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Thulamela

41 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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  • Thulamela, Vhembe
  • 2021 boundaries
  • Turnout, 2021

Turnout, 2021 Local Government Elections, ward ballot

  • 15,5%–38,0%
  • 38,0%–40,2%
  • 40,2%–41,5%
  • 41,5%–44,4%
  • 44,4%–50,3%

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 Thulamela · official result

Latest verified · National & Provincial
Valid votes
125 393
Turnout
51,4%
Registered
245 895
  1. AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS89,6%
  2. ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS4,8%
  3. DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE1,9%
  4. ACTIONSA0,5%
  5. PAN AFRICANIST CONGRESS OF AZANIA0,5%
  6. All others2,7%

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 CONGRESS87,3%
  2. ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS5,0%
  3. DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE2,6%
  4. INTERNATIONAL REVELATION CONGRESS1,6%
  5. PAN AFRICANIST CONGRESS OF AZANIA1,4%
  6. Others (10)2,1%

All contestants and the source

Turnout by ward

  1. Ward 650,3%
  2. Ward 1350,2%
  3. Ward 1049,2%
  4. Ward 3448,7%
  5. Ward 547,9%
  6. Ward 247,3%
  7. Ward 1947,2%
  8. Ward 444,7%
  9. Ward 944,4%
  10. Ward 1444,4%

All 41 wards

2021 Local Government Elections

Held · Official results — not current figures

Proportional representation (PR) ballot

AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS received the most PR-ballot votes: 80 448 (87,3% of valid votes). Seats are allocated from ward and PR results together; seat totals are not shown here.

Registered voters
229 018
Votes cast
93 668
Turnout
40,9%
Spoilt ballots
1 529
How many votes did each contestant receive?15 contestants · 92 139 valid votes · totals of 265 voting districts · final results
Party or contestantVotesShare
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS80 44887,3%
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS4 5785,0%
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE2 3862,6%
INTERNATIONAL REVELATION CONGRESS1 5141,6%
PAN AFRICANIST CONGRESS OF AZANIA1 2881,4%
AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY8851,0%
AFRICAN PEOPLE'S CONVENTION2160,2%
INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY2010,2%
UNITED DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT1690,2%
AZANIAN PEOPLE'S ORGANISATION1160,1%
Others (5 contestants together)3380,4%
Show all 15 contestants
All 15 contestants15 contestants · 92 139 valid votes · totals of 265 voting districts · final results
Party or contestantVotesShare
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS80 44887,3%
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS4 5785,0%
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE2 3862,6%
INTERNATIONAL REVELATION CONGRESS1 5141,6%
PAN AFRICANIST CONGRESS OF AZANIA1 2881,4%
AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY8851,0%
AFRICAN PEOPLE'S CONVENTION2160,2%
INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY2010,2%
UNITED DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT1690,2%
AZANIAN PEOPLE'S ORGANISATION1160,1%
ABLE LEADERSHIP1110,1%
KNOW YOUR NEIGHBOUR710,1%
SERVICE FOR ALL650,1%
PATRIOTIC ALLIANCE500,1%
AFRICAN PEOPLE'S MOVEMENT410,0%

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

Thulamela 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 CONGRESS413071
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS044
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE022
AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY011
AFRICAN PEOPLE'S CONVENTION011
INTERNATIONAL REVELATION CONGRESS011
PAN AFRICANIST CONGRESS OF AZANIA011
Total414081

2021 seat calculation

Seats
81
Quota
2 216
Valid votes counted
179 426

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

Thulamela’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 17 million2023/24
Audit opinionQualified2023/24 · Auditor-General

321 closed · 8 cancelled · 3 published tender notices · 0 awards published · all notices

  • 29/2026/2027Advertised as published on 11 October 2026

    DESIGN AND CONTSTRUCTION OF REFUSE DROP-OFF CENTERS-TURNKEY PROJECTS (PHIPHIDI, TSHIVHILWI, MURAGA, MUKULA, & LWAMONDO)

    advertised 2 October 2026 · closes 20 October 2026 · Limpopo · Request for Bid(Open-Tender)

  • 26/2026/2027Advertised as published on 11 October 2026

    SUPPLY, DELIVERY AND INSTALLATION OF REFUSE STREET BINS AT THULAMELA MUNICIPALITY.

    advertised 25 September 2026 · closes 20 October 2026 · Limpopo · Request for Bid(Open-Tender)

