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Polokwane

45 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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  • Polokwane, Capricorn
  • 2021 boundaries
  • Turnout, 2021

Turnout, 2021 Local Government Elections, ward ballot

  • 16,8%–40,4%
  • 40,4%–43,3%
  • 43,3%–45,4%
  • 45,4%–46,8%
  • 46,8%–53,7%

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 Polokwane · official result

Latest verified · National & Provincial
Valid votes
179 349
Turnout
51,6%
Registered
350 957
  1. AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS61,6%
  2. ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS22,6%
  3. DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE8,4%
  4. ACTIONSA1,3%
  5. VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS1,1%
  6. All others5,1%

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 CONGRESS61,9%
  2. ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS23,7%
  3. DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE7,4%
  4. VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS1,9%
  5. AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY0,8%
  6. Others (19)4,3%

All contestants and the source

Turnout by ward

  1. Ward 2153,7%
  2. Ward 1349,4%
  3. Ward 3247,9%
  4. Ward 447,7%
  5. Ward 147,4%
  6. Ward 2247,1%
  7. Ward 1647,1%
  8. Ward 1447,1%
  9. Ward 1746,8%
  10. Ward 3846,5%

All 45 wards

2021 Local Government Elections

Held · Official results — not current figures

Proportional representation (PR) ballot

AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS received the most PR-ballot votes: 85 887 (61,9% of valid votes). Seats are allocated from ward and PR results together; seat totals are not shown here.

Registered voters
326 617
Votes cast
141 436
Turnout
43,3%
Spoilt ballots
2 588
How many votes did each contestant receive?24 contestants · 138 848 valid votes · totals of 305 voting districts · final results
Party or contestantVotesShare
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS85 88761,9%
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS32 94323,7%
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE10 3317,4%
VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS2 5921,9%
AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY1 0570,8%
ABANTU BATHO CONGRESS5930,4%
KINGDOM COVENANT DEMOCRATIC PARTY5660,4%
MAGOSHI SWARANANG MOVEMENT5630,4%
PAN AFRICANIST CONGRESS OF AZANIA5120,4%
CONGRESS OF THE PEOPLE4760,3%
Others (14 contestants together)3 3282,4%
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All 24 contestants24 contestants · 138 848 valid votes · totals of 305 voting districts · final results
Party or contestantVotesShare
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS85 88761,9%
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS32 94323,7%
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE10 3317,4%
VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS2 5921,9%
AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY1 0570,8%
ABANTU BATHO CONGRESS5930,4%
KINGDOM COVENANT DEMOCRATIC PARTY5660,4%
MAGOSHI SWARANANG MOVEMENT5630,4%
PAN AFRICANIST CONGRESS OF AZANIA5120,4%
CONGRESS OF THE PEOPLE4760,3%
PATRIOTIC ALLIANCE4760,3%
AFRICA RESTORATION ALLIANCE3810,3%
AZANIAN PEOPLE'S ORGANISATION3590,3%
DEFENDERS OF THE PEOPLE3530,3%
AFRICAN TRANSFORMATION MOVEMENT3420,2%
AFRICAN PEOPLE'S CONVENTION2780,2%
MOVEMENT FOR TOTAL LIBERATION2320,2%
UNITED DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT2160,2%
PARTY OF ACTION1970,1%
UNITED CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY1610,1%
DEMOCRATIC ARTISTS PARTY940,1%
YOUNG PEOPLES PARTY860,1%
PROPHETIC MOVEMENT ARMY790,1%
SOUTH AFRICAN ROYAL KINGDOMS ORGANIZATION740,1%

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

Polokwane 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 CONGRESS371956
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS41721
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE437
VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS022
ABANTU BATHO CONGRESS011
AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY011
CONGRESS OF THE PEOPLE011
MAGOSHI SWARANANG MOVEMENT011
Total454590

2021 seat calculation

Seats
90
Quota
2 996
Valid votes counted
269 560

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

Polokwane’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.

The ward seats today differ from the 2021 calculation: a ward can change hands at a by-election, and a ward with no listed councillor and no by-election in the record is left out of the count.

“Ward seats today”: the IEC’s list of current ward councillors and, for the 4 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 432 million2023/24
Audit opinionUnqualified - Emphasis of Matter items2023/24 · Auditor-General

452 closed · 8 cancelled · 1 published tender notices · 0 awards published · all notices

  • Public Notice 1Advertised as published on 11 October 2026

    INVITATION TO SERVICE PROVIDERS TO REGISTER ON THE POLOKWANE MUNICIPALITY ONLINE DATABASE OF SUPPLIERS FOR 2026/2027

    advertised 23 September 2026 · closes 14 October 2026 · Limpopo · Request for Information

  • PM23-26/27Closed as published on 11 October 2026

    APPOINTMENT OF TWENTY (20) CONTRACTORS FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF WATER AND SANITATION INFRASTRUCTURE IN POLOKWANE MUNICIPALITY AS AND WHEN REQUIRED FOR A PERIOD OF THREE (03) YEARS

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

  • PM15-26/27Closed as published on 11 October 2026

    LEASE OF REMAINING EXTENT OF ERF A PORTION OF THE REMAINDER OF PORTION 10 OF FARM STERKLOOP 688 LS BADMINTON CLUB A FOR A PERIOD OF NINE (9) YEARS AND 11 MONTHS.

