Municipal by-elections

21 April 2021

6 ward by-elections in City of Cape Town, GA-SEGONYANA, Greater Letaba, Lekwa, Madibeng, Umzimkhulu, in the council term of the 2016 Local Government Elections. Candidates, votes and seat awards as the IEC published them.

All by-elections

Ward 20, City of Cape Town (2016 wards)

City of Cape Town · by-election of 21 April 2021

DINEO ZANDILE MASIU elected5 019 valid votes · turnout 28,7%
Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
DINEO ZANDILE MASIUElectedDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE	DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE	2 546	50,7%
KOELSUM ISAACSNATIONAL COLOURED CONGRESS	NATIONAL COLOURED CONGRESS	976	19,4%
MLAMLELI MORRIS MTHINIAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	814	16,2%
KHANYISO FODOECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS	ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS	675	13,4%
GABRIËL CAMPHERTHE GREENS	THE GREENS	8	0,2%

Previous result in this ward: 2016 Local Government Elections — DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE had the most votes, 62,0%.

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

Ward 2, GA-SEGONYANA (2016 wards)

GA-SEGONYANA · by-election of 21 April 2021

THAMSANQA REUBEN NCAYIVUTSHWA elected1 642 valid votes · turnout 40,0%
Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
THAMSANQA REUBEN NCAYIVUTSHWAElectedAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	1 329	80,9%
LEFA LESLEYECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS	ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS	313	19,1%

Previous result in this ward: 2016 Local Government Elections — AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS had the most votes, 80,8%.

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

Ward 15, Greater Letaba (2016 wards)

Greater Letaba · by-election of 21 April 2021

MPHALELWA SHADRACK MOKHABUKHI elected2 043 valid votes · turnout 49,5%
Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
MPHALELWA SHADRACK MOKHABUKHIElectedAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	1 699	83,2%
MASHAO PRIME MOKGOBIECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS	ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS	331	16,2%
THABANG NGOBENIAFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY	AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY	13	0,6%

Previous result in this ward: 2016 Local Government Elections — AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS had the most votes, 73,2%.

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

Ward 11, Lekwa (2016 wards)

Lekwa · by-election of 21 April 2021

SIBUSISO BLESSING NGQULUNGA elected1 001 valid votes · turnout 21,8%
Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
SIBUSISO BLESSING NGQULUNGAElectedAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	777	77,6%
THULANI GLADWIN ZWANEECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS	ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS	224	22,4%

Previous result in this ward: 2016 Local Government Elections — AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS had the most votes, 85,5%.

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

Ward 40, Madibeng (2016 wards)

Madibeng · by-election of 21 April 2021

CECIL MPHAHLELE elected1 681 valid votes · turnout 25,4%
Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
CECIL MPHAHLELEElectedAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	1 451	86,3%
JOHN BAFEDILE NCUBEECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS	ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS	170	10,1%
OBAKENG BABALWA RADEBEABANTU BATHO CONGRESS	ABANTU BATHO CONGRESS	60	3,6%

Previous result in this ward: 2016 Local Government Elections — AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS had the most votes, 57,2%.

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

Ward 20, Umzimkhulu (2016 wards)

Umzimkhulu · by-election of 21 April 2021

GETRUDE DUDUZILE PETER elected2 184 valid votes · turnout 45,3%
Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
GETRUDE DUDUZILE PETERElectedAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	1 478	67,7%
MLAMLELI WATTERSON RADEBEECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS	ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS	684	31,3%
MBONGENI ALFRED NJIYELAINKATHA FREEDOM PARTY	INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY	22	1,0%

Previous result in this ward: 2016 Local Government Elections — AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS had the most votes, 89,8%.

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

What the record holds

The IEC's by-election results for 21 April 2021: 6 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, 21 April 2021 (JSON, {"EEID":1079})Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) · 1079-candidates.json · 12 KB	candidate_listLoaded	9 October 2026	`47e530cf53e738fc…`
IEC by-election results, 21 April 2021: CPT - City of Cape Town (JSON)Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) · munic-9006.json · 13 KB	Results dataLoaded	9 October 2026	`9132929f2e019213…`
IEC by-election results, 21 April 2021: KZN435 - uMzimkhulu (JSON)Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) · munic-1030.json · 10 KB	Results dataLoaded	9 October 2026	`33603ff235702d1b…`
IEC by-election results, 21 April 2021: LIM332 - Greater Letaba (JSON)Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) · munic-7703.json · 6 KB	Results dataLoaded	9 October 2026	`dde56c163f18772d…`
IEC by-election results, 21 April 2021: MP305 - Lekwa (JSON)Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) · munic-5506.json · 4 KB	Results dataLoaded	9 October 2026	`50c95a532cb497ba…`
IEC by-election results, 21 April 2021: NC452 - GA-SEGONYANA (JSON)Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) · munic-6012.json · 4 KB	Results dataLoaded	9 October 2026	`43c834efa8be5f45…`
IEC by-election results, 21 April 2021: NW372 - Madibeng (JSON)Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) · munic-8803.json · 7 KB	Results dataLoaded	9 October 2026	`3d7ad0e21c7e4106…`
IEC by-election councillors, 21 April 2021 (JSON, {"parmEEID":1079})Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) · 1079-councillors.json · 10 KB	Results reportUsed to check totals	9 October 2026	`35f2ac09924fe63f…`