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Gert Sibande

7 municipalities on the 2021 boundaries. Official results of the 2021 Local Government Elections below (the latest verified for this place), with their sources.

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  • Gert Sibande, Mpumalanga
  • 2021 boundaries
  • Turnout, 2021

Turnout, 2021 Local Government Elections

  • 40,3%–40,8%
  • 40,8%–43,5%
  • 43,5%–45,2%
  • 45,2%–45,8%
  • 45,8%–45,9%

Votes cast on the municipal PR ballot ÷ registered voters. Classes split the areas shown into equal groups.

MDB 2021 boundaries · select an area to open it

Share of valid votes

District council PR ballot · 2021 Local Government Elections · official result

  1. AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS57,7%
  2. ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS18,4%
  3. DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE14,1%
  4. VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS4,5%
  5. INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY1,9%
  6. Others (5)3,4%

All contestants and the source

Turnout by municipality

  1. Lekwa45,9%
  2. Dipaleseng45,8%
  3. Dr Pixley Ka Isaka Seme45,2%
  4. Mkhondo43,7%
  5. Chief Albert Luthuli43,5%
  6. Govan Mbeki40,8%
  7. Msukaligwa40,3%

2021 Local Government Elections

Held · Official results — not current figures

District council PR ballot

AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS received the most PR-ballot votes: 115 846 (57,7% of valid votes). Seats are allocated from ward and PR results together; seat totals are not shown here.

Registered voters
483 876
Votes cast
206 198
Turnout
42,6%
Spoilt ballots
5 549
How many votes did each contestant receive?10 contestants · 200 649 valid votes · totals of 493 voting districts · final results
Party or contestantVotesShare
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS115 84657,7%
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS36 95718,4%
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE28 24514,1%
VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS8 9514,5%
INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY3 7391,9%
AFRICAN TRANSFORMATION MOVEMENT2 8151,4%
AZANIA RESIDENT PARTY1 5400,8%
FORUM 4 SERVICE DELIVERY1 0530,5%
AFRICAN PEOPLE'S MOVEMENT9510,5%
DISABILITY AND OLDER PERSON POLITICAL PARTY5520,3%

Results: Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) · IEC 2021 Local Government Elections — downloadable detailed results, Mpumalanga (CSV) · retrieved

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Source
IEC 2021 Local Government Elections — downloadable detailed results, Mpumalanga (CSV) (external site)Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC)
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Attribution
Results: Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC), results.elections.org.za — 2021 Local Government Elections.

Totals are the sum of the IEC’s published voting-district results, checked against the IEC’s own totals when the data was loaded. Party names are shown exactly as the IEC publishes them.

Council

Gert Sibande District Municipality Council: the seats elected on the district ballot in 2021 (40% of the council; the rest are appointed by its local councils)

Directly elected seats by party, 2021IEC seat calculation
PartySeats
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS11
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS4
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE3
VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS1
Total19

2021 seat calculation

Elected seats
19
Quota
10 561
Valid votes counted
200 649

Seats on the district ballot are shared in proportion to votes. Appointed members are not listed here.

Mayor, speaker and other office-bearers are not on the record yet

Gert Sibande’s office-bearers and PR councillors are not in the record yet. They appear once an authoritative source for them is captured and approved; none are inferred from party lists.

Sources: Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) · IEC — Seat Calculation Detail, 2021 Local Government Elections, Mpumalanga (20 councils) · retrieved

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IEC — Seat Calculation Detail, 2021 Local Government Elections, Mpumalanga (20 councils) (external site)Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC)
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Attribution
Seat calculations: Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC), results.elections.org.za.

Public money

Budgets, audited spending and audit opinions as National Treasury publishes them for the municipality; tenders it publishes under its own name

Budgets, spending and audits
Total revenue, audited actual—no audited year published
Irregular expenditure, reportedR 68 million2023/24
Audit opinionUnqualified - Emphasis of Matter items2023/24 · Auditor-General

163 closed · 4 published · 4 cancelled tender notices · 0 awards published · all notices

  • GSDM 10/2026Advertised as published on 11 October 2026

    APPOINTMENT OF A PANEL OF SERVICE PROVIDERS FOR PROVISION OF PROFESSIONAL CHEMICAL WASTE DISPOSAL SERVICES TO THE GERT SIBANDE DISTRICT MUNICIPALITY WATER QUALITY LABORATORY AS AND WHEN REQUIRED FOR THE PERIOD OF 36 MONTHS.

    advertised 9 October 2026 · closes 10 November 2026 · Mpumalanga · Request for Bid(Open-Tender)

  • GSDM38/2026Advertised as published on 11 October 2026

    APPOINTMENT OF PANEL OF SERVICE PROVIDERS FOR SUPPLY AND DELIVERY OF CLEANING MATERIAL FOR GSDM AS AN WHEN IT IS REQUIRED FOR THE PERIOD OF 36 MONTHS

    advertised 9 October 2026 · closes 9 November 2026 · Mpumalanga · Request for Bid(Open-Tender)

  • GSDM 07/2026Advertised as published on 11 October 2026

    APPOINTMENT OF A PANEL OF SERVICE PROVIDERS TO SUPPLY AND DELIVER REAGENTS AND CONSUMABLES FOR THE DISCRETE ANALYSER (GALLERY PLUS)TO THE GERT SIBANDE WATER QUALITY LABORATORY AS AND WHEN REQUIRED FOR THE PERIOD OF 36 MONTHS

    advertised 8 October 2026 · closes 6 November 2026 · Mpumalanga · Request for Bid(Open-Tender)

  • GSDM 21/2026Advertised as published on 11 October 2026

    ONSTRUCTION OF NEW BOREHOLES AND REFURBISHMENT OF DAMAGED EXISTING BOREHOLES WITHIN GERT SIBANDE DISTRICT MUNICIPALITY

    advertised 7 October 2026 · closes 23 October 2026 · Mpumalanga · Request for Bid(Open-Tender)

  • GSDM23/2026Closed as published on 11 October 2026

    REGIONAL BULK WATER SUPPLY SCHEME FOR ERMELO CLUSTER 1 (WORK PACKAGE 2) IN MSUKALIGWA LOCAL MUNICIPALITY

    advertised 25 August 2026 · closes 30 September 2026 · Request for Bid(Open-Tender)

Municipalities of Gert Sibande

2021 boundaries · turnout in the 2021 Local Government Elections

7 municipalities2021 boundaries
NameTypeTurnout
Chief Albert LuthuliLocal municipality43,5%
MsukaligwaLocal municipality40,3%
MkhondoLocal municipality43,7%
Dr Pixley Ka Isaka SemeLocal municipality45,2%
LekwaLocal municipality45,9%
DipalesengLocal municipality45,8%
Govan MbekiLocal municipality40,8%

District municipality record and boundaries: Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB) · MDB Local Municipalities 2021 (ArcGIS item 27bbdd5b041b4ba6b5707dfed5aa3923), GeoJSON export · retrieved

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Source
MDB Local Municipalities 2021 (ArcGIS item 27bbdd5b041b4ba6b5707dfed5aa3923), GeoJSON export (external site)Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB)
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MDB terms for municipal and ward boundary data : released for public use with limited restrictions; not to be sold or appropriated for commercial use; may be used in research, publications and value-added products if the MDB is acknowledged as producer and custodian; changed data must not be passed on as an MDB product; faults to be reported to the MDB (SDI Act 54 of 2003).
Attribution
Boundary data: Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB), producer and custodian. Geometry simplified for display by Mandate SA; the simplified shapes are not an MDB product.