SABCNews AM Headlines @05H00 | 04 November 2026

*The Electoral Commission of South Africa has announced that counting has begun and early results are starting to trickle in.

*Government’s Deputy spokesperson William Baloyi has thanked South Africans who turned out in numbers to vote yesterday. Baloyi commended the IEC and law enforcement agencies for their role in ensuring free and fair elections.

*The EFF in the Eastern Cape says it is going to lay criminal charges against the IEC for electoral fraud. The EFF’s Veronica Mente says a ballot in one of the voting stations was tampered with.

*Tehran residents gathered at Enghelab Square last night and burnt a huge banner depicting US President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance after their Republican party’s midterm elections loss.

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