Kimberley, Upington, Kuruman hung after Northern Cape count

Kimberley, Upington and Kuruman have finished counting with no party holding more than half the council seats, according to provisional IEC results. That covers Sol Plaatje (Kimberley), Dawid Kruiper (Upington) and Ga-Segonyana (Kuruman). Across the Northern Cape, 25 of 26 councils are fully counted so far: 8 with a majority and 17 hung (Rateweb Northern Cape from IEC data, update 6 November 2026).

Nationally, about 73% of voting districts were counted by Friday morning, with 80 of 113 finished councils hung (Rateweb from IEC data, update 6 November 2026, 09:32 SAST).

Which big Northern Cape councils are hung?

Source: Rateweb Sol Plaatje, Rateweb Dawid Kruiper, Rateweb Ga-Segonyana, The Outlier Sol Plaatje, The Outlier Dawid Kruiper and The Outlier Ga-Segonyana. Majority means more than half the council seats. All figures are provisional until the IEC declares them.

What do the Kimberley seats look like?

Sol Plaatje is the largest finished Northern Cape council and is hung. The ANC has 37.9% of the vote and 25 of 65 seats, eight short of the 33 needed to govern alone. The DA has 15 seats on 22.7%, the EFF 7 on 11.1%, the Patriotic Alliance 5 and Freedom Front Plus 3, with other parties sharing the remaining seats (Rateweb Sol Plaatje, The Outlier Sol Plaatje, results as at 6 November 2026).

Vote shares for the top three parties come from Rateweb Sol Plaatje (IEC data). Full seat breakdown including PA, FF Plus and other parties comes from The Outlier Sol Plaatje.

What happened in Upington?

Dawid Kruiper finished as a hung council with the DA and ANC on 14 seats each out of 33. A majority needs 17 seats. On the vote, Rateweb shows the DA slightly ahead at 41.7% to the ANC 41.2%. The Patriotic Alliance has 4 seats on 10.6%, and Freedom Front Plus has 1 seat (Rateweb Dawid Kruiper, The Outlier Dawid Kruiper).

Is Kuruman hung too?

Yes. In Ga-Segonyana, the ANC has 43.2% of the vote and 13 of 29 seats, two short of the 15 needed for a majority. The EFF has 5 seats on 16.6%, the DA 4 on 13.8%, JTGR 3 and the SACP 2, with other parties on the remaining seats (Rateweb Ga-Segonyana, The Outlier Ga-Segonyana).

What does the Northern Cape picture look like?

With about 99% of Northern Cape voting districts counted, the ANC leads the provincial vote on about 41.6%, with the DA on about 21.7% (Rateweb Northern Cape). Those provincial shares can still move while the last districts report. Siyancuma was still counting when Rateweb last updated the provincial page.

Eight finished Northern Cape councils have a single-party majority so far, including Joe Morolong, Phokwane, Dikgatlong, !Kheis, Renosterberg, Richtersveld, Tsantsabane and Umsobomvu (Rateweb Northern Cape council list). Smaller hung towns such as Springbok (Nama Khoi), De Aar (Emthanjeni) and Prieska (Siyathemba) were covered in an earlier REPORTED roundup.

What happens next in a hung council?

In a hung council, parties need partners or another agreement to elect a speaker and mayor and to pass a budget. After the IEC declares the result, a council generally has 14 days to hold its first meeting and elect a mayor (Municipal Structures Act process explained). Ward objections under section 65 of the Electoral Act had to reach the IEC by 17:00 on 6 November 2026 (IEC objection process).

You can follow official ward and council updates on the IEC results dashboard.

Figures are provisional seat and vote tallies from Rateweb and The Outlier, which publish IEC counting files. They are not the IEC final declaration.