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Makhado

38 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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  • Makhado, Vhembe
  • 2021 boundaries
  • Turnout, 2021

Turnout, 2021 Local Government Elections, ward ballot

  • 32,9%–38,9%
  • 38,9%–40,8%
  • 40,8%–43,6%
  • 43,6%–46,6%
  • 46,6%–54,7%

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 Makhado · official result

Latest verified · National & Provincial
Valid votes
102 508
Turnout
53,5%
Registered
193 534
  1. AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS85,9%
  2. ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS5,2%
  3. DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE4,4%
  4. VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS0,7%
  5. UNITED AFRICANS TRANSFORMATION0,7%
  6. All others3,1%

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 CONGRESS81,6%
  2. DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE7,0%
  3. ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS6,0%
  4. INTERNATIONAL REVELATION CONGRESS1,1%
  5. VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS0,9%
  6. Others (11)3,6%

All contestants and the source

Turnout by ward

  1. Ward 754,7%
  2. Ward 3153,2%
  3. Ward 452,3%
  4. Ward 1248,3%
  5. Ward 848,1%
  6. Ward 2847,6%
  7. Ward 1947,0%
  8. Ward 2346,6%
  9. Ward 346,2%
  10. Ward 2045,3%

All 38 wards

2021 Local Government Elections

Held · Official results — not current figures

Proportional representation (PR) ballot

AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS received the most PR-ballot votes: 61 703 (81,6% of valid votes). Seats are allocated from ward and PR results together; seat totals are not shown here.

Registered voters
180 288
Votes cast
76 925
Turnout
42,7%
Spoilt ballots
1 266
How many votes did each contestant receive?16 contestants · 75 659 valid votes · totals of 192 voting districts · final results
Party or contestantVotesShare
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS61 70381,6%
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE5 2607,0%
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS4 5156,0%
INTERNATIONAL REVELATION CONGRESS8051,1%
VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS6690,9%
AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY6140,8%
AFRICAN PEOPLE'S CONVENTION4620,6%
CONGRESS OF THE PEOPLE3780,5%
PAN AFRICANIST CONGRESS OF AZANIA3610,5%
AZANIAN PEOPLE'S ORGANISATION1980,3%
Others (6 contestants together)6940,9%
Show all 16 contestants
All 16 contestants16 contestants · 75 659 valid votes · totals of 192 voting districts · final results
Party or contestantVotesShare
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS61 70381,6%
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE5 2607,0%
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS4 5156,0%
INTERNATIONAL REVELATION CONGRESS8051,1%
VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS6690,9%
AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY6140,8%
AFRICAN PEOPLE'S CONVENTION4620,6%
CONGRESS OF THE PEOPLE3780,5%
PAN AFRICANIST CONGRESS OF AZANIA3610,5%
AZANIAN PEOPLE'S ORGANISATION1980,3%
MOVEMENT DEMOCRATIC CONGRESS1900,3%
XIMOKO PARTY1380,2%
ABLE LEADERSHIP1370,2%
PATRIOTIC ALLIANCE1090,1%
UNEMPLOYMENT MOVEMENT SA700,1%
UNITED INDEPENDENT MOVEMENT500,1%

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

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Source
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

Makhado 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 CONGRESS372562
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE145
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS044
AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY011
AFRICAN PEOPLE'S CONVENTION011
INTERNATIONAL REVELATION CONGRESS011
VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS011
Total383775

2021 seat calculation

Seats
75
Quota
1 974
Valid votes counted
148 018

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

Makhado’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, Limpopo (27 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, 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 550 9002023/24
Audit opinionUnqualified - Emphasis of Matter items2023/24 · Auditor-General

260 closed · 7 published · 5 cancelled tender notices · 0 awards published · all notices

  • 50 OF 2026Advertised as published on 11 October 2026

    Supply, Install, Test and Commission of 1x 1MVA Transformer at Tshipise

    advertised 1 October 2026 · closes 23 October 2026 · Limpopo · Request for Bid(Open-Tender)

