Who is standing, and what they promise

• ActionSAActionSALeader: Herman MashabaOn the ballot in 102 of 257 councils
• ACDPAfrican Christian Democratic PartyLeader: Kenneth MeshoeOn the ballot in 133 of 257 councils
• ANCAfrican National CongressLeader: Cyril RamaphosaOn the ballot in 255 of 257 councils
  On 15 October 2026 the Constitutional Court ordered the IEC to add the ANC's 181 candidates in six councils, including the two missing.
• ATMAfrican Transformation MovementLeader: Caesar NongqungaOn the ballot in 212 of 257 councils
• AMMAfrika Mayibuye MovementLeader: Floyd ShivambuOn the ballot in 235 of 257 councils
• Al Jama-ahAl Jama-ahLeader: Ganief HendricksOn the ballot in 42 of 257 councils
• BOSABuild One South AfricaLeader: Mmusi MaimaneOn the ballot in 30 of 257 councils
• DADemocratic AllianceLeader: Geordin Hill-LewisOn the ballot in 257 of 257 councils
• EFFEconomic Freedom FightersLeader: Julius MalemaOn the ballot in 257 of 257 councils
• FF+Freedom Front PlusLeader: Corné MulderOn the ballot in 201 of 257 councils
• GOODGOODLeader: Patricia de LilleOn the ballot in 25 of 257 councils
• IFPInkatha Freedom PartyLeader: Velenkosini HlabisaOn the ballot in 139 of 257 councils
• NCCNational Coloured CongressLeader: Fadiel AdamsOn the ballot in 28 of 257 councils
• PACPan Africanist Congress of AzaniaLeader: Mzwanele NyhontsoOn the ballot in 133 of 257 councils
• PAPatriotic AllianceLeader: Gayton McKenzieOn the ballot in 202 of 257 councils
• Rise MzansiRise MzansiLeader: Songezo ZibiOn the ballot in 7 of 257 councils
• SACPSouth African Communist PartyLeader: Solly MapailaOn the ballot in 249 of 257 councils
• MKuMkhonto weSizwe PartyLeader: Jacob ZumaOn the ballot in 229 of 257 councils
• UATUnited Africans TransformationLeader: Wonder MahlatsiOn the ballot in 85 of 257 councils
• UDMUnited Democratic MovementLeader: Bantu HolomisaOn the ballot in 28 of 257 councils

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