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Dinotsi

ANC retains its majority

40of 62 seats

2021 results

2021

Council seats

ANC40 seats62.8% of votes
EFF15 seats23.4% of votes
SOUTH AFRICAN MAINTENANCE AND ESTATE BENEFICIARIES ASSOCIATI2 seats2.4% of votes
Other5 seats8.3% of votes
DEMOCRATIC AFRICAN PARTY1 seat0.5% of votes
DA1 seat1.7% of votes
INDEPENDENTS1 seat4.2% of votes
NATIONAL COMMUNIST CONGRESS1 seat1.4% of votes
SOCIALIST AGENDA OF DISPOSSESSED AFRICANS1 seat0.5% of votes
Vote breakdown

Combined ballot votes

AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS
62.8%67 950 votes
ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS
23.4%25 327 votes
INDEPENDENTS
4.2%4 531 votes
Other: show remaining parties: hide remaining parties9.7%10 456 votes
SOUTH AFRICAN MAINTENANCE AND ESTATE BENEFICIARIES ASSOCIATI
2.4%2 551 votes
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE
1.7%1 787 votes
OTHER
1.5%1 653 votes
NATIONAL COMMUNIST CONGRESS
1.4%1 524 votes
SOCIALIST AGENDA OF DISPOSSESSED AFRICANS
0.5%561 votes
DEMOCRATIC AFRICAN PARTY
0.5%538 votes
AZANIAN PEOPLE'S ORGANISATION
0.4%436 votes
AFRICAN PEOPLE'S SOCIALIST PARTY
0.4%398 votes
AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY
0.4%384 votes
AFRICAN PEOPLE'S CONVENTION
0.3%328 votes
CONGRESS OF THE PEOPLE
0.3%296 votes

How the vote changed

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2021Vote %vs 2016
ANC62.8%
EFF23.4%
COPE0.3%
Other13.6%
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.
All parties & exact values

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Wards in Makhuduthamaga

31 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
ANC69.6%Leading candidate: SAMOKOBA MARTHA VILAKAZI
EFF20.1%
Lead: 1 494 votes
Ward 2
ANC51.1%Leading candidate: SERUTLE SAMUEL MOHLAKWANE
SOUTH AFRICAN MAINTENANCE AND ESTATE BENEFICIARIES ASSOCIATI23.0%
Lead: 1 170 votes
Ward 3
ANC70.4%Leading candidate: LEHLAGARE SIMON MODIGE
EFF19.6%
Lead: 1 818 votes
Ward 4
ANC50.7%Leading candidate: BELINA THEMBI MALATJIE
EFF39.0%
Lead: 468 votes
Ward 5
ANC72.2%Leading candidate: TIMOTHY TSHITSWANE TAU
EFF22.7%
Lead: 1 716 votes
Ward 6
ANC48.4%Leading candidate: KGALAKE ZACHARIAH THOKWANE
EFF24.9%
Lead: 1 047 votes
Ward 7
ANC69.5%Leading candidate: PHENYANE THABITHA SELALA
EFF26.9%
Lead: 1 398 votes
Ward 8
ANC71.8%Leading candidate: PAPANA EZEKIEL MORODI
EFF19.8%
Lead: 1 895 votes
Ward 9
ANC62.7%Leading candidate: MOLOGADI ZIPPHORAH TSHEHLA
EFF32.3%
Lead: 1 238 votes
Ward 10
ANC66.1%Leading candidate: MOGABI DAVID LEOKANA
EFF27.9%
Lead: 1 090 votes
Ward 11
ANC55.5%Leading candidate: STEPHEN MAKOPOLE MOTHUPI
EFF39.4%
Lead: 621 votes
Ward 12
ANC51.1%Leading candidate: TABANE PETER RANKOE
EFF33.2%
Lead: 909 votes
Ward 13
ANC57.9%Leading candidate: KANG JOSEPH MOGASHOA
EFF38.2%
Lead: 739 votes
Ward 14
ANC69.8%Leading candidate: MAGANE AMOS MORETSELE
EFF28.0%
Lead: 1 504 votes
Ward 15
ANC69.1%Leading candidate: KATLEGO HLEKO
EFF26.7%
Lead: 1 079 votes
Ward 16
ANC54.8%Leading candidate: SEEKANE SAMUEL MAKUWA
EFF40.9%
Lead: 458 votes
Ward 17
ANC73.1%Leading candidate: KOBORO TONY NKADIMENG
EFF17.6%
Lead: 1 586 votes
Ward 18
ANC74.3%Leading candidate: MAHWAI NORMAN APHANE
EFF21.7%
Lead: 1 625 votes
Ward 19
ANC56.1%Leading candidate: DINEO MOSHABANE
INDEPENDENTS20.6%
Lead: 1 535 votes
Ward 20
ANC70.5%Leading candidate: MOTUBATSE GEORGE NGOANATSOBANE
EFF16.9%
Lead: 1 668 votes
Ward 21
ANC40.3%Leading candidate: MAKANYOGE MORWAMAKOTI
EFF30.8%
Lead: 365 votes
Ward 22
ANC53.3%Leading candidate: OLGAR MAMOKONI NGWATO
EFF17.4%
Lead: 1 149 votes
Ward 23
ANC62.0%Leading candidate: HLOMANE DAVID MADUANA
EFF11.0%
Lead: 1 793 votes
Ward 24
ANC53.3%
INDEPENDENTS27.6%
Lead: 1 033 votes
Ward 25
ANC71.1%Leading candidate: SELEGE PAUL DIKETANE
EFF20.1%
Lead: 1 983 votes
Ward 26
ANC73.9%Leading candidate: MAUKAMA PAULOS LETHUBA
EFF18.7%
Lead: 1 800 votes
Ward 27
ANC73.6%Leading candidate: MOCHIDI HOWARD PIITJO
EFF15.8%
Lead: 1 347 votes
Ward 28
ANC67.3%Leading candidate: ERIC MAKATISE MOSOANE
EFF15.7%
Lead: 1 990 votes
Ward 29
ANC74.3%Leading candidate: LEBIDIKE DONALD KGATUKE
EFF16.0%
Lead: 1 548 votes
Ward 30
ANC70.3%Leading candidate: MOLEFE JERRY MONAKEDI
EFF10.6%
Lead: 1 502 votes
Ward 31
ANC76.0%Leading candidate: TSHWAANE PIET MASEMOLA
EFF20.5%
Lead: 1 741 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: 15 Jan 2022, 17:50 SAST · checked 05 Nov 2026, 15:39 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.

Seat calculation & source

These are the ward and PR seats published by the IEC. The totals add up to all 62 council seats. This is the historical election allocation, not a record of government changes during the term. Any grouped “Other” seats remain grouped.

IEC result time: 15 Jan 2022, 17:50 SAST · Source figures ↗

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 Makhuduthamaga. Ward results include areas outside Dinotsi.

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 2021.

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. Small boundary alignment differences were excluded using a 10-metre precision tolerance, a combined foreign area below 0.01% of the place, and agreement with the source municipality.

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