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Ubuhlebezwe

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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  • Ubuhlebezwe, Harry Gwala
  • 2021 boundaries
  • Turnout, 2021

Turnout, 2021 Local Government Elections, ward ballot

  • 43,4%–46,6%
  • 46,6%–51,2%
  • 51,2%–55,4%
  • 55,4%–58,4%
  • 58,4%–65,9%

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 Ubuhlebezwe · official result

Latest verified · National & Provincial
Valid votes
36 009
Turnout
61,5%
Registered
59 977
  1. UMKHONTO WESIZWE51,2%
  2. AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS32,4%
  3. INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY7,0%
  4. ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS3,3%
  5. DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE2,3%
  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 CONGRESS64,4%
  2. ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS12,7%
  3. INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY9,6%
  4. DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE3,8%
  5. AFRICAN INDEPENDENT CONGRESS3,6%
  6. Others (6)5,8%

All contestants and the source

Turnout by ward

  1. Ward 965,9%
  2. Ward 158,6%
  3. Ward 1058,4%
  4. Ward 1157,0%
  5. Ward 557,0%
  6. Ward 355,4%
  7. Ward 1453,4%
  8. Ward 1251,8%
  9. Ward 1351,2%
  10. Ward 651,1%

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: 18 694 (64,4% of valid votes). Seats are allocated from ward and PR results together; seat totals are not shown here.

Registered voters
57 551
Votes cast
30 264
Turnout
52,6%
Spoilt ballots
1 245
How many votes did each contestant receive?11 contestants · 29 019 valid votes · totals of 79 voting districts · final results
Party or contestantVotesShare
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS18 69464,4%
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS3 69812,7%
INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY2 7909,6%
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE1 1043,8%
AFRICAN INDEPENDENT CONGRESS1 0463,6%
NATIONAL FREEDOM PARTY9443,3%
AFRICAN TRANSFORMATION MOVEMENT1940,7%
PEOPLE'S FREEDOM PARTY1780,6%
ABANTU BATHO CONGRESS1520,5%
AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY1270,4%
SOUTH AFRICAN PEOPLES MOVEMENT920,3%

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

Ubuhlebezwe 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 CONGRESS13518
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS033
INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY022
AFRICAN INDEPENDENT CONGRESS011
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE011
NATIONAL FREEDOM PARTY011
Independent ward councillors1–1
Total141327

2021 seat calculation

Seats
27
Quota
2 119
Valid votes counted
55 075

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

Ubuhlebezwe’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 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 863 7832023/24
Audit opinionUnqualified - Emphasis of Matter items2023/24 · Auditor-General

103 closed · 87 awarded · 10 cancelled tender notices · 0 awards published · all notices

  • JPP-B-04/02/26Closed as published on 11 October 2026

    The Appointment of service provider to undertake Drawings,Submission and Approval of AS-Built Plans, Source Copies of SG Diagram & Title Deeds for all Municipal Buildings within Jurisdiction of the Johannes Phumani Phungula Local Municipality

    advertised 12 February 2026 · closes 20 March 2026 · Request for Bid(Open-Tender)

  • JPP-B-02/02/26Closed as published on 11 October 2026

    Supply and Installation of Fencing for Municipal Store Facility

    advertised 12 February 2026 · closes 20 March 2026 · Request for Bid(Open-Tender)

  • JPP-B-05/02/26Closed as published on 11 October 2026

    Panel of Hardware for Building Materials of Hall Maintenance & Disaster Incidents

    advertised 12 February 2026 · closes 20 March 2026 · Request for Bid(Open-Tender)

  • JPP-B-06/02/26Closed as published on 11 October 2026

    Supply and Delivery of Protective Clothing for a period of 36 months

    advertised 12 February 2026 · closes 20 March 2026 · Request for Bid(Open-Tender)

  • JPP-B-03/02/26Closed as published on 11 October 2026

    The Appointment of a professional service provider to review the Strategic Environmental Assessment for Johannes Phumani Phungula Local Municipality

    advertised 12 February 2026 · closes 20 March 2026 · Request for Bid(Open-Tender)

Wards of Ubuhlebezwe

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 1LINDOKUHLE SIPHAMANDLA NICHOLAS MBELEAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS · elected at the by-election of 23 February 2022AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS58,6%
Ward 2MONDLI COSMAS NKONTWANAAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS46,6%
Ward 3SIBUSISO MBATHAAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS55,4%
Ward 4THEMBA LOUIS MAHLABAAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS48,4%
Ward 5THOKOZANI ALFRED NGCONGOAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS57,0%
Ward 6BHEKUKWENZA PROTOS NZIMANDEAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS51,1%
Ward 7THULISILE JEANET MZOLWENIAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS43,4%
Ward 8BUYISIWE PROMISE ZUMAAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS · elected at the by-election of 22 March 2023AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS46,0%
Ward 9ZWELOKUTHULA PEACELAND SHANGEAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS65,9%
Ward 10NKOSINATHI CONRAD NGCONGOAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS58,4%
Ward 11LUNGANI WILSON NYALAAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS57,0%
Ward 12STANLEY NKULULEKO CHIYAAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS51,8%
Ward 13MZAWUGATYISWA STANFORD NGUBOINDEPENDENTIndependents (combined) most votes — winner not identifiable51,2%
Ward 14HANDSOME VUYANI MSOMIAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS53,4%

“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.