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Govan Mbeki

32 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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  • Govan Mbeki, Gert Sibande
  • 2021 boundaries
  • Turnout, 2021

Turnout, 2021 Local Government Elections, ward ballot

  • 29,2%–33,7%
  • 33,7%–36,3%
  • 36,3%–40,7%
  • 40,7%–44,4%
  • 44,4%–62,7%

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 Govan Mbeki · official result

Latest verified · National & Provincial
Valid votes
87 117
Turnout
59,7%
Registered
148 113
  1. AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS35,9%
  2. UMKHONTO WESIZWE22,3%
  3. DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE22,0%
  4. ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS11,9%
  5. VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS2,2%
  6. All others5,7%

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 CONGRESS41,8%
  2. DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE26,5%
  3. ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS20,2%
  4. VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS4,5%
  5. AZANIA RESIDENT PARTY2,1%
  6. Others (9)4,9%

All contestants and the source

Turnout by ward

  1. Ward 3062,7%
  2. Ward 558,4%
  3. Ward 2151,2%
  4. Ward 2249,9%
  5. Ward 2849,3%
  6. Ward 2547,3%
  7. Ward 444,4%
  8. Ward 144,1%
  9. Ward 1843,9%
  10. Ward 2743,1%

All 32 wards

2021 Local Government Elections

Held · Official results — not current figures

Proportional representation (PR) ballot

AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS received the most PR-ballot votes: 23 652 (41,8% of valid votes). Seats are allocated from ward and PR results together; seat totals are not shown here.

Registered voters
141 058
Votes cast
57 483
Turnout
40,8%
Spoilt ballots
936
How many votes did each contestant receive?14 contestants · 56 547 valid votes · totals of 100 voting districts · final results
Party or contestantVotesShare
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS23 65241,8%
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE15 00726,5%
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS11 39720,2%
VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS2 5364,5%
AZANIA RESIDENT PARTY1 1742,1%
AFRICAN TRANSFORMATION MOVEMENT7151,3%
INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY7061,2%
DISABILITY AND OLDER PERSON POLITICAL PARTY2660,5%
SAKHISIZWE PROGRESSIVE MOVEMENT2490,4%
AFRICAN PEOPLE'S CONVENTION2240,4%
Others (4 contestants together)6211,1%
Show all 14 contestants
All 14 contestants14 contestants · 56 547 valid votes · totals of 100 voting districts · final results
Party or contestantVotesShare
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS23 65241,8%
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE15 00726,5%
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS11 39720,2%
VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS2 5364,5%
AZANIA RESIDENT PARTY1 1742,1%
AFRICAN TRANSFORMATION MOVEMENT7151,3%
INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY7061,2%
DISABILITY AND OLDER PERSON POLITICAL PARTY2660,5%
SAKHISIZWE PROGRESSIVE MOVEMENT2490,4%
AFRICAN PEOPLE'S CONVENTION2240,4%
SINGUKUKHANYA KWEZWE CHRISTIAN PARTY2160,4%
CONGRESS OF THE PEOPLE1530,3%
PATRIOTIC ALLIANCE1300,2%
UNITED DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT1220,2%

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

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Source
IEC 2021 Local Government Elections — downloadable detailed results, Mpumalanga (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

Govan Mbeki 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 CONGRESS24226
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE71017
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS01313
VRYHEIDSFRONT PLUS033
AZANIA RESIDENT PARTY112
AFRICAN TRANSFORMATION MOVEMENT011
INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY011
Total323163

2021 seat calculation

Seats
63
Quota
1 753
Valid votes counted
110 385

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

Govan Mbeki’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 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, Mpumalanga (20 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, Mpumalanga (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 158 million2023/24
Audit opinionQualified2023/24 · Auditor-General

230 closed · 19 cancelled · 4 published tender notices · 0 awards published · all notices

  • 8/3/1-13/2026Advertised as published on 11 October 2026

    APPOINTMENT OF A PANEL OF SERVICE PROVIDERS FOR PLANT, EQUIPMENT AND SPECIALISED VEHICLE HIRE FOR A PERIOD OF 36 MONTHS

    advertised 8 October 2026 · closes 12 November 2026 · Mpumalanga · Request for Bid(Open-Tender)

