Municipal by-elections

6 December 2017

3 ward by-elections in Abaqulusi, Lepele-Nkumpi, SIYATHEMBA, in the council term of the 2016 Local Government Elections. Candidates, votes and seat awards as the IEC published them.

All by-elections

Ward 18, Abaqulusi (2016 wards)

Abaqulusi · by-election of 6 December 2017

ZEPHANIAH KHONZA THWALA elected1 928 valid votes · turnout 47,8%
Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
ZEPHANIAH KHONZA THWALAElectedINKATHA FREEDOM PARTY	INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY	1 039	53,9%
BONGINKOSI GOODMAN RADEBEAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	626	32,5%
THEMBINKOSI VICTOR MBATHANATIONAL FREEDOM PARTY	NATIONAL FREEDOM PARTY	199	10,3%
THULANI CHRISTOPHER XABAECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS	ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS	64	3,3%

Previous result in this ward: 2016 Local Government Elections — INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY had the most votes, 55,4%.

The ward’s page lists every election held on it.

Ward 14, Lepele-Nkumpi (2016 wards)

Lepele-Nkumpi · by-election of 6 December 2017

MODITI JACOB MOLALA elected2 183 valid votes · turnout 51,1%
Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
MODITI JACOB MOLALAElectedAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	1 259	57,7%
GADIFELE IDAH MATHABATHAECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS	ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS	924	42,3%

Previous result in this ward: 2016 Local Government Elections — AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS had the most votes, 66,2%.

The ward’s page lists every election held on it.

Ward 2, SIYATHEMBA (2016 wards)

SIYATHEMBA · by-election of 6 December 2017

GRENWILL MARITZ elected1 039 valid votes
Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
GRENWILL MARITZElectedAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	494	47,5%
SARAH SAAIMANDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE	DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE	317	30,5%
GEORGE PLAATJIESIndependent	Independent	200	19,2%
BETTIE JULIESECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS	ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS	28	2,7%

Previous result in this ward: 2016 Local Government Elections — AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS had the most votes, 53,9%.

The ward’s page lists every election held on it. Votes cast and spoilt ballots are published for the municipality, not this ward, and are not shown.

What the record holds

The IEC's by-election results for 6 December 2017: 3 wards, each candidate by name and party with their votes. Votes cast and spoilt ballots are published per municipality, so they — and the ward's registered voters and turnout with them — are shown only where a municipality held one by-election that day.

How it was read and checked

The winner is the candidate the IEC's results award the seat. Why each seat fell vacant is not published with these results and is not stated here.

Sources

The IEC files this day's record was loaded from

Official documents behind this recordFiles retrieved from the publisher, with their SHA-256 fingerprints
Document	Role	Retrieved	SHA-256
IEC by-election candidates, 6 December 2017 (JSON, {"EEID":579})Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) · 579-candidates.json · 2 KB	candidate_listLoaded	9 October 2026	`621b2aeea8976f97…`
IEC by-election results, 6 December 2017: KZN263 - AbaQulusi (JSON)Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) · munic-4438.json · 7 KB	Results dataLoaded	9 October 2026	`cf95dd188352a428…`
IEC by-election results, 6 December 2017: LIM355 - Lepele-Nkumpi (JSON)Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) · munic-7716.json · 6 KB	Results dataLoaded	9 October 2026	`ddddd25940c0107e…`
IEC by-election results, 6 December 2017: NC077 - SIYATHEMBA (JSON)Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) · munic-6616.json · 6 KB	Results dataLoaded	9 October 2026	`dee59e2a83cdb169…`
IEC by-election councillors, 6 December 2017 (JSON, {"parmEEID":579})Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) · 579-councillors.json · 1 KB	Results reportUsed to check totals	9 October 2026	`080fadfd8ce919ed…`