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Greater Tzaneen

35 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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  • Greater Tzaneen, Mopani
  • 2021 boundaries
  • Turnout, 2021

Turnout, 2021 Local Government Elections, ward ballot

  • 33,9%–40,3%
  • 40,3%–41,8%
  • 41,8%–44,9%
  • 44,9%–47,9%
  • 47,9%–59,4%

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 Greater Tzaneen · official result

Latest verified · National & Provincial
Valid votes
101 236
Turnout
52,4%
Registered
195 998
  1. AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS77,0%
  2. ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS9,4%
  3. DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE7,2%
  4. VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS1,0%
  5. UMKHONTO WESIZWE0,9%
  6. All others4,5%

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 CONGRESS74,0%
  2. ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS13,5%
  3. DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE6,4%
  4. VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS1,5%
  5. AFRICAN PEOPLE'S CONVENTION0,7%
  6. Others (14)3,9%

All contestants and the source

Turnout by ward

  1. Ward 3459,4%
  2. Ward 3251,0%
  3. Ward 3349,4%
  4. Ward 349,3%
  5. Ward 3148,7%
  6. Ward 2647,9%
  7. Ward 447,9%
  8. Ward 1447,6%
  9. Ward 1147,5%
  10. Ward 247,4%

All 35 wards

2021 Local Government Elections

Held · Official results — not current figures

Proportional representation (PR) ballot

AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS received the most PR-ballot votes: 57 347 (74,0% of valid votes). Seats are allocated from ward and PR results together; seat totals are not shown here.

Registered voters
182 387
Votes cast
79 569
Turnout
43,6%
Spoilt ballots
2 109
How many votes did each contestant receive?19 contestants · 77 460 valid votes · totals of 189 voting districts · final results
Party or contestantVotesShare
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS57 34774,0%
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS10 43513,5%
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE4 9236,4%
VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS1 1771,5%
AFRICAN PEOPLE'S CONVENTION5780,7%
AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY4170,5%
CONGRESS OF THE PEOPLE4040,5%
ABLE LEADERSHIP3850,5%
AFRICAN FREEDOM PARTY3490,5%
PATRIOTIC ALLIANCE3020,4%
Others (9 contestants together)1 1431,5%
Show all 19 contestants
All 19 contestants19 contestants · 77 460 valid votes · totals of 189 voting districts · final results
Party or contestantVotesShare
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS57 34774,0%
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS10 43513,5%
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE4 9236,4%
VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS1 1771,5%
AFRICAN PEOPLE'S CONVENTION5780,7%
AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY4170,5%
CONGRESS OF THE PEOPLE4040,5%
ABLE LEADERSHIP3850,5%
AFRICAN FREEDOM PARTY3490,5%
PATRIOTIC ALLIANCE3020,4%
KINGDOM COVENANT DEMOCRATIC PARTY2760,4%
PAN AFRICANIST CONGRESS OF AZANIA1990,3%
AZANIAN PEOPLE'S ORGANISATION1460,2%
FORUM 4 SERVICE DELIVERY1280,2%
XIMOKO PARTY900,1%
ABANTU BATHO CONGRESS860,1%
UNITED DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT750,1%
CIVIC WARRIORS740,1%
AFRICA RESTORATION ALLIANCE690,1%

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

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IEC 2021 Local Government Elections — downloadable detailed results, Limpopo (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

Greater Tzaneen 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 CONGRESS321951
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS099
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE235
AFRICAN FREEDOM PARTY011
AFRICAN PEOPLE'S CONVENTION011
VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS011
Independent ward councillors1–1
Total353469

2021 seat calculation

Seats
69
Quota
2 225
Valid votes counted
151 295

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

Greater Tzaneen’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

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IEC — Seat Calculation Detail, 2021 Local Government Elections, Limpopo (27 councils) (external site)Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC)
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Seat calculations: Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC), results.elections.org.za.
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IEC — List of current ward councillors, Limpopo (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 98 million2023/24
Audit opinionUnqualified - Emphasis of Matter items2023/24 · Auditor-General

105 closed · 3 cancelled · 1 published tender notices · 0 awards published · all notices

  • SCMU 28/2026Advertised as published on 11 October 2026

    APPOINTMENT OF AN ADDITIONAL PANEL OF INTERPRETERS FOR DISCIPLINARY HEARINGS FOR THE PERIOD OF 36 MONTHS AT GREATER TZANEEN MUNICIPALITY

    advertised 11 September 2026 · closes 12 October 2026 · Limpopo · Request for Bid(Open-Tender)

