Residents cross a street near an African National Congress (ANC) municipal elections posters in Alexandra, near Johannesburg, on October 5, 2026. Of the 257 municipal councils up for grabs, the fight for municipal control is particularly intense in Johannesburg, an economic dynamo of more than four million people, and the face of Africa's most industrialised nation. South Africa's stark inequalities are laid bare in the Alexandra township area from where the skyscrapers of the Sandton business district -- reputed to be the richest square mile on the continent -- are visible. (Photo by EMMANUEL CROSET / AFP via Getty Images)

A child empties out a trash can into a dump in front of portable toilets in an informal settlement in Marlboro, near Johannesburg, on October 5, 2026. Of the 257 municipal councils up for grabs, the fight for municipal control is particularly intense in Johannesburg, an economic dynamo of more than four million people, and the face of Africa's most industrialised nation. South Africa's stark inequalities are laid bare in the Alexandra township area from where the skyscrapers of the Sandton business district -- reputed to be the richest square mile on the continent -- are visible. (Photo by EMMANUEL CROSET / AFP via Getty Images)

A resident runs through a street flooded with sewage in Katlehong on October 5, 2026. Of the 257 municipal councils up for grabs, the fight for municipal control is particularly intense in Johannesburg, an economic dynamo of more than four million people, and the face of Africa's most industrialised nation. South Africa's stark inequalities are laid bare in the Alexandra township area from where the skyscrapers of the Sandton business district -- reputed to be the richest square mile on the continent -- are visible. (Photo by EMMANUEL CROSET / AFP via Getty Images)

A resident hangs up her laundry on a washing line in Alexandra, near Johannesburg, on October 5, 2026. Of the 257 municipal councils up for grabs, the fight for municipal control is particularly intense in Johannesburg, an economic dynamo of more than four million people, and the face of Africa's most industrialised nation. South Africa's stark inequalities are laid bare in the Alexandra township area from where the skyscrapers of the Sandton business district -- reputed to be the richest square mile on the continent -- are visible. (Photo by EMMANUEL CROSET / AFP via Getty Images)

Residents fill up water buckets from a communal tap as another washes her laundry next to a Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) municipal election poster in Alexandra, near Johannesburg, on October 5, 2026. Of the 257 municipal councils up for grabs, the fight for municipal control is particularly intense in Johannesburg, an economic dynamo of more than four million people, and the face of Africa's most industrialised nation. South Africa's stark inequalities are laid bare in the Alexandra township area from where the skyscrapers of the Sandton business district -- reputed to be the richest square mile on the continent -- are visible. (Photo by EMMANUEL CROSET / AFP via Getty Images)

A Democratic Alliance (DA) municipal election poster is placed on a pole in front of Monica Lesufi sitting in a wheelchair outside of her home in Alexandra, near Johannesburg, on October 5, 2026. Of the 257 municipal councils up for grabs, the fight for municipal control is particularly intense in Johannesburg, an economic dynamo of more than four million people, and the face of Africa's most industrialised nation. South Africa's stark inequalities are laid bare in the Alexandra township area from where the skyscrapers of the Sandton business district -- reputed to be the richest square mile on the continent -- are visible. (Photo by EMMANUEL CROSET / AFP via Getty Images)

A boy jumps over electric wires connecting one part of the township that is supplied with electrical infrastructure to the other that has never been, in Katlehong on October 5, 2026. Of the 257 municipal councils up for grabs, the fight for municipal control is particularly intense in Johannesburg, an economic dynamo of more than four million people, and the face of Africa's most industrialised nation. South Africa's stark inequalities are laid bare in the Alexandra township area from where the skyscrapers of the Sandton business district -- reputed to be the richest square mile on the continent -- are visible. (Photo by EMMANUEL CROSET / AFP via Getty Images)

Tourists take a chance to try the wine grape-stomping process at Grgich Hills Estate in Rutherford, in California's Napa Valley, on October 05, 2026. Napa Valley rose to international fame when its wines beat the French, turning this corner of California into a destination for oenophiles. But US President Donald Trump's unpredictable tariff policies and his seemingly endless attacks on traditional allies is souring the area's relationship with the foreign tourists and international markets it has grown to depend on. (Photo by Josh Edelson / AFP via Getty Images)