Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality
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Oct 23, 2026
Clement ManyathelaHOST
So maybe be open to the idea that your leader maybe has become a responsible leader that realized that, hey man, what I tweeted is not good because it actually contradicts, you know, the true essence of the contribution of some of our neighboring countries in the fight against apartheid.
Clement ManyathelaHOST
But also, I mean, sure, Gaten, come on, Danny Yodan, remember Danny Yodan was also sent to Buffalo City, was it Buffalo City or Nelson Mandela Bay at some point, to go and campaign there to be a mayor.
Clement ManyathelaHOST
What I'm saying is this is not the first time You can't talk about Helen coming to Job as if it's never happened before.
Clement ManyathelaHOST
What impression are you trying to create? I've given you an example of Gaten McKenzie.
Sam KomaGUEST
So we'll see how that one also gets fully implemented in the short term.
Africa MelaneHOST
So how would the redesign work, I wonder, Sam, in a way that a metro like the city of Cape Town does not get additional funding because we are showing that we are able to make best use of the money and the grants allocated at the expense, for example, of another metro, let's say Buffalo City in the Eastern Cape, that perhaps might not be as efficient in the use of money?
Sam KomaGUEST
Oh, yeah.
Sam KomaGUEST
So what is important is that...
Zoya FassellerHOST
Police have since opened an inquest into her death.
Zoya FassellerHOST
The Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality confirmed the tragedy in a statement expressing condolences to the victim's family and the local swimming community.
Zoya FassellerHOST
Fellow swimmer Mike Lowe told South African broadcaster SABC that members of an open water swimming group rushed to assist the woman after she signaled that she was in distress.
Zoya FassellerHOST
The swimmers managed to bring her back to shore where a medic who was part of the group attempted to save her life.
Dani PainterHOST
She was reportedly a regular swimmer and she was swimming with a group when the attack occurred.
Dani PainterHOST
Speaking to the SABC, here's Buffalo City Metro spokesperson Luzuko Buku.
Luzuko BukuSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
What we need to establish now is the effects surrounding the shark, the nature of the shark, the species and weather.
Luzuko BukuSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
There are many of them that might be anticipated during this period in our city.
Duman UbuluSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
They've increased by more than 1,000% since 2007.
speaker_2CORRESPONDENT
The Buffalo City Metro municipality in the Eastern Cape has closed Orient Beach and Eastern Beach in Gumbel City until further notice following a fatal shark attack at Orient Beach this morning.
speaker_2CORRESPONDENT
The victim is reported to have been an elderly woman swimming with a group of open water swimmers.
speaker_2CORRESPONDENT
There were 65 shark incidents at beaches around the world in 2025 alone.
Floyd ShivambuGUEST
Yeah, and the highest likelihood as well is that, not even a likelihood, what is going to happen is that All the metropolitan municipalities are not going to have outright winners.
Sizwe Mpofu-WalshHOST
You think even Buffalo City?
Floyd ShivambuGUEST
Buffalo City will never have an outright winner.
Floyd ShivambuGUEST
And although we are present there and we're going to have representation in the council of Buffalo City municipality, UDM is going to do very well there.
Floyd ShivambuGUEST
in Buffalo City and a lot of municipalities in the Eastern Cape.
Floyd ShivambuGUEST
There is some re-emergence of strength.
Floyd ShivambuGUEST
And by the way, that is dependent on the IEC allowing them to submit the candidates who were captured but did not click the finally submit
Sizwe Mpofu-WalshHOST
well.
Helen ZilleGUEST
but we will be the second biggest party.
Sizwe Mpofu-WalshHOST
And Buffalo City is an interesting one because that's the last ANC majority, clear ANC majority.
Sizwe Mpofu-WalshHOST
Do you reckon they could lose that?
Helen ZilleGUEST
No,
Sizwe Mpofu-WalshHOST
I think the ANC will keep Buffalo City.
Sizwe Mpofu-WalshHOST
Sure, sure.
Helen ZilleGUEST
But that'll be their only clear prize.
Phumi MashigoHOST
We talk a lot about the metros.
Phumi MashigoHOST
We talk about Buffalo City, we talk about Tshwane, we talk about Ekurhuleni, especially Johannesburg.
Paul BerkowitzGUEST
Mm-hmm.
Phumi MashigoHOST
Um, and in the metros, the big players are what they are.
Paul BerkowitzGUEST
But people, uh, this, this narrative of the coalitions have, have brought about more collapse, in some ways, in Joburg, definitely.
Paul BerkowitzGUEST
'Cause no one is acting like an adult or a big person, big, medium, or small parties.
Paul BerkowitzGUEST
But there are enough examples in, uh, Northwest, in Free State, of even Buffalo City, where the, the council is a strong ANC majority, but things still don't work properly.
Phumi MashigoHOST
Mm-hmm.
speaker_0NARRATOR
SABC News, independent and impartial.
Hlumisa QabakaCORRESPONDENT
As momentum heats up closer to the November elections, new political parties hope to make it to the Council of Buffalo City Metro.
Hlumisa QabakaCORRESPONDENT
These parties believe the residents have endured a crippling state of services in the current administration.
Hlumisa QabakaCORRESPONDENT
The parties have promised accountability and transparency with the metro's coffers.
Nonzame VeluvanaSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
They need to be taken care of because young people are the future.
Nonzame VeluvanaSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
We need to find them places to stay.
Hlumisa QabakaCORRESPONDENT
Currently, the Buffalo City Metro and Mangaung Metro are the only metros governed by the ANC without coalition government.
Hlumisa QabakaCORRESPONDENT
Hlumisa Hlubaka, SABC News, East London.
Sizwe Mpofu-WalshHOST
In some places, there are some s- serious surprises, and in other places, we can expect more of the same.
Sizwe Mpofu-WalshHOST
I wanna take a look at the national picture in this election, and then I'll also look at some of the key cities, including Jo'burg, Tshwane, Ekurhuleni, Ethekwini, Buffalo City, and we'll also have a look at Mangaung.
Sizwe Mpofu-WalshHOST
Now, firstly, I wanna take a look at the national picture.
Sizwe Mpofu-WalshHOST
And what I've done, just to tell you my methodology in this, is I've looked at lots of different polls over different times, and I've taken a rolling average of those polls.
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Sizwe Mpofu-WalshHOST
Um, and here I just wanna show you some still graphics of the picture in two other important cities.
Sizwe Mpofu-WalshHOST
Now, these are the cities where the ANC governs and still enjoys a majority.
Sizwe Mpofu-WalshHOST
Now, you've got Buffalo City, and this is the 2021 election result where the ANC had 59%, DA about 20, and then in Mangaung or, uh, in Free State, you had the ANC just over 50% of the vote.
Sizwe Mpofu-WalshHOST
Now, what's important about these cities as we take that graphic away is that now we have a situation in which both of these cities are up for grabs.
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