Municipal by-elections

1 October 2025

3 ward by-elections in City of Tshwane, Elundini, Emalahleni, in the council term of the 2021 Local Government Elections. Candidates, votes and seat awards as the IEC published them.

All by-elections

Ward 10, City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality

City of Tshwane · by-election of 1 October 2025

LETSEPAKA ISAAC SEKELE elected4 295 valid votes · turnout 29,1%
Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
LETSEPAKA ISAAC SEKELEElectedAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	2 214	51,5%
MAGASANE NICHOLAS MASHABELAECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS	ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS	982	22,9%
SESHIKE JOHANNES KGOPAUMKHONTO WESIZWE PARTY	UMKHONTO WESIZWE PARTY	578	13,5%
NOKULUNGA SILVER ROSE NONJIKODEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE	DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE	493	11,5%
SHAHIDUL HAQQ MATEMBAAL JAMA-AH	AL JAMA-AH	24	0,6%
GIVEN SIPHO MONGWEBOLSHEVIKS PARTY OF SOUTH AFRICA	BOLSHEVIKS PARTY OF SOUTH AFRICA	4	0,1%

Previous result in this ward: 2021 Local Government Elections — AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS had the most votes, 46,9%.

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

Ward 5, Elundini Local Municipality

Elundini · by-election of 1 October 2025

THEMBELA ALFRED BOBOTYANE elected1 720 valid votes · turnout 37,4%
Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
THEMBELA ALFRED BOBOTYANEElectedAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	1 558	90,6%
ANELE NZIWENIAFRICAN TRANSFORMATION MOVEMENT	AFRICAN TRANSFORMATION MOVEMENT	127	7,4%
SIYABULELA DYALVANEAFRICAN UNEMPLOYED CONGRESS	AFRICAN UNEMPLOYED CONGRESS	35	2,0%

Previous result in this ward: 2021 Local Government Elections — AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS had the most votes, 82,0%.

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

Ward 26, Emalahleni Local Municipality

Emalahleni · by-election of 1 October 2025

SUSANNA HENDRINA LIEBENBERG elected2 383 valid votes · turnout 35,1%
Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
SUSANNA HENDRINA LIEBENBERGElectedDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE	DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE	839	35,2%
SURPRISE KOSABO MAHLANGUAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	809	33,9%
SFISO PHINEAS MHLANGAUMKHONTO WESIZWE PARTY	UMKHONTO WESIZWE PARTY	410	17,2%
TIROYAMODIMO JOSEPH BAABUAECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS	ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS	325	13,6%

Previous result in this ward: 2021 Local Government Elections — AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS had the most votes, 49,1%.

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

What the record holds

The IEC's by-election results for 1 October 2025: 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, 1 October 2025 (JSON, {"EEID":1784})Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) · 1784-candidates.json · 3 KB	candidate_listLoaded	9 October 2026	`03297280b7e679ae…`
IEC by-election results, 1 October 2025: EC141 - Elundini (JSON)Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) · munic-1131.json · 16 KB	Results dataLoaded	9 October 2026	`a05392aa7095818f…`
IEC by-election results, 1 October 2025: MP312 - Emalahleni (JSON)Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) · munic-5511.json · 9 KB	Results dataLoaded	9 October 2026	`2243f5f70dd894f5…`
IEC by-election results, 1 October 2025: TSH - City of Tshwane (JSON)Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) · munic-3004.json · 19 KB	Results dataLoaded	9 October 2026	`e423378fb8673b0b…`
IEC by-election councillors, 1 October 2025 (JSON, {"parmEEID":1784})Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) · 1784-councillors.json · 2 KB	Results reportUsed to check totals	9 October 2026	`aa9af7a540a22e72…`