LOCAL ELECTIONS 2026: DA needs FF+, Knysna Civic Association to govern troubled coastal town

Source: Daily Maverick · 2026-11-06T17:37:41.000Z · Travel

Southern Cape tourism hub Knysna remains a hung council, as the DA failed to make sufficient gains for outright control in the 4 November local elections. The seaside town is one of the 19 councils, representing some three-quarters of the Western Cape’s 25 councils, where the DA on Friday afternoon, 6 November, was in the lead but not in control.

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