    advertised 20 August 2026 · closes 21 September 2026 · Request for Bid(Open-Tender)

  • PM21-26/27Closed as published on 11 October 2026

    LEASE OF REMAINING EXTENT OF ERF 2187 PIETERSBURG EXT 008 NOORDELIKES RUGBY CLUB FOR A PERIOD OF NINE (9) YEARS AND 11 MONTHS

    advertised 20 August 2026 · closes 21 September 2026 · Request for Bid(Open-Tender)

  • PM11-26/27Closed as published on 11 October 2026

    LEASE OF REMAINING EXTENT OF ERF A PORTION OF THE REMAINDER OF PORTION 5 OF FARM STERKLOOP 688 LS BOWLING CLUB FOR A PERIOD OF NINE (9) YEARS AND 11 MONTHS.

    advertised 20 August 2026 · closes 21 September 2026 · Request for Bid(Open-Tender)

Public projects placed in PolokwaneNational infrastructure register; total budget as stated, shown once per project
ProjectDepartmentStage as statedHow it is placed hereTotal budget
Limpopo Central HospitalHealthConstruction 1% - 25%its published coordinates lie here (2021 boundaries)R 5,3 billion
Polokwane Correctional CentreCorrectional ServicesDesignits published coordinates lie here (2021 boundaries)R 750 million

Wards of Polokwane

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

45 wards2021 boundaries
WardCouncillor todayWon in 2021Turnout
Ward 1MAHLATSE MAGDELINE NCHABELENGAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSIndependents (combined) most votes — winner not identifiable47,4%
Ward 2JACOB TSAKANI NTLEMOAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS45,6%
Ward 3FOKISI JAMES MOLEPOAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS41,6%
Ward 4MASHEGO SOLOMON MAHLATJIAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS47,7%
Ward 5NKGOBA PATRICK LEGODIAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS41,0%
Ward 6MAPULA SALOME PHOSHOKOAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS45,2%
Ward 7MOLIKI LINAH MOGOBOYAAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS44,7%
Ward 8MAKHASANE GLORIA MABOTEAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS38,1%
Ward 9KGANEDI BELLA SHIBAMBUAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS45,9%
Ward 10WILLIE LANCELOT MADIKOTOAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS · elected at the by-election of 24 April 2024ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS45,2%
Ward 11NOMONDE ALBERTHINIA SIVHABUAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS45,1%
Ward 12TSHEPO NKWEAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS39,5%
Ward 13MONGATANE MICHAEL RAMAPHOKOECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS · elected at the by-election of 16 July 2025ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS49,4%
Ward 14KHATHUTSHELO MATHOHOAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS47,1%
Ward 15TUMISO JOHANNES MORIFIAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS42,0%
Ward 16KHAZAMOLA JOSEPH BALOYIAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS47,1%
Ward 17KHUTSO ELIAS MAILULAAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS46,8%
Ward 18MMAKWENA HAZEL MOLOTOAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS45,4%
Ward 19JOOSUF PEMMAAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS40,4%
Ward 20THOSETSE PHAKA KGOLANE MURWAAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS43,0%
Ward 21HENDRIK JOHANNES RETTERSDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCEDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE53,7%
Ward 22MARIETTE PRETORIUSDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCEDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE47,1%
Ward 23ROELOF FREDERIK LOURENSDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCEDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE43,8%
Ward 24MAHLOMOLA SAMUEL RAMASELELEAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS44,9%
Ward 25LEHLOGONOLO HERMAN NGOASHENGAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS40,4%
Ward 26TUMUDI PIET MOTHIBAECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERSECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS16,8%
Ward 27MMAPHUTI RUFUS MUTHABINEAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS42,4%
Ward 28ELIOT MAMADIAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS42,8%
Ward 29WILLIAM MAHLARENG MABASAAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS45,9%
Ward 30MATOME JEREMIA RAMORASWIAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS45,7%
Ward 31TEBELE JERRY MAMABOLOAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS42,9%
Ward 32KGASHANE MICHAEL MALATJIAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS47,9%
Ward 33SEWELA JULIAH DIKGALEAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS43,2%
Ward 34MATSIKINYANE FREDDY MAKGOBAAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS · elected at the by-election of 25 February 2026AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS43,6%
Ward 35STEPHEN MADUMETSA KGANYAGOAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS45,6%
Ward 36HARRY LEBEKO HAMISEAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS46,4%
Ward 37MICHAEL RATSOMAECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERSECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS45,6%
Ward 38TLOU STEPHEN MOKGOHLOAAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS46,5%
Ward 39RITA-ESMÉ JAMESDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE · elected at the by-election of 13 November 2024DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE37,4%
Ward 40RAMASELA VIVIAN SHADUNGAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS43,3%
Ward 41MOLEPO ANDRIES SHADUNGAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS39,4%
Ward 42MADIMETSA THOMAS MATONZIAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS39,9%
Ward 43MAKGABO VERONICCA MATHYEAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS39,6%
Ward 44MPHO VICTOR MOKOBODIAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS44,5%
Ward 45THABANG DESMOND MOLOTOAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS38,9%

“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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MDB Local Municipalities 2021 (ArcGIS item 27bbdd5b041b4ba6b5707dfed5aa3923), GeoJSON export (external site)Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB)
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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.