chandra Punetha and other top officials are monitoring the counting.
Member-elect of the Georgia House of Representatives (District 43) in the United States, Solomon Adesanya, has explained how the struggles facing American residents, including high tariffs and the cost of living, played a major role in the outcome of the 2026 midterm elections. “We first started with this tariff war, and what you would find is when the president increased the tariffs on Canada and Mexico — one of our strongest allies by way of NAFTA — we’re hurting Americans, and Georgians were suffering that the cost of living had shot up in an unbelievable fashion and, added to the war in…
Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Kalu, has urged Igbo elders, leaders and stakeholders to unite and take a more active role in Nigeria’s politics, warning that disunity and political apathy have weakened the South-East’s influence in national affairs. He made the call on Friday at the South-East Stakeholders’ Convergence, also known as the South-East Elders and Stakeholders Meeting, held at the Imo State Government House, Owerri.
Initial results in New Zealand show the two main parties neck-and-neck with fewer than 4,000 votes separating them. Official results aren't expected until later this month once special votes have been counted.