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Makana

14 wards on the 2021 boundaries. Official results of the 2021 Local Government Elections below (the latest verified for this place), with their sources. The latest national and provincial result here is the 2024 National and Provincial Elections.

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  • Makana, Sarah Baartman
  • 2021 boundaries
  • Turnout, 2021

Turnout, 2021 Local Government Elections, ward ballot

  • 18,5%–39,4%
  • 39,4%–45,2%
  • 45,2%–46,3%
  • 46,3%–48,0%
  • 48,0%–59,2%

Votes cast ÷ registered voters, per ward. Classes split the wards shown into equal groups.

MDB 2021 boundaries · select an area to open it

2024 National and Provincial Elections

29 May 2024 · National ballot · Counted in Makana · official result

Latest verified · National & Provincial
Valid votes
24 052
Turnout
54,9%
Registered
44 350
  1. AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS52,6%
  2. DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE21,7%
  3. ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS15,0%
  4. PATRIOTIC ALLIANCE2,5%
  5. ACTIONSA1,5%
  6. All others6,8%

National and provincial elections are a different election from local ones; each is shown with its own year. Full 2024 results

Share of valid votes

Proportional representation (PR) ballot · 2021 Local Government Elections · official result

  1. AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS51,8%
  2. MAKANA CITIZENS FRONT18,9%
  3. DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE17,7%
  4. ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS5,8%
  5. MAKANA INDEPENDENT NEW DEAL2,1%
  6. Others (4)3,8%

All contestants and the source

Turnout by ward

  1. Ward 1459,2%
  2. Ward 648,2%
  3. Ward 248,0%
  4. Ward 147,1%
  5. Ward 1346,6%
  6. Ward 1146,3%
  7. Ward 545,9%
  8. Ward 945,7%
  9. Ward 445,2%
  10. Ward 1043,3%

All 14 wards

2021 Local Government Elections

Held · Official results — not current figures

Proportional representation (PR) ballot

AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS received the most PR-ballot votes: 9 333 (51,8% of valid votes). Seats are allocated from ward and PR results together; seat totals are not shown here.

Registered voters
43 664
Votes cast
18 743
Turnout
42,9%
Spoilt ballots
732
How many votes did each contestant receive?9 contestants · 18 011 valid votes · totals of 39 voting districts · final results
Party or contestantVotesShare
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS9 33351,8%
MAKANA CITIZENS FRONT3 39618,9%
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE3 18217,7%
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS1 0505,8%
MAKANA INDEPENDENT NEW DEAL3712,1%
PATRIOTIC ALLIANCE2221,2%
AZANIAN PEOPLE'S ORGANISATION1721,0%
AFRICAN TRANSFORMATION MOVEMENT1490,8%
VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS1360,8%

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

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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

Makana Local Municipality Council: seats won in the 2021 Local Government Elections, as the IEC calculated them

Seats by party, 2021IEC seat calculation printed 22 November 2021
PartyWardPRSeats
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS11314
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE235
MAKANA CITIZENS FRONT055
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS022
Independent ward councillors1–1
Total141327

2021 seat calculation

Seats
27
Quota
1 376
Valid votes counted
35 772

Proportional representation: each party’s total follows its share of the PR and ward votes; its ward winners count first and PR list members fill the rest.

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

Makana’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.

“Ward seats today”: the IEC’s list of current ward councillors and, for the 1 wards that list leaves out after a by-election, the candidate that by-election elected (the list omits by-election winners). Neither source dates when a councillor left office.

