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Mandeni

18 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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  • Mandeni, iLembe
  • 2021 boundaries
  • Turnout, 2021

Turnout, 2021 Local Government Elections, ward ballot

  • 37,5%–40,3%
  • 40,3%–42,3%
  • 42,3%–48,4%
  • 48,4%–52,6%
  • 52,6%–58,7%

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 Mandeni · official result

Latest verified · National & Provincial
Valid votes
47 988
Turnout
61,3%
Registered
79 786
  1. UMKHONTO WESIZWE61,4%
  2. AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS17,0%
  3. INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY15,5%
  4. DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE2,3%
  5. ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS1,8%
  6. All others2,1%

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 CONGRESS52,8%
  2. INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY27,4%
  3. ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS10,7%
  4. DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE2,3%
  5. AFRICAN INDEPENDENT CONGRESS2,0%
  6. Others (9)4,7%

All contestants and the source

Turnout by ward

  1. Ward 158,7%
  2. Ward 555,0%
  3. Ward 652,9%
  4. Ward 852,6%
  5. Ward 252,1%
  6. Ward 1149,4%
  7. Ward 449,2%
  8. Ward 1048,4%
  9. Ward 1245,7%
  10. Ward 942,8%

All 18 wards

2021 Local Government Elections

Held · Official results — not current figures

Proportional representation (PR) ballot

AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS received the most PR-ballot votes: 17 930 (52,8% of valid votes). Seats are allocated from ward and PR results together; seat totals are not shown here.

Registered voters
74 694
Votes cast
34 821
Turnout
46,6%
Spoilt ballots
876
How many votes did each contestant receive?14 contestants · 33 945 valid votes · totals of 67 voting districts · final results
Party or contestantVotesShare
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS17 93052,8%
INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY9 30727,4%
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS3 64710,7%
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE7932,3%
AFRICAN INDEPENDENT CONGRESS6802,0%
JUSTICE AND EMPLOYMENT PARTY4131,2%
AFRICAN TRANSFORMATION MOVEMENT3541,0%
NATIONAL FREEDOM PARTY3341,0%
AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY1640,5%
ABANTU BATHO CONGRESS1320,4%
Others (4 contestants together)1910,6%
Show all 14 contestants
All 14 contestants14 contestants · 33 945 valid votes · totals of 67 voting districts · final results
Party or contestantVotesShare
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS17 93052,8%
INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY9 30727,4%
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS3 64710,7%
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE7932,3%
AFRICAN INDEPENDENT CONGRESS6802,0%
JUSTICE AND EMPLOYMENT PARTY4131,2%
AFRICAN TRANSFORMATION MOVEMENT3541,0%
NATIONAL FREEDOM PARTY3341,0%
AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY1640,5%
ABANTU BATHO CONGRESS1320,4%
AFRICAN FEDERAL CONVENTION550,2%
AFRICAN PEOPLE'S MOVEMENT500,1%
UNITED CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY480,1%
AL JAMA-AH380,1%

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

Mandeni 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 CONGRESS16319
INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY2810
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS044
AFRICAN INDEPENDENT CONGRESS011
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE011
UMKHONTO WESIZWE PARTY000
UMKHONTO WESIZWE000
Total181735

2021 seat calculation

Seats
35
Quota
1 895
Valid votes counted
66 322

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

Mandeni’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 2 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 6,3 million2023/24
Audit opinionUnqualified - Emphasis of Matter items2023/24 · Auditor-General

41 closed · 1 published tender notices · 0 awards published · all notices

  • 10/26/27Advertised as published on 11 October 2026

    REHABILITATION OF QUARTZ ROAD AND A PORTION OF PLATINUM DRIVE IN MANDENI, WARD 4.

    advertised 17 September 2026 · closes 23 October 2026 · KwaZulu-Natal · Request for Bid(Open-Tender)

  • 09/26/27Closed as published on 11 October 2026

    EXTENTION OF A PANEL OF SERVICE PROVIDERS FOR PROVISION OF IT GOODS AND SERVICES (DATA CENTRE INFRASTRUCTURE, WEBSITE, APPLICATION AND BUSINESS SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT, LAN INFRASTRUCTURE AND DISASTER RECOVERY AND LAN INFRASTRUCTURE AND DISASTER RECOVERY) FROM APPOINTMENT DATE TO 11 FEBRUARY 2029.

    advertised 28 August 2026 · closes 2 October 2026 · Request for Bid(Open-Tender)

  • 07/26/27Closed as published on 11 October 2026

    APPOINTMENT OF A FULLY QUALIFIED AND COMPETENT ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR FOR THE MAINTENANCE AND HANDOVER OF FOUR (4) TRANSFORMERS WITHIN WARD 3.

    advertised 28 August 2026 · closes 23 September 2026 · Request for Bid(Open-Tender)

  • 06/26/7Closed as published on 11 October 2026

    AN APPOINTMENT OFSERVICE PROVIDER TO SUPPLY AND DELIVER 2 X RING MAIN UNIT (RMU) PROTTECTION SETTINGS.

    advertised 28 August 2026 · closes 23 September 2026 · Request for Bid(Open-Tender)

  • 03/26/27Closed as published on 11 October 2026

    APPOINTMENT OF SERVICE PROVIDER FOR ACCOMODATION & TRAVELLING AGENT SERVICES FOR A PERIOD OF THREE (3) YEARS.

    advertised 6 August 2026 · closes 11 September 2026 · Request for Bid(Open-Tender)

Wards of Mandeni

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

18 wards2021 boundaries
WardCouncillor todayWon in 2021Turnout
Ward 1MLUNGISI SHELEMBEINKATHA FREEDOM PARTYINKATHA FREEDOM PARTY58,7%
Ward 2DUMISANI GENIUS MTHEMBUAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS52,1%
Ward 3CONRAD THEMBINKOSI MHLONGOAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS41,1%
Ward 4SIPHO THAMSANQA MAGWAZAAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS49,2%
Ward 5ZETHEMBE MOSES NXUMALOINKATHA FREEDOM PARTYINKATHA FREEDOM PARTY55,0%
Ward 6SIFISO WEEKEND SHANDUAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS52,9%
Ward 7NHLANHLA OSWALD DLADLAAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS41,9%
Ward 8THABANI PHIWAYINKOSI MDLALOSEAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS52,6%
Ward 9SPHIWE THAMSANQA THWALAAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS42,8%
Ward 10SIMPHIWE SIPHAMANDLA MDUNGEAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS48,4%
Ward 11CAROLINE LUNGILE MTHEMBUAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS49,4%
Ward 12MZWAKHE CORNWELL MKHALIPHIAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS45,7%
Ward 13LUCAS SDUDUZO MTHEMBUAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS42,1%
Ward 14MBUYISENI BHEKIZENZO NGIDIAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS42,3%
Ward 15Not listedAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS40,3%
Ward 16XOLANI HEBERT MATHONSIAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS39,6%
Ward 17SPHELELE KNOWLEDGE MKHWANAZIUMKHONTO WESIZWE PARTY · elected at the by-election of 26 November 2025AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS37,5%
Ward 18LINDANI XHAKAZAUMKHONTO WESIZWE · elected at the by-election of 30 April 2025AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS38,2%

“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.