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Newcastle

34 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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  • Newcastle, Amajuba
  • 2021 boundaries
  • Turnout, 2021

Turnout, 2021 Local Government Elections, ward ballot

  • 30,6%–42,6%
  • 42,6%–45,5%
  • 45,5%–46,7%
  • 46,7%–50,0%
  • 50,0%–55,4%

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 Newcastle · official result

Latest verified · National & Provincial
Valid votes
115 129
Turnout
61,3%
Registered
191 085
  1. UMKHONTO WESIZWE55,2%
  2. INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY16,2%
  3. AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS12,6%
  4. DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE8,6%
  5. ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS3,7%
  6. All others3,7%

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 CONGRESS31,8%
  2. INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY26,9%
  3. ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS12,1%
  4. TEAM SUGAR SOUTH AFRICA10,6%
  5. DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE7,6%
  6. Others (21)11,1%

All contestants and the source

Turnout by ward

  1. Ward 255,4%
  2. Ward 1854,3%
  3. Ward 651,6%
  4. Ward 450,5%
  5. Ward 1550,3%
  6. Ward 1250,1%
  7. Ward 1650,0%
  8. Ward 1749,5%
  9. Ward 2149,1%
  10. Ward 849,0%

All 34 wards

2021 Local Government Elections

Held · Official results — not current figures

Proportional representation (PR) ballot

AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS received the most PR-ballot votes: 25 658 (31,8% of valid votes). Seats are allocated from ward and PR results together; seat totals are not shown here.

Registered voters
181 563
Votes cast
82 521
Turnout
45,5%
Spoilt ballots
1 741
How many votes did each contestant receive?26 contestants · 80 780 valid votes · totals of 111 voting districts · final results
Party or contestantVotesShare
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS25 65831,8%
INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY21 71226,9%
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS9 77512,1%
TEAM SUGAR SOUTH AFRICA8 54110,6%
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE6 1097,6%
ACTIONSA2 8983,6%
VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS9781,2%
NATIONAL FREEDOM PARTY9661,2%
PATRIOTIC ALLIANCE5600,7%
AFRICAN TRANSFORMATION MOVEMENT4990,6%
Others (16 contestants together)3 0843,8%
Show all 26 contestants
All 26 contestants26 contestants · 80 780 valid votes · totals of 111 voting districts · final results
Party or contestantVotesShare
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS25 65831,8%
INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY21 71226,9%
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS9 77512,1%
TEAM SUGAR SOUTH AFRICA8 54110,6%
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE6 1097,6%
ACTIONSA2 8983,6%
VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS9781,2%
NATIONAL FREEDOM PARTY9661,2%
PATRIOTIC ALLIANCE5600,7%
AFRICAN TRANSFORMATION MOVEMENT4990,6%
KZN INDEPENDENCE4470,6%
AFRICAN FREEDOM REVOLUTION4040,5%
PEOPLE'S REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENT3850,5%
ABANTU BATHO CONGRESS3560,4%
ROYAL LOYAL PROGRESS3390,4%
AZANIAN PEOPLE'S ORGANISATION1810,2%
AL JAMA-AH1650,2%
PAN AFRICANIST CONGRESS OF AZANIA1570,2%
CONGRESS OF THE PEOPLE1420,2%
AFRICAN MANTUNGWA COMMUNITY1300,2%
AFRICAN PEOPLE'S MOVEMENT1110,1%
COMMUNITY FREEDOM PARTY920,1%
AFRICAN PEOPLE'S CONVENTION730,1%
NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION410,1%
BLACK FIRST LAND FIRST370,0%
BOLSHEVIKS PARTY OF SOUTH AFRICA240,0%

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

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IEC 2021 Local Government Elections — downloadable detailed results, KwaZulu-Natal (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

Newcastle 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 CONGRESS21122
INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY61218
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS088
TEAM SUGAR SOUTH AFRICA257
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE415
ACTIONSA123
AFRICAN TRANSFORMATION MOVEMENT011
NATIONAL FREEDOM PARTY011
PATRIOTIC ALLIANCE011
VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS011
Total343367

2021 seat calculation

Seats
67
Quota
2 359
Valid votes counted
158 042

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

Newcastle’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.

The ward seats today differ from the 2021 calculation: a ward can change hands at a by-election, and a ward with no listed councillor and no by-election in the record is left out of the count.