  • RE8/3/1-03/2026Advertised as published on 11 October 2026

    APPOINTMENT OF A SERVICE PROVIDER FOR THE LICENSING, SUPPORT, MAINTENANCE AND ENHANCEMENTS OF AN INTEGRATED MUNICIPAL FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (ERP) COMPLIANT WITH mSCOA REGULATIONS AND NATIONAL TREASURY BUSINESS PROCESS REQUIREMENTS FOR A PERIOD OF THREE (3) YEARS

    advertised 7 October 2026 · closes 9 November 2026 · Mpumalanga · Request for Bid(Open-Tender)

  • 8/3/1-08/2026Advertised as published on 11 October 2026

    APPOINTMENT OF PANEL OF SERVICE PROVIDERS FOR AUTO ELECTRICAL WORKS AND SUPPLY OF AUTO ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS INCLUDING BATTERIES FOR THE MUNICIPAL FLEET AS AND WHEN REQUIRED FOR A PERIOD OF 36 MONTHS

    advertised 5 October 2026 · closes 6 November 2026 · Mpumalanga · Request for Bid(Open-Tender)

  • 8/3/1-15/2026Advertised as published on 11 October 2026

    PROVISION OF PROFESSIONAL VAT RECOVERY SERVICES FOR GOVAN MBEKI MUNICIPALITY FOR A PERIOD OF 36 MONTHS

    advertised 16 September 2026 · closes 19 October 2026 · Mpumalanga · Request for Bid(Open-Tender)

  • RE-8/3/1-01/2026Closed as published on 11 October 2026

    OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE LEANDRA LANDFILL SITE FOR A PERIOD OF 36 MONTHS

    advertised 17 August 2026 · closes 18 September 2026 · Request for Bid(Open-Tender)

Wards of Govan Mbeki

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

32 wards2021 boundaries
WardCouncillor todayWon in 2021Turnout
Ward 1SOLOMON VUSI MAHLANGUAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS44,1%
Ward 2JOSEPH MFANAFUTHI MASEKOAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS37,5%
Ward 3MLUNGISI DENNIS MNYUKANAAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS40,7%
Ward 4MZIKAYISE PATRICK DUMAAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS · elected at the by-election of 28 February 2024AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS44,4%
Ward 5MARIAAN CHAMBERLAINDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCEDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE58,4%
Ward 6SIFISO ISAAC SIBANYONIAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS42,1%
Ward 7SIMANGALISO EMMANUEL NKWANYANAAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS40,5%
Ward 8SONTO MARGARETH PUNGWAYOAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS29,7%
Ward 9PHILIMON VILAKAZIAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS33,2%
Ward 10LUCKY PATRICK NGWENYAAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS34,9%
Ward 11FAITH FIKILE MAGAGAMELAAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS29,2%
Ward 12MDUDUZI SIDNEY SEHLALOAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS33,7%
Ward 13THIVHUSIWI CALVIN MAKHADOAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS34,3%
Ward 14FANA JEREMIA NZIMANDEAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS · elected at the by-election of 5 November 2025AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS35,3%
Ward 15MABUSA JOSEPH MTSWENIAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS39,1%
Ward 16ESTHER ROSE NKABINDEAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS37,2%
Ward 17JACOBUS TESNERDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCEDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE32,9%
Ward 18HESTER ELIZABETH VAN MARLEDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCEDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE43,9%
Ward 19SIBUSISO JOHAN MAZIBUKOAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS35,4%
Ward 20MASOBODE ALFRED KUBHEKAAZANIA RESIDENT PARTYAZANIA RESIDENT PARTY38,7%
Ward 21Not listedDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE51,2%
Ward 22NKULULEKO RAYMOND MADONSELAAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS49,9%
Ward 23JUDAS MAGAZINI MALUKAAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS36,3%
Ward 24THANDI PORTIA MTSWENIAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS37,7%
Ward 25Not listedDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE47,3%
Ward 26THABISILE EVELYN MAZIBUKOAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS40,8%
Ward 27PHILEMON DOCTOR MTSHALIAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS43,1%
Ward 28DESIRÉ ERASMUSDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCEDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE49,3%
Ward 29AARON VUSUMUZI MBOKAZIAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS33,1%
Ward 30TERRY-LEE KLEYNHANSDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCEDEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE62,7%
Ward 31MAHLASHWANI MARIUS MASINGAAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS32,5%
Ward 32BAFANA ELPHIUS MTHEMBUAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESSAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS36,1%

“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.