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Umzimkhulu

22 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.

2024 National and Provincial Elections

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

Latest verified · National & Provincial

Valid votes: 53 075
Turnout: 57,3%
Registered: 94 658

AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS57,7%
UMKHONTO WESIZWE30,4%
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS3,8%
INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY3,6%
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE1,6%
All others2,9%

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

AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS75,5%
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS13,8%
INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY3,3%
AFRICAN INDEPENDENT CONGRESS3,2%
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE2,8%
Others (3)1,5%

All contestants and the source

Turnout by ward

All 22 wards

2021 Local Government Elections

Held 1 November 2021 · Official results — not current figures

Proportional representation (PR) ballot

AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS received the most PR-ballot votes: 32 664 (75,5% of valid votes). Seats are allocated from ward and PR results together; seat totals are not shown here.

Registered voters: 90 315
Votes cast: 44 977
Turnout: 49,8%
Spoilt ballots: 1 690

How many votes did each contestant receive?8 contestants · 43 287 valid votes · totals of 158 voting districts · final results
Party or contestant	Votes	Share
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	32 664	75,5%
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS	5 975	13,8%
INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY	1 444	3,3%
AFRICAN INDEPENDENT CONGRESS	1 364	3,2%
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE	1 196	2,8%
AFRICAN TRANSFORMATION MOVEMENT	243	0,6%
ABANTU BATHO CONGRESS	242	0,6%
AFRICAN PEOPLE'S CONVENTION	159	0,4%

Results: Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) · IEC 2021 Local Government Elections — downloadable detailed results, KwaZulu-Natal (CSV) · retrieved 7 October 2026

Details

Source: IEC 2021 Local Government Elections — downloadable detailed results, KwaZulu-Natal (CSV) (external site)Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC)
Retrieved: 7 October 2026, 22:38 SAST
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Data load: Loaded, checked against the source’s own totals, and approved by an editor on 19 October 2026.
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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

Umzimkhulu 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
Party	Ward	PR	Seats	Ward seats today
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	21	12	33	21
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS	0	6	6	0
AFRICAN INDEPENDENT CONGRESS	0	1	1	0
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE	0	1	1	0
INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY	0	1	1	0
Independent ward councillors	1	–	1	1
Total	22	21	43	22

2021 seat calculation

Seats: 43
Quota: 1 982
Valid votes counted: 83 225

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

Umzimkhulu’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 9 October 2026

Details

Source: IEC — Seat Calculation Detail, 2021 Local Government Elections, KwaZulu-Natal (54 councils) (external site)Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC)
Retrieved: 9 October 2026, 07:19 SAST
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Data load: Loaded, checked against the source’s own totals, and approved by an editor on 19 October 2026.
Terms: Published by the IEC on its official websites; reproduced as published, with attribution (IEC copyright notice: www.elections.org.za/pw/Copyright-Notice).
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)
Retrieved: 9 October 2026, 07:22 SAST
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Terms: Published by the IEC on its official websites; reproduced as published, with attribution (IEC copyright notice: www.elections.org.za/pw/Copyright-Notice).
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 3,9 million2023/24

Audit opinionUnqualified - Emphasis of Matter items2023/24 · Auditor-General

226 closed · 186 awarded · 41 cancelled · 9 published tender notices · 26 awards published · all notices

