JohannesburgLeft parties holding 20% of the vote name their price.

They back the African National Congress only if it drops the Democratic Alliance from national government.

The Council of the Left unites uMkhonto weSizwe, the Economic Freedom Fighters and the Communist Party, who still negotiate city coalitions separately.

Polymarket traders give Helen Zille a 38% chance of becoming Johannesburg’s mayor, down 18 points in a week.

How each outlet framed it
Daily Maverick
reports the Council of the Left's condition that the ANC cut ties with the DA and Freedom Front Plus in national government before any support

Sources: Daily Maverick