How Democrats' triumph in US midterms could rein in Donald Trump - EWN

US President Donald Trump is on the defensive after the country's midterm elections resulted in a historic upending of his Republican Party's power.

While pundits had predicted a "wave of blue", the scale of the Democratic Party's triumph took many by surprise.

The Democrats have made significant gains, even in traditional conservative territory, taking control of both the US Senate and House of Representatives.

After casting his early ballot in our own local government elections, President Cyril Ramaphosa said the US midterm results would "introduce a new era in world relations".

The vote came in the same week that the Trump administration finally removed South Africa from the African Growth and Opportunity Act, Agoa.