As South Africa heads towards the 2026 local government elections, voters will encounter an increasingly crowded information environment across social media and digital platforms.
Kyle Findlay, co-founder of Murmur Intelligence, explains how misleading narratives, coordinated messaging and engagement-driven content can shape political conversations online — and what voters should look out for when deciding what information to trust.
On 11 September 2026, Daily Maverick hosted the sixth edition of The Gathering at the CTICC in Cape Town. Under the theme Going for Broke: Cities Edition, the day brought together journalists, public officials, researchers, political figures, business leaders and civic actors to examine the state of South Africa’s cities ahead of the 2026 local government elections — what is failing, what is working and what it will take to make local government deliver.
The Gathering 2026 was held in partnership with Ninety One.
