The uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party has won an outright majority in the Richmond Local Municipality (in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands). Final or near-final IEC results show it taking about 56.27% of the vote and 10 of the 17 council seats (nine seats are needed for a majority). This is the party’s first municipality under its sole control in KZN, and it won eight of the nine wards.

Breakdowns circulating from sources such as SABC and others put the main parties roughly as:

• MK Party: ~56.3%
• ANC: ~30.2%
• DA: ~8.9%
• IFP: ~2.4%
• Others (including EFF and SACP): under 2% combined.

Counting was reported complete in the municipality by the afternoon of 5 November 2026. Richmond had been an ANC stronghold in previous cycles, so the result marks a clear shift.