  • 27/2026/2027Closed as published on 11 October 2026

    MAINTENANCE OF STRRETSLIGHTS IN THULAMELA MUNICIPALITY

    advertised 18 September 2026 · closes 8 October 2026 · Request for Bid(Open-Tender)

  • 22/2026/2027Closed as published on 11 October 2026

    REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE OF MAKHUVHA STADIUM WITHIN THULAMELA LOCAL MUNICIPALITY

    advertised 18 September 2026 · closes 8 October 2026 · Request for Bid(Open-Tender)

  • 28/2026/2027Advertised as published on 11 October 2026

    APPOINTMENT OF A PANEL SERVICE PROVIDERS FOR THE SERVICING, REPAIR, MAINTENANCE AND EMERGENCY BREAKDOWN SUPPORT BACK-UP GENERATORS OR A PERIOD OF THREE (3) YEARS

    advertised 18 September 2026 · closes 22 October 2026 · Limpopo · Request for Bid(Open-Tender)

Public projects placed in ThulamelaNational infrastructure register; total budget as stated, shown once per project
ProjectDepartmentStage as statedHow it is placed hereTotal budget
Limpopo: Tshilidzini Hospital ReplacementHealthTenderits published coordinates lie here (2021 boundaries)R 3,4 billion

Wards of Thulamela

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

41 wards2021 boundaries
WardCouncillor todayWon in 2021Turnout
Ward 1TAKALANI LEAH NELUFHANGANIAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS40,8%
Ward 2LIVHUWANI VHULAHANIAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS47,3%
Ward 3TAKALANI SIMON NEKHAVHAMBEAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS43,8%
Ward 4NKONELENI NEHZHELELEAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS44,7%
Ward 5ROLIVHUWA MMBENGENIAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS47,9%
Ward 6RENDANI GERSON LALUMBEAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS50,3%
Ward 7THIFHELIMBILU TINNY MATSHOMOAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS38,0%
Ward 8NNDITSHENI BREYAN PHALANNDWAAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS41,0%
Ward 9MPHO MATSHAVHAAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS44,4%
Ward 10FHUMULANI JENIFER NEMASIWANAAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS49,2%
Ward 11AZWIHANGWISI ANNA NETSHISHIVHEAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS40,6%
Ward 12LUTENDO SOLOMON RAVHUANZWOAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS40,5%
Ward 13HULISANI PATRICK MABASAAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS50,2%
Ward 14MADUVHA JUSTICE NETSIANDAAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS44,4%
Ward 15HUMBELANI MUKHATHIAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS39,6%
Ward 16ROFHIWA ROSINAH MATHOMAAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS43,2%
Ward 17PATRICK MATHIDIAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS42,1%
Ward 18TSHITEREKE ANDREW NELUSHIAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS35,9%
Ward 19FULUFHELO ASNATH MUTHEIWANAAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS47,2%
Ward 20THINAWANGA TSHIGWILIAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS38,9%
Ward 21THIFHELIMBILU SHADRACK LIPHADZIAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS38,1%
Ward 22RENDANI DENNIS THANYANIAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS15,5%
Ward 23MUTSHUTSHUDZI MPHAPHULIAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS34,7%
Ward 24EDZISANI REGUEL MULAUDZIAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS38,0%
Ward 25NDIVHONISWANI PERCY NETANGAHENIAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS36,8%
Ward 26TSHIVHENGA RODNEY MAELAAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS40,2%
Ward 27MASHUDU MADZIVHANDILAAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS42,4%
Ward 28ROFHIWA NETSHIKWETAAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS40,6%
Ward 29MUTHUPHEI ENOCH RAVHURAAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS36,9%
Ward 30THIVHAFUNI TRYPHINAH MUNYAIAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS38,9%
Ward 31NNDAVHELESENI MILLICENT MMBIAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS42,3%
Ward 32LIVHUWANI SALTHIEL MADUSEAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS41,4%
Ward 33MATODZI MARIA MULAUDZIAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS39,8%
Ward 34MASHUDU MULIGWEAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS48,7%
Ward 35NDIWANNYI ALVINAH MOLAUDZIAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS41,5%
Ward 36TSHIVHANGWAHO GODFREY MAKUNGOAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS41,5%
Ward 37TSHILILO JOSEPH NEMALEGENIAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS36,5%
Ward 38AZWINDINI ELISA MAGANUAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS38,4%
Ward 39AVHAPFANI CONSTANCE KHANGALEAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS42,6%
Ward 40THABELO EVELYN MUNZHEDZIAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS35,1%
Ward 41MPHEDZISENI JOHANNES LIGARABAAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS39,5%

“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

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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.