  • 49 OF 2026Advertised as published on 11 October 2026

    Supply, Install, Test and Commission of 1x 2.5MVA Transformer at Roodewal Substation

    advertised 1 October 2026 · closes 23 October 2026 · Limpopo · Request for Bid(Open-Tender)

  • 48 OF 2026Advertised as published on 11 October 2026

    Repair of load tap changer of 1X 2000kva Transformer at Makhado Park Substation

    advertised 1 October 2026 · closes 23 October 2026 · Limpopo · Request for Bid(Open-Tender)

  • 47 OF 2026Advertised as published on 11 October 2026

    Repair of leaking pressure relief valve at Makhado Park Substation

    advertised 1 October 2026 · closes 23 October 2026 · Limpopo · Request for Bid(Open-Tender)

  • 46 OF 2026Closed as published on 11 October 2026

    Procure, License and Support AD Manager Plus and AG Audit Plus for the period of three (03) years

    advertised 4 September 2026 · closes 9 October 2026 · Request for Bid(Open-Tender)

Wards of Makhado

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

38 wards2021 boundaries
WardCouncillor todayWon in 2021Turnout
Ward 1ROBERT MUKHUDWANAAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS44,7%
Ward 2RONALD BALOYIAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS40,5%
Ward 3LUTENDO PHANGAMIAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS46,2%
Ward 4NDIVHALENI MUNYAIAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS52,3%
Ward 5HLEKANI GRACE MALULEKEAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS40,0%
Ward 6MATODZI CEDRIC MALANGEAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS42,9%
Ward 7DIMAKATSO JOSEPH SEBOLAAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS54,7%
Ward 8PIERRE ALPHONSE SMALLEDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCEDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE48,1%
Ward 9KHUMBUDZO MADZHINIAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS · elected at the by-election of 2 April 2025AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS44,8%
Ward 10MASHUDU RAMALIVHANAAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS38,5%
Ward 11LORRAINE MASHAMBAAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS44,0%
Ward 12ENOCK TAKALANI SITHIAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS48,3%
Ward 13FALAZA PHILLIP MAKHUBELEAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS38,9%
Ward 14SHITEREKO ERIC BALOYIAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS43,2%
Ward 15MASHUDU DAVID NDOUAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS41,6%
Ward 16NTSAKO JOYCE SIMANGWEAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS43,3%
Ward 17MUSUNDWA EDWIN MULEFUAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS40,7%
Ward 18PARROT MASHAUAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS39,5%
Ward 19TSHIWELA TRYPHINAH MUSHANDANAAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS47,0%
Ward 20NNDWAMATO VINCENT MALIVHAAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS45,3%
Ward 21MBULAHENI ROBERT MAGADAAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS39,2%
Ward 22PHENIAS NGWAKO MASIPAAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS43,6%
Ward 23MASIA ENOS MULAUDZIAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS46,6%
Ward 24MUHALI RICHARD MAKWALAAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS43,9%
Ward 25TSHIFULARO KUTAMAAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS41,0%
Ward 26MALIMAVHI ISHMAEL PHULUWAAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS43,4%
Ward 27TAKALANI RODDY RAVELEAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS36,8%
Ward 28MBANGISENI MARAGAAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS47,6%
Ward 29NDWAMATO STEVEN NEMUDZIVHADIAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS39,2%
Ward 30FHUMULANI NEHEMIA MADZHIGAAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS39,7%
Ward 31SIPHO MASUKAAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS53,2%
Ward 32AVHASHONI STANLEY DZHIVHUHOAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS32,9%
Ward 33KHULISO MUKHELIAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS40,8%
Ward 34MPHO MUKOSIAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS36,8%
Ward 35THIVHAKONI LICCY MUDZWIRIAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS · elected at the by-election of 14 August 2024AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS38,3%
Ward 36NTHABISENG SARAFINA MAHOSIAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS37,4%
Ward 37MULALO SWALIVHAAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS45,2%
Ward 38RUDZANI MUKHUBAAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS38,6%

“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.