Sources: Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) · 2 official files · retrieved

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IEC — Seat Calculation Detail, 2021 Local Government Elections, Eastern Cape (39 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.
Source
IEC — List of current ward councillors, Eastern Cape (33 councils), 2026-10-09 (external site)Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC)
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Attribution
Ward councillors: Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC), www.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 42 million2023/24
Audit opinionDisclaimer of opinion2023/24 · Auditor-General

40 closed · 4 published · 3 cancelled tender notices · 0 awards published · all notices

  • MLM/2026-27/MM/001Advertised as published on 11 October 2026

    PANEL OF SERVICE PROVIDERS FOR THE PROVISION OF LEGAL SERVICES TO MAKANA LOCAL MUNICIPALITY FOR A PERIOD OF 36 MONTHS

    advertised 11 September 2026 · closes 12 October 2026 · Eastern Cape · Request for Bid(Open-Tender)

  • MLM/2026-27/INFRA/003Advertised as published on 11 October 2026

    SUPPLY AND DELIVERY OF PLUMBING FITTINGS FOR WATER AND SANOTATION FOR 24 MONTHS (2 YEARS)

    advertised 11 September 2026 · closes 12 October 2026 · Eastern Cape · Request for Bid(Open-Tender)

  • MLM/2026-27/BTO/001Advertised as published on 11 October 2026

    SUPPLY AND DELIVERY OF PRINTING AND POSTING OF MUNICIPAL SERVICES DEBTORS ACCOUNTS FOR A PERIOD OF 36 MONTHS

    advertised 11 September 2026 · closes 12 October 2026 · Eastern Cape · Request for Bid(Open-Tender)

  • MLM/2026-27/INFRA/002Closed as published on 11 October 2026

    MAINTENANCE TO THE OFFICE BUILDING OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENGINEERING AND INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES OF MAKANA LOCAL MUNICIPALITY

    advertised 11 September 2026 · closes 25 September 2026 · Request for Bid(Open-Tender)

  • MLM/2026-27/INFRA/001Advertised as published on 11 October 2026

    REPAIRS AND REFURBISHMENT OF WATER AND SANITATION INFRASTRUCTURE FOR A PERIOD OF 9 MONTHS

    advertised 11 September 2026 · closes 12 October 2026 · Eastern Cape · Request for Bid(Open-Tender)

Public projects placed in MakanaNational infrastructure register; total budget as stated, shown once per project
ProjectDepartmentStage as statedHow it is placed hereTotal budget
Refurbishment of 6 SAI Bn, GrahamstownDefenceDesignits published coordinates lie here (2021 boundaries)R 776 million

Wards of Makana

With each ward’s councillor as the IEC lists today, the party that won it in 2021, and its turnout

14 wards2021 boundaries
WardCouncillor todayWon in 2021Turnout
Ward 1PHUMELELE PETERAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS47,1%
Ward 2MPHUMZI RUMSELL XONXAAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS48,0%
Ward 3ZANEKHAYA ANDILE HOYIAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS39,4%
Ward 4GEOFFREY KEITH WYSTAN EMBLINGDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCEDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE45,2%
Ward 5GCOBISA BRENDA MENEAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS45,9%
Ward 6VUYANI NELSON JEZIAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS48,2%
Ward 7LUNGA MASINDAAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS41,7%
Ward 8CAROLYNN CLARKDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCEDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE39,1%
Ward 9THOZAMILE SYLVESTER YAKAAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS45,7%
Ward 10ANDILE ARNOLD MBEJUAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS · elected at the by-election of 26 November 2025AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS43,3%
Ward 11SAKHIWO ZONOAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS46,3%
Ward 12MZOBANZI NKWENTSHAAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSIndependents (combined) most votes — winner not identifiable18,5%
Ward 13WANDISILE ERIC MATINAAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS46,6%
Ward 14VUYANI NESIINDEPENDENTIndependents (combined) most votes — winner not identifiable59,2%

“Won in 2021”: the IEC’s ward-ballot results of the 2021 Local Government Elections, the latest general local election with verified results (sources on each ward’s page); by-elections since then are on each ward’s page. “Councillor today”: the IEC’s list of current ward councillors, read 9 October 2026, or, for a ward it leaves out, the latest by-election result.

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

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MDB Local Municipalities 2021 (ArcGIS item 27bbdd5b041b4ba6b5707dfed5aa3923), GeoJSON export (external site)Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB)
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Boundary data: Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB), producer and custodian. Geometry simplified for display by Mandate SA; the simplified shapes are not an MDB product.