The ANC won just under 31.0% in the local elections, its worst result ever, down from 46.0% in 2021 and 40.0% in 2024's national election.

The Talking Sense panel asks what comes next. Marius Roodt sets out the two coalitions that could govern much of the country, the ANC with the DA, or the ANC with its offshoots, the MKP and the EFF. Mark Oppenheimer explains the confidence-and-supply option, in which the ANC allows the DA to run the cities without joining it in government. James Myburgh argues that voters are rejecting the ANC's patronage politics.

The panel also looks at the DA's gains in uMngeni and Emfuleni, why municipalities such as Mangaung are far too big to run, how the ANC ended up with almost no proportional representation seats in Gauteng, and ActionSA's talks with the ANC, the MKP, and the EFF.

They also discuss the possibility of President Cyril Ramaphosa resigning.

Simon Lincoln Reader rounds off the show by examining why so many young men turn to the online manosphere.