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)

Wine grapes pass through on a conveyor belt 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)

Workers sift through wine grapes on a conveyor belt 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)

The conductor of the Napa Wine Train checks on passengers as they stop by a vineyard in Yountville, 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)

The Napa Wine Train rides by a vineyard in Yountville, 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)

A tourist participates in a wine tasting 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)