South Africa's parties begin the final week of campaigning before the 4 November local government elections, while Parliament's committees turn to the mini-budget tabled by Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana on 21 October.

The schedule below comes from a published week-ahead listing and covers mainly the DA and Rise Mzansi. Events can change at short notice.

Campaign trail, day by day

  • Monday 26 October: Home Affairs Minister Leon Schreiber visits the department's Springbok office in the Northern Cape to address service delivery bottlenecks and hand over smart ID cards.
  • Tuesday: DA leader Geordin Hill-Lewis makes a campaign announcement in Blouberg, Cape Town. Rise Mzansi leader Songezo Zibi campaigns in Buffalo City.
  • Wednesday: The DA holds rallies in Mogale City in Gauteng and Govan Mbeki in Mpumalanga.
  • Thursday: Hill-Lewis addresses the DA's final Eastern Cape rally, and the party holds a final rally on the West Rand. Zibi campaigns in Cape Town alongside GOOD.
  • Friday: The DA holds a media briefing on the final campaign stretch and election readiness.
  • Saturday 31 October: The DA holds its final national rally in Mamelodi, Tshwane, where Hill-Lewis will make the closing pitch. Zibi campaigns in Johannesburg and Tshwane.

Parliament and the mini-budget

On Tuesday, Parliament's finance and appropriations committees receive briefings from the Parliamentary Budget Office and the Financial and Fiscal Commission on the Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement. The finance committee also hears National Treasury's responses to submissions on the General Laws (Anti-Money Laundering and Combating Terrorism Financing) Amendment Bill, and the NCOP education committee hears from the sport, arts and culture department, the National Arts Council and the Auditor-General.

On Wednesday, the finance committees hold joint public hearings on the revised fiscal framework and revenue proposals, where stakeholders can comment. The social services committee receives a health department briefing on its 2025/26 annual report.

On Thursday, an NCOP committee is briefed by the Small Business Development department on the spaza shop fund, including registration and disbursements. Two committees will also discuss coordinated law enforcement action against mineral exploitation, on a day not specified.