  • SCMU 25/2026Closed as published on 11 October 2026

    REFURBISHMENT AND RE-INSTALLATION OF ZIPPEL CABINETS AT GREATER TZANEEN MUNICIPALITY

    advertised 11 September 2026 · closes 28 September 2026 · Request for Bid(Open-Tender)

  • SCMU 27/2026Closed as published on 11 October 2026

    APPOINTMENT OF A SERVICE PROVIDER FOR REVIEW AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE DISASTER MANAGEMENT PLAN FROM LEVEL 1 TO LEVEL 2

    advertised 11 September 2026 · closes 28 September 2026 · Request for Bid(Open-Tender)

  • SCMU 29/2026Closed as published on 11 October 2026

    APPOINTMENT OF A SERVICE PROVIDER FOR SUPPLY AND DELIVERY OF ARCHIVES STORAGE CONTAINERS FOR RECORD OFFICE

    advertised 11 September 2026 · closes 29 September 2026 · Request for Bid(Open-Tender)

  • SCMU 26/2026Closed as published on 11 October 2026

    REPLACEMENT OF 60MVA 132/66/33kV TRANSFORMER NO.2 AT TARENTAALRAND SUBSTATION

    advertised 7 August 2026 · closes 10 September 2026 · Request for Bid(Open-Tender)

Wards of Greater Tzaneen

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

35 wards2021 boundaries
WardCouncillor todayWon in 2021Turnout
Ward 1NGWAKO GIVEN MAUNATLALAAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS42,0%
Ward 2MOGOLWANE EDWARD MANYAMAAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS47,4%
Ward 3HERMAN RODGERS MALATJIAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS49,3%
Ward 4SIMON VUYANI MAHLAWULEAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS47,9%
Ward 5MFICHANA RICHARD SHINGANGEAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS40,5%
Ward 6MASOCHA RABSON NGOMANIAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS43,4%
Ward 7PHETOLE GODFREY MAMETJAAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS41,9%
Ward 8EREL NKOPODI MONYELAAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS40,3%
Ward 9MOTSATSI FLORENCE MAENETJA-MAKAMUAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS43,8%
Ward 10MOORE SARAH BALOYIAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS44,9%
Ward 11NTEBALENG LOWRANCE MOHALEAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS47,5%
Ward 12ISHMAEL RISIVAAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS43,4%
Ward 13SHIBODWANA EDWARD NGOBENIAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS37,0%
Ward 14RENÉ EDNA POHLDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCEDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE47,6%
Ward 15CHRIZELLE DREYERDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCEDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE47,1%
Ward 16COLLEN STOLTZAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS40,5%
Ward 17NGUNGUNYANE LUCKIES MASINGEAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS40,9%
Ward 18NORMAN GARAONE MUKANSIAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS37,8%
Ward 19SOPHIE MISAVENI MATIANEAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS41,1%
Ward 20WISANI TRACY PHIRIAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS33,9%
Ward 21COLLEN MATHEVULAAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS39,3%
Ward 22TABISO SILENT LEPULANEAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS45,0%
Ward 23KHOLOFELO NDLOVUAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS41,8%
Ward 24PHILLIP MASOCHA MAYIMELEAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS40,6%
Ward 25MAKHUSHANA BROWN MASHELEAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS38,9%
Ward 26THULANI MPILELE SHIHANGULEAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS47,9%
Ward 27GEZANI PHINEAS MAKHUBELEAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS39,2%
Ward 28GOODMAN NKHWASHUAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS41,0%
Ward 29WILLY MATSWEPU MAAKEAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS38,9%
Ward 30MASHALE EDWIN MAWASHAAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS45,0%
Ward 31FOMAYU CAIPHUS MABITSELEAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS48,7%
Ward 32THEMBA NKUNAAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS51,0%
Ward 33SEKHWELA JOHANNES MOKOENAAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS49,4%
Ward 34MOSHOHLI ERIC RALEPELLEINDEPENDENTIndependents (combined) most votes — winner not identifiable59,4%
Ward 35NGWAKO ELTON RATOPOLAAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS44,0%

“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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Boundary data: Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB), producer and custodian. Geometry simplified for display by Mandate SA; the simplified shapes are not an MDB product.