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Thibela

ANC leads the vote

74.3%vote share

2000 results

2000

Council seats

Seat allocation unavailable.The vote breakdown is below.

Vote breakdown

Combined ballot votes

AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS
74.3%99 457 votes
DIKWANKWETLA PARTY OF SOUTH AFRICA
14.4%19 237 votes
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE
4.8%6 368 votes
Other: show remaining parties: hide remaining parties6.5%8 753 votes
INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY
1.8%2 393 votes
INDEPENDENTS
1.6%2 136 votes
PAN AFRICANIST CONGRESS OF AZANIA
1.2%1 659 votes
UNITED DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT
1.2%1 569 votes
AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY
0.7%996 votes

How the vote changed

Other

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2000Vote %
ANC74.3%—
DPSA14.4%—
DA4.8%—
IFP1.8%—
PAC1.2%—
Other3.5%—
History data & sources

Ward + municipal PR votes. Connecting bands show the same party’s share or seats between elections, not individual voters moving between parties. Select a year to inspect its values; use the year selector in the results section to explore its places.

The chart names the five largest parties across these elections. The vote list also names parties gaining at least 2 percentage points since the previous election; remaining votes are combined under Other. Other’s change compares the same group of parties in both elections. Missing values remain unavailable.

  • All points use the same ballot basis. Ballot totals are not counts of individual voters.
  • Missing or grouped party rows remain gaps unless a complete, ungrouped list establishes zero votes.
  • Municipal boundaries can change between elections. Published area results are not boundary-adjusted.
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Wards in Maluti a Phofung

34 wards

What is a ward?

One ward elects one councillor to the municipal council.

A ward

A part of a local or metro municipality. Its councillor represents residents on that council.

One seat

The ward candidate with the most votes wins, even with less than half the votes.

Winning a ward does not mean winning control of the whole council. The council also includes PR councillors.