ULM-PNLG 009 / 26Advertised as published on 11 October 2026
SUPPLY AND DELIVER OF FENCING MATERIAL , INPUT AND EQUIPMENT (WARD 3,5,7,8 & 9)
advertised 1 October 2026 · closes 23 October 2026 · KwaZulu-Natal · Request for Bid(Open-Tender)
ULM-INFR 010/27/TTEAdvertised as published on 11 October 2026
PROVISION OF PLANT HIRE SERVICES (12 MONTHS CONTRACT) - Cluster 1: • 6x Tipper trucks (10 tons) • 2x Excavator (20 tons)
advertised 1 October 2026 · closes 23 October 2026 · KwaZulu-Natal · Request for Bid(Open-Tender)
ULM-INFR 010/27/DHCAdvertised as published on 11 October 2026
PROVISION OF PLANT HIRE SERVICES (12 MONTHS CONTRACT) Cluster 4: • Dozer • Honey Sucker Truck • Truck Mounted Road Marking Machine • Cherry Picker Trailer
advertised 1 October 2026 · closes 23 October 2026 · KwaZulu-Natal · Request for Bid(Open-Tender)
ULM-INFR 010/27/LBTAdvertised as published on 11 October 2026
PROVISION OF PLANT HIRE SERVICES (12 MONTHS CONTRACT) Cluster 3: • Low Bed Truck
advertised 1 October 2026 · closes 23 October 2026 · KwaZulu-Natal · Request for Bid(Open-Tender)
ULM-INFR 010/27/MGPAdvertised as published on 11 October 2026
PROVISION OF PLANT HIRE SERVICES (12 MONTHS CONTRACT) Cluster 2: • 2x Motor Grader • 2x Path Foot Roller(12 tons) • 2x Water Tanker (1600l) • TLB
advertised 1 October 2026 · closes 23 October 2026 · KwaZulu-Natal · Request for Bid(Open-Tender)

Wards of Umzimkhulu

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

22 wards2021 boundaries
Ward	Councillor today	Won in 2021	Share	Turnout
Ward 1	MZOLISI GODFREY HLONGWANAAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS · elected at the by-election of 19 June 2024	AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	58,0%	59,0%
Ward 2	TSHEPO SOLOMON MOHLOMIAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	89,5%	44,7%
Ward 3	LIZWI MDUDUZI DAMOYIAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	80,8%	50,3%
Ward 4	SIBONILE PROTUS MABUNTANEINDEPENDENT	Independents (combined) most votes — winner not identifiable	54,8%	56,6%
Ward 5	MHLANGABEZI JULIUS DIDIAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	83,6%	54,7%
Ward 6	SYDNEY RONALD LONWABO NZIMANDEAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	93,9%	52,3%
Ward 7	LUTHANDO NDZIMANDEAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	51,7%	55,9%
Ward 8	NKOSIPHENDULE JACAAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	86,1%	47,6%
Ward 9	ANELE MFEZEKO TSHEBIAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	71,5%	48,2%
Ward 10	SIZWE MHLONISHWA SIBENIAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	76,6%	54,5%
Ward 11	MORRISON NKULULEKO MPHAKATHIAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	81,4%	43,6%
Ward 12	LEONARD THEMBINKOSI SOSIBOAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS · elected at the by-election of 24 May 2023	AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	79,5%	50,1%
Ward 13	THANDEKA GLADYS MANCI-DLAMINIAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	68,0%	47,5%
Ward 14	THOKOZANI MBHELEAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	70,1%	49,5%
Ward 15	XOLANI RONALD TSHAZIAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	72,8%	53,6%
Ward 16	HAZEL KHANYISILE MAFULEKAAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	69,3%	33,9%
Ward 17	BONGANI CROMWELL KESWAAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	60,0%	43,6%
Ward 18	HLANGANANI ARON LUKHOZIAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	87,9%	53,4%
Ward 19	MTHOKOZISI STEPHEN NGCONGOAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	50,2%	53,1%
Ward 20	ARMSTRONG XOLANI GWALAAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	80,2%	49,1%
Ward 21	MAWANDE ISAAC DLAMINIAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	76,0%	49,3%
Ward 22	MMELI ADVOCATE CIRAAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS	81,4%	54,5%

“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 7 October 2026

Details

Source: MDB Local Municipalities 2021 (ArcGIS item 27bbdd5b041b4ba6b5707dfed5aa3923), GeoJSON export (external site)Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB)
Retrieved: 7 October 2026, 22:58 SAST
Fingerprint: 71b7c5ea0ae57bcc5c729d5072de31ba49a96c11f209781e80247d36ad8e237cSHA-256 of the exact file we loaded. Anyone holding the same file gets the same value.
Data load: Loaded, checked against the source’s own totals, and approved by an editor on 19 October 2026.
Terms: MDB terms for municipal and ward boundary data : released for public use with limited restrictions; not to be sold or appropriated for commercial use; may be used in research, publications and value-added products if the MDB is acknowledged as producer and custodian; changed data must not be passed on as an MDB product; faults to be reported to the MDB (SDI Act 54 of 2003).
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.