“Ward seats today”: the IEC’s list of current ward councillors and, for the 3 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, KwaZulu-Natal (54 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, KwaZulu-Natal (external site)Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC)
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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 80 million2023/24
Audit opinionUnqualified - Emphasis of Matter items2023/24 · Auditor-General

177 closed · 151 awarded · 14 cancelled tender notices · 11 awards published · all notices

  • RE - A042 - 2025/26Closed as published on 11 October 2026

    RE- ADVERTISEMENT: PROVISION OF EXTERNAL SECURITY SERVICES TO NEWCASTLE MUNICIPALITY FOR A PERIOD OF 36 MONTHS

    advertised 2 September 2026 · closes 30 September 2026 · Request for Quotation

  • A015-2025/26Awarded as published on 11 October 2026

    REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFP) FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF AN ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT PRACTITIONER (EAP) FOR EXTENSION OF EXISTING WASTE MANAGEMENT LICENCE ON MUNICIPAL LANDFILL SITE

    advertised 7 August 2026 · closes 21 August 2026 · Request for Proposal

  • A038-2024/25Closed as published on 11 October 2026

    REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFP): SUPPLY, DELIVERY, IMPLEMENTATION AND MAINTENANCE OF A MULTI-SITE VoIP TELEPHONE SYSTEM WITH CALL CENTRE SERVICES FOR A PERIOD OF THIRTY – SIX (36) MONTHS

    advertised 4 August 2026 · closes 4 September 2026 · Request for Proposal

  • A037-2024/25Closed as published on 11 October 2026

    REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFP): DESIGN, DEPLOYMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF SOFTWARE – DEFINED WIDE AREA NETWORK (SD – WAN) INFRASTRUCTURE FOR NEWCASTLE MUNICIPALITY OVER A PERIOD OF THIRTY – SIX (36) MONTHS

    advertised 4 August 2026 · closes 4 September 2026 · Request for Proposal

  • A042 - 2025/26Cancelled as published on 11 October 2026

    PROVISION OF EXTERNAL SECURITY SERVICES TO NEWCASTLE MUNICIPALITY FOR A PERIOD OF 36 MONTHS

    advertised 6 July 2026 · closes 4 August 2026 · KwaZulu-Natal · Request for Quotation

Wards of Newcastle

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

34 wards2021 boundaries
WardCouncillor todayWon in 2021Turnout
Ward 1NTOMBINCANE PAULINE SHABALALAAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS43,9%
Ward 2ELIZABETH JOHANNA CRONJÉDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCEDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE55,4%
Ward 3PREMAWATHIE HARIRAMDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCEDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE46,6%
Ward 4ALBERTUS PIETER MEIRINGDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCEDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE50,5%
Ward 5Not listedAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS30,6%
Ward 6MBONGENI EDWARD HLATSHWAYOINKATHA FREEDOM PARTYINKATHA FREEDOM PARTY51,6%
Ward 7LUCKY PRINCE NDEBELEAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS40,6%
Ward 8BHEKI GIFT MADIAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS49,0%
Ward 9LINDENI PRINCESS MAZIBUKOINKATHA FREEDOM PARTYINKATHA FREEDOM PARTY46,7%
Ward 10MICHAEL THABISO LETHEAAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS45,5%
Ward 11NTOKOZO INNOCENT MDLULIINKATHA FREEDOM PARTY · elected at the by-election of 14 February 2024AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS47,5%
Ward 12Not listedAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS50,1%
Ward 13MALUSI OSCAR NDLOVUAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS44,1%
Ward 14LINDANI PRINCE XIMBAAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSIndependents (combined) most votes — winner not identifiable48,8%
Ward 15PHILEMON FANIE MNISIAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS50,3%
Ward 16SABELO NTSELEINKATHA FREEDOM PARTYINKATHA FREEDOM PARTY50,0%
Ward 17MAQILI MHLANUBANZI ELLIAS HLATSHWAYOAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS49,5%
Ward 18DAVID XOLANI DUBEINKATHA FREEDOM PARTYINKATHA FREEDOM PARTY54,3%
Ward 19Not listedAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS46,0%
Ward 20BONGANI DERRICK MATHUNJWAAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS45,7%
Ward 21MARJORIE TANDI DOROTHA MAKHOBAAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS49,1%
Ward 22SIZWE WILLIAM MNGOMEZULUAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS37,6%
Ward 23Not listedAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS43,1%
Ward 24SKHUMBUZO EMMANUEL SHABANGUAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS38,7%
Ward 25SHAILENDRA SINGHACTIONSAACTIONSA45,4%
Ward 26WELILE PRIMROSE NKOSIAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS37,8%
Ward 27VUYANI GIFT ZONDOAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS42,6%
Ward 28JOHAN BHEKINKOSI ZWANEINKATHA FREEDOM PARTY · elected at the by-election of 17 July 2024TEAM SUGAR SOUTH AFRICA39,3%
Ward 29XOLANI SIMON MAKHUBOAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS45,8%
Ward 30ZAKHENI ERICK ZWANEAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS46,7%
Ward 31SINDISIWE BRENDA MASHAZITEAM SUGAR SOUTH AFRICA · elected at the by-election of 15 February 2023TEAM SUGAR SOUTH AFRICA43,6%
Ward 32VUSUMUZI NICHOLAS SIBEKOINKATHA FREEDOM PARTYINKATHA FREEDOM PARTY45,3%
Ward 33MBONGISENI ENOCK BUTHELEZIINKATHA FREEDOM PARTYINKATHA FREEDOM PARTY45,8%
Ward 34RICHARD NKOSINATHI NGCOBODEMOCRATIC ALLIANCEDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE47,0%

“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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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.