IEC guide to council seats
Ward 1
ANC83.6%Leading candidate: MOKONE MOSES MIYA
DIKWANKWETLA PARTY OF SOUTH AFRICA9.8%
Lead: 3 777 votes
Ward 2
ANC85.1%Leading candidate: SHASHAPA JOSHUA MOTAUNG
DIKWANKWETLA PARTY OF SOUTH AFRICA11.8%
Lead: 3 962 votes
Ward 3
ANC80.3%Leading candidate: JABULANI DANIEL KHUMALO
DA11.1%
Lead: 3 331 votes
Ward 4
ANC85.6%Leading candidate: RAMOHAPI CLOVIS MATEE
DA6.6%
Lead: 4 497 votes
Ward 5
ANC80.0%Leading candidate: MSIZI THEOPHELUS MTHEMBU
INDEPENDENTS9.1%
Lead: 3 221 votes
Ward 6
ANC84.5%Leading candidate: DINGANE EDWARD CINDI
DA7.0%
Lead: 3 040 votes
Ward 7
ANC77.4%Leading candidate: MAPOHO LOUIS MOHLABI
DIKWANKWETLA PARTY OF SOUTH AFRICA14.7%
Lead: 2 221 votes
Ward 8
ANC71.9%Leading candidate: JOHANNES MBUTANA MOKOENA
DIKWANKWETLA PARTY OF SOUTH AFRICA18.8%
Lead: 1 924 votes
Ward 9
ANC76.1%Leading candidate: MANNYANE ALINA MASOLE
DIKWANKWETLA PARTY OF SOUTH AFRICA12.8%
Lead: 2 685 votes
Ward 10
ANC76.9%Leading candidate: ISAAC TEBOHO MKHWANAZI
DIKWANKWETLA PARTY OF SOUTH AFRICA17.3%
Lead: 1 375 votes
Ward 11
ANC70.4%Leading candidate: MOSELI ELISA MOHOALADI
DIKWANKWETLA PARTY OF SOUTH AFRICA21.4%
Lead: 1 515 votes
Ward 12
ANC77.5%Leading candidate: PAULUS MOLEFI MOLEFE
DIKWANKWETLA PARTY OF SOUTH AFRICA19.5%
Lead: 2 677 votes
Ward 13
ANC70.9%Leading candidate: MAMMIE CHRISTINE LEEU
DIKWANKWETLA PARTY OF SOUTH AFRICA24.5%
Lead: 2 089 votes
Ward 14
ANC85.3%Leading candidate: MNATLI MATIAS NTHOBOLOKO
DIKWANKWETLA PARTY OF SOUTH AFRICA10.2%
Lead: 2 624 votes
Ward 15
ANC68.4%Leading candidate: JONAS MOTSAMAI THABANA
DIKWANKWETLA PARTY OF SOUTH AFRICA26.6%
Lead: 1 089 votes
Ward 16
ANC71.7%Leading candidate: MOSIUWA SAMUEL HLATSHWAYO
DIKWANKWETLA PARTY OF SOUTH AFRICA21.4%
Lead: 2 048 votes
Ward 17
ANC70.6%Leading candidate: MATETE WILLIAM MOKOENA
DIKWANKWETLA PARTY OF SOUTH AFRICA24.5%
Lead: 1 809 votes
Ward 18
ANC70.8%Leading candidate: FANYANA SOFONEA RADEBE
DIKWANKWETLA PARTY OF SOUTH AFRICA21.8%
Lead: 1 865 votes
Ward 19
ANC58.9%Leading candidate: MOHINYA AZAEL NHLAPO
DIKWANKWETLA PARTY OF SOUTH AFRICA19.5%
Lead: 1 640 votes
Ward 20
ANC84.2%Leading candidate: MPHO PETRUS MADUNA
DIKWANKWETLA PARTY OF SOUTH AFRICA5.9%
Lead: 3 223 votes
Ward 21
ANC77.5%Leading candidate: ELLIOT THEBELE
DIKWANKWETLA PARTY OF SOUTH AFRICA12.0%
Lead: 2 507 votes
Ward 22
DA46.4%Leading candidate: CASPER HENDRIK EYBERS BADENHORST
ANC46.4%
Lead: 3 votes
Ward 23
ANC67.6%Leading candidate: ALETTA MALEWATLE NTHEDI
DIKWANKWETLA PARTY OF SOUTH AFRICA29.1%
Lead: 1 555 votes
Ward 24
ANC74.6%Leading candidate: MAMOTSEKI REBECCA SEHLAKO
DIKWANKWETLA PARTY OF SOUTH AFRICA18.7%
Lead: 2 050 votes
Ward 25
ANC74.6%Leading candidate: THABANG AARON SELLO
DIKWANKWETLA PARTY OF SOUTH AFRICA20.4%
Lead: 1 659 votes
Ward 26
ANC68.1%Leading candidate: ALFRED RAMOCHELA
DIKWANKWETLA PARTY OF SOUTH AFRICA22.3%
Lead: 1 670 votes
Ward 27
ANC72.8%Leading candidate: MOSHOESHOE LEHANA
DIKWANKWETLA PARTY OF SOUTH AFRICA18.5%
Lead: 1 494 votes
Ward 28
ANC66.1%Leading candidate: MAHADI SYLVIA MOPELI
INDEPENDENTS14.0%
Lead: 2 106 votes
Ward 29
ANC60.2%Leading candidate: JOSEPH SCAUDA SELLOANE PHATANG
DIKWANKWETLA PARTY OF SOUTH AFRICA17.1%
Lead: 1 742 votes
Ward 30
ANC79.8%Leading candidate: TSIE ALBERT RAMAKARANE
DIKWANKWETLA PARTY OF SOUTH AFRICA12.1%
Lead: 2 770 votes
Ward 31
ANC71.3%Leading candidate: TJOPO GILBERT MOKOTSO
DIKWANKWETLA PARTY OF SOUTH AFRICA12.8%
Lead: 2 362 votes
Ward 32
ANC73.3%Leading candidate: SEMAKETSI JOHANNES MOFOKENG
DIKWANKWETLA PARTY OF SOUTH AFRICA19.7%
Lead: 1 623 votes
Ward 33
ANC81.0%Leading candidate: THOKOZILE CYNTHIA ZIMU
DIKWANKWETLA PARTY OF SOUTH AFRICA13.0%
Lead: 1 933 votes
Ward 34
ANC83.3%Leading candidate: MALEMATE ABRAM MAHLABA
DIKWANKWETLA PARTY OF SOUTH AFRICA12.8%
Lead: 2 524 votes
Local, district or metro?

Local councils and district councils share responsibilities. Metros combine both.

Your town and nearby areas

Handles local services such as refuse collection and local roads, with responsibilities shared with the district.

Several local municipalities

Coordinates planning and shared services across its area, such as bulk water infrastructure. Functions vary by area.

One council for a large city

Combines local and district responsibilities. There is no separate district council above it.

A district municipality is a level of local government. A voting district is a small voting area; it has no council of its own.

CoGTA guide to local government
Sources & result details

IEC: 25 Oct 2021, 14:55 SAST · checked 05 Nov 2026, 15:58 SAST

Historical comparisons use published area results. Boundaries may change between elections. Vote shares use the ballot labelled on each chart; ballots are not individual voters.

Vote percentages beside council seats combine ward and municipal PR ballots. Seat counts include both ward and PR councillors.

Ward vs PR ballots

Ward: choose a person. PR: choose a party.

Ward ballot

The candidate with the most votes in the whole ward wins one seat. They do not need more than 50%.

Municipal PR ballot

PR means proportional representation. Party-list seats balance the council’s overall party representation.

Two ballots work together

Party ward votes and municipal PR votes both count towards the party’s overall seat allocation.

Outside metros, voters also have a separate district PR ballot. An independent can stand in a ward but not on a party PR list.

IEC guide to council seats
IEC source figures

The council results cover all of Maluti a Phofung. Ward results include areas outside Thibela.

This page uses the Stats SA statistical main-place boundary labelled 2016. It overlaps 1 of the 2026 wards; the everyday town boundary may differ.

Town-to-ward mappings are available for 2026 only. The historical wards above belong to the whole municipality in 2000.

Positive-area intersections of the 2016 Stats SA main-place polygon and the MDB 2026 ward polygons. Full-ward figures include votes outside the place; votes are never allocated by overlap area.

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