Municipal by-elections
2 April 2025
5 ward by-elections in City of Johannesburg, Intsika Yethu, Makhado, uPhongolo, in the council term of the 2021 Local Government Elections. Candidates, votes and seat awards as the IEC published them.
Ward 82, City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality
City of Johannesburg · by-election of 2 April 2025
| Candidate | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| BEVERLEY MARILYNE SMOUSE | 2 022 | 41,7% |
| GRANT RANDY DEVEREUX | 977 | 20,2% |
| ANISTINE SHAWNEESE RACQUEL WATSON | 741 | 15,3% |
| THIMOTHY PHEAGANE MOAGI | 591 | 12,2% |
| BAAKIE MOHAMED | 261 | 5,4% |
| JOSHUA SECHABA SONO | 99 | 2,0% |
| DEAN RUSSELL HENRY | 97 | 2,0% |
| SIMON COTTY | 39 | 0,8% |
| EDRIES MALCOLM BAGLEY | 16 | 0,3% |
| STEPHEN KATZ | 5 | 0,1% |
Previous result in this ward: 2021 Local Government Elections — DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE had the most votes, 23,6%.
Ward 99, City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality
City of Johannesburg · by-election of 2 April 2025
| Candidate | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| HENDRIK BODENSTEIN | 3 696 | 98,1% |
| NOMBUSO MBALI KHOSIWE MHLONGO | 72 | 1,9% |
Previous result in this ward: 2021 Local Government Elections — DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE had the most votes, 75,2%.
Ward 13, Intsika Yethu Local Municipality
Intsika Yethu · by-election of 2 April 2025
| Candidate | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| MFUNDO GENU | 1 601 | 83,1% |
| ZIYAGIDA MACRO SONYABASHE | 176 | 9,1% |
| MOMELEZI HOUBERT BINGWA | 117 | 6,1% |
| LITHA HERBET NGWILIKANE | 33 | 1,7% |
Previous result in this ward: 2021 Local Government Elections — AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS had the most votes, 78,7%.
Ward 9, Makhado Local Municipality
Makhado · by-election of 2 April 2025
| Candidate | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| KHUMBUDZO MADZHINI | 999 | 65,7% |
| MARIA ALIDA WENTZEL | 450 | 29,6% |
| RANIDESHVARI AGAMBARAM NAIDOO | 63 | 4,1% |
| FHATUWANI MUGWENA | 9 | 0,6% |
Previous result in this ward: 2021 Local Government Elections — AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS had the most votes, 55,1%.
Ward 12, UPhongolo Local Municipality
uPhongolo · by-election of 2 April 2025
| Candidate | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| WELCOME NTOKOZO RADEBE | 931 | 40,0% |
| CELIMPILO DONALD MAVUSO | 728 | 31,3% |
| BHEKINKOSI WELCOME NDLANGAMANDLA | 622 | 26,7% |
| PHAKAMANI ZWELAKHE MSIBI | 26 | 1,1% |
| NDUMISO ZWANE | 20 | 0,9% |
Previous result in this ward: 2021 Local Government Elections — INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY had the most votes, 32,7%.
What the record holds
- The IEC's by-election results for 2 April 2025: 5 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
| Document | Role | Retrieved | SHA-256 |
|---|---|---|---|
| IEC by-election candidates, 2 April 2025 (JSON, {"EEID":1662}) | candidate_list | 9 October 2026 | f8ddf2020bb715b9… |
| IEC by-election results, 2 April 2025: EC135 - Intsika Yethu (JSON) | Results data | 9 October 2026 | c42104e4c8f2c339… |
| IEC by-election results, 2 April 2025: JHB - City of Johannesburg (JSON) | Results data | 9 October 2026 | 823c2b45442f9427… |
| IEC by-election results, 2 April 2025: KZN262 - uPhongolo (JSON) | Results data | 9 October 2026 | 98a6d3a79bc5e62b… |
| IEC by-election results, 2 April 2025: LIM344 - Makhado (JSON) | Results data | 9 October 2026 | eda15efb5cf3ed78… |
| IEC by-election councillors, 2 April 2025 (JSON, {"parmEEID":1662}) | Results report | 9 October 2026 | 8abd2d168df8a5b8… |