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eDumbe

10 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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  • eDumbe, Zululand
  • 2021 boundaries
  • Turnout, 2021

Turnout, 2021 Local Government Elections, ward ballot

  • 52,7%–53,8%
  • 53,8%–57,3%
  • 57,3%–58,9%
  • 58,9%–62,1%
  • 62,1%–65,0%

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 eDumbe · official result

Latest verified · National & Provincial
Valid votes
25 010
Turnout
59,7%
Registered
42 754
  1. UMKHONTO WESIZWE41,7%
  2. INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY24,0%
  3. AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS14,0%
  4. NATIONAL FREEDOM PARTY9,8%
  5. DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE3,6%
  6. All others7,0%

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. NATIONAL FREEDOM PARTY33,5%
  2. INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY23,7%
  3. AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS23,7%
  4. ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS7,3%
  5. ABANTU BATHO CONGRESS6,1%
  6. Others (10)5,7%

All contestants and the source

Turnout by ward

  1. Ward 165,0%
  2. Ward 962,1%
  3. Ward 860,9%
  4. Ward 558,9%
  5. Ward 657,7%
  6. Ward 1057,3%
  7. Ward 256,1%
  8. Ward 353,8%
  9. Ward 452,9%
  10. Ward 752,7%

2021 Local Government Elections

Held · Official results — not current figures

Proportional representation (PR) ballot

NATIONAL FREEDOM PARTY received the most PR-ballot votes: 7 693 (33,5% of valid votes). Seats are allocated from ward and PR results together; seat totals are not shown here.

Registered voters
40 418
Votes cast
23 330
Turnout
57,7%
Spoilt ballots
348
How many votes did each contestant receive?15 contestants · 22 982 valid votes · totals of 71 voting districts · final results
Party or contestantVotesShare
NATIONAL FREEDOM PARTY7 69333,5%
INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY5 44823,7%
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS5 44523,7%
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS1 6717,3%
ABANTU BATHO CONGRESS1 4096,1%
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE7763,4%
ACTIVISTS MOVEMENT OF SOUTH AFRICA1080,5%
AFRICAN TRANSFORMATION MOVEMENT830,4%
NATIONAL PEOPLE'S FRONT780,3%
AFRICAN PEOPLE'S MOVEMENT730,3%
Others (5 contestants together)1980,9%
Show all 15 contestants
All 15 contestants15 contestants · 22 982 valid votes · totals of 71 voting districts · final results
Party or contestantVotesShare
NATIONAL FREEDOM PARTY7 69333,5%
INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY5 44823,7%
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS5 44523,7%
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS1 6717,3%
ABANTU BATHO CONGRESS1 4096,1%
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE7763,4%
ACTIVISTS MOVEMENT OF SOUTH AFRICA1080,5%
AFRICAN TRANSFORMATION MOVEMENT830,4%
NATIONAL PEOPLE'S FRONT780,3%
AFRICAN PEOPLE'S MOVEMENT730,3%
AFRICAN PEOPLE'S CONVENTION540,2%
AFRICAN FREEDOM REVOLUTION420,2%
ACADEMIC CONGRESS UNION390,2%
BLACK FIRST LAND FIRST320,1%
AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY310,1%

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

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Source
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

eDumbe 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
NATIONAL FREEDOM PARTY606
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS235
INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY235
ABANTU BATHO CONGRESS011
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE011
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS011
Total10919

2021 seat calculation

Seats
19
Quota
2 413
Valid votes counted
45 846

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

eDumbe’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 0 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

Details
Source
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 89 million2023/24
Audit opinionUnqualified - Emphasis of Matter items2023/24 · Auditor-General

50 closed · 10 awarded · 9 cancelled · 8 published tender notices · 4 awards published · all notices

  • EDUMPRO10/2026/27Advertised as published on 11 October 2026

    PROFESSIONAL AUCTIONEERS FOR ASSET DISPOSAL SERVICE FOR THE PERIOD OF THIRTY-SIX (36) MONTHS

    advertised 5 October 2026 · closes 5 November 2026 · KwaZulu-Natal · Request for Proposal

  • EDUMPRO08/2026/27Advertised as published on 11 October 2026

    PANEL OF ACCREDITED TRAINING SERVICE PROVIDERS FOR A PERIOD OF 36 MONTHS

    advertised 5 October 2026 · closes 5 November 2026 · KwaZulu-Natal · Request for Proposal

  • EDUMPRO09/2026/27Advertised as published on 11 October 2026

    PANEL OF MULTI-DISCIPLINARY TEAM OF CONSULTANTS TO PACKAGE, SOURCE FUNDING AND MANAGEMENT FOR THE PERIOD OF THIRTY-SIX (36) MONTHS

    advertised 5 October 2026 · closes 5 November 2026 · KwaZulu-Natal · Request for Proposal

  • EDUMT13/2026/27Advertised as published on 11 October 2026

    SUPPLY AND DELIVERY OF UNIFORM AND PROTECTIVE CLOTHING

    advertised 29 September 2026 · closes 2 November 2026 · KwaZulu-Natal · Request for Bid(Open-Tender)

  • EDUMT14/2026/27Advertised as published on 11 October 2026

    INSURANCE BROKER FOR SHORT-TERM MUNICIPAL ASSET AND RISK INSURANCE FOR A PERIOD OF 36 MONTHS

    advertised 29 September 2026 · closes 2 November 2026 · KwaZulu-Natal · Request for Bid(Open-Tender)

Wards of eDumbe

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

10 wards2021 boundaries
WardCouncillor todayWon in 2021Turnout
Ward 1NOKUTHULA DUDUZILE MNGOMEZULUAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS65,0%
Ward 2MUSAWENKOSI SIBUSISO MKHABELANATIONAL FREEDOM PARTYNATIONAL FREEDOM PARTY56,1%
Ward 3VELAPHI ANDRIES MTHETHWAAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS53,8%
Ward 4MUSAWENKOSI VUSANI MKHWANAZINATIONAL FREEDOM PARTYNATIONAL FREEDOM PARTY52,9%
Ward 5ZAMA GOODENOUGH MASONDOINKATHA FREEDOM PARTYINKATHA FREEDOM PARTY58,9%
Ward 6NBONENI SIMON MAGAGULANATIONAL FREEDOM PARTYNATIONAL FREEDOM PARTY57,7%
Ward 7CELUMUSA BLASON MTHETHWAINKATHA FREEDOM PARTYINKATHA FREEDOM PARTY52,7%
Ward 8THOKOZANI ERNEST KUNENENATIONAL FREEDOM PARTYNATIONAL FREEDOM PARTY60,9%
Ward 9DUDUZILE JOYCE NHLENGETHWANATIONAL FREEDOM PARTYNATIONAL FREEDOM PARTY62,1%
Ward 10THULEBONA SAMARIA MTHETHWANATIONAL FREEDOM PARTYNATIONAL FREEDOM PARTY57,3%

“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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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.