Parkview Heritage Festival. Friedrich Naumann Foundation Sub-Saharan Africa. A panel on SA’s local elections on November 4 2026: Sithembile Mbete (executive director, Public Affairs Research Institute), William Gumede (associate professor, Wits School of Governance), Peter Bruce (former editor, Business Day and Financial Mail), Mondli Makhanya (former editor, City Press) and Rob Rose (editor, Financial Mail). It opened with two polls that disagree. The Social Research Foundat