News 12:00

BULLETIN 6 November 12 pm

Good afternoon. I am……..

In this bulletin:

# The ANC isn’t expected to win a majority in any of the eight metros
# The DA celebrates an increased majority in the uMngeni Municipality under Chris Pappas
# And NERSA registers 144 renewable energy generation facilities

# The local government election results process continues to advance, with 72-percent of votes counted nationally. The ANC is leading nationally with 31.92-percent but it is on course for a bruising result, as its expected not to win a majority in any of the eight metros, while the DA is projected to finish first in at least five. The ANC has lost support in Gauteng, which the DA is leading by 34.44-percent, while ActionSA is second in Tshwane. Cape Town is the only metro that will be governed outright by the DA.

Meanwhile, the DA has retained the uMngeni local municipality in KwaZulu-Natal with just over 60-percent of the support, while the party will also be a kingmaker in key municipalities such as eNdumeni, previously controlled by the IFP. The MK Party currently leads the province, followed by the IFP and ANC. The party has put forward Chris Pappas for re-election as uMngeni’s mayor. DA provincial chairperson Dean Macpherson says they will continue implementing plans to improve service delivery:

# The National Energy Regulator of South Africa has registered 144 renewable energy generation facilities during the second quarter of the 2026/27 financial year. The solar and wind facilities have a combined three-thousand-129 megawatts of total capacity with an estimated investment value of 78.16-billion-rand. NERSA’s spokesperson Charles Hlebela says it processed the applications within an average of nine working days, with Gauteng, the Western Cape and KwaZulu-Natal leading in the number of new facility registrations.

Moving abroad:

# US president Donald Trump has every intention of keeping Defence secretary Pete Hegseth in his cabinet. This follows reports both Hegseth and secretary of State Marco Rubio might leave their jobs after the Republican Party lost Tuesday’s midterm elections. Trump and vice-president JD Vance have blamed the Iranian war for the defeat that allowed Democrats full control of the Congress. Speaking in the White House, Trump listed what he sees as some of Hegseth’s achievements:

# Rugby: Springbok lock Ruan Nortjé has thrown his full support behind Salmaan Moerat ahead of tomorrow’s Nations Championship Test against Italy in Turin. The former Junior Springboks combine once again in the green and gold, renewing a partnership that stretches back to 2017. Twenty-eight-year-old Moerat, who has not played for the Boks this year, has received some criticism, with some questioning his inclusion. Nortjé is looking forward to going into battle with Moerat:

# And the financial indicators: The dollar trades at 16-rand-48-cents and the euro at 18-rand-44-cents. One British pound costs 22-rand-9-cents and Bitcoin trades at 75-thousand-605-dollars. Gold sells at four-thousand-and-69-dollars-13-cents a fine ounce and Brent crude oil is quoted at 100-dollars-87-sents a barrel.

Stay tuned for more news………….