Checked 16 October 2026
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Which party controls the council?
Dated reports
As of 30 Jun 2025: Cllr M N L Madikizela was mayor, Cllr K J Walker was deputy mayor and Cllr B T Nozaza was speaker. This is from the audited annual financial statements (accounts checked by an auditor) for the year ended 30 June 2025. They do not state the parties.
Greater Kokstad Local Municipality. Page is undated.
Where to look: page 1, General Information, Mayoral Committee
As of 1 Sep 2022: Bheki Mtolo stepped down as mayor of Greater Kokstad after being elected ANC provincial secretary. Lwanda Madikizela, who was speaker before, was sworn in as mayor. Bheki Nozaza became speaker. The ANC Youth League in the region welcomed the election of both as its members.
Daily News. Published 1 September 2022.
Where to look: Paragraphs 1-5
As of 9 Nov 2021: In 2021, Marcus Neville Lwanda Madikizela was elected as an ANC ward councillor for ward 8 in Greater Kokstad. A ward is an area with its own councillor. Karen Jill Walker was elected as an ANC PR councillor (a councillor a party gets from its list, to match its share of the votes). Walker was number 2 on the list.
Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC). Published 9 November 2021.
Where to look: KZN433 - Greater Kokstad rows, AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS, ward 54303008 and PR(2)
How were the seats split?
The 2021 result
Who won the 19 seats in 2021.
Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC). Page is undated.
Where to look: p. 2 of 2, seat table, Total Party Seats column
Every party
The seats now, by party (ward seats and party seats). African National Congress: 12 (10 ward, 2 party). Economic Freedom Fighters: 4 (0 ward, 4 party). Democratic Alliance: 2 (0 ward, 2 party). African Independent Congress: 1 (0 ward, 1 party).
Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC). Published 24 June 2026.
Where to look: winning party per ward for every by-election since 2021 (dashboard data files: MapsJason/2021/ByElections.js and LoadCouncillorsService); read 2026-10-18
Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC). Published 9 November 2021.
Where to look: ward councillor rows for this council (party per ward elected in 2021)
The seats now
Who holds the 19 seats now, counted up to 24 Jun 2026. How we count: This is our own count, not an official IEC table. We start with the 2021 party seats from the IEC. Then we add the party that last won each ward, in 2021 or in a by-election. Party seats stay with their party, and councillors can't switch parties. So only ward by-elections change these totals. An empty seat is counted with the party that last held it. The IEC lists by-elections on 5 Oct 2022, but it does not show who won them. So any ward that changed hands that day is not counted.
Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC). Published 24 June 2026.
Where to look: winning party per ward for every by-election since 2021 (dashboard data files: MapsJason/2021/ByElections.js and LoadCouncillorsService); read 2026-10-18
Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC). Published 9 November 2021.
Where to look: ward councillor rows for this council (party per ward elected in 2021)
What the official records say
Audit result
The Auditor-General gave Greater Kokstad an unqualified audit opinion with findings for 2024-25. It got the same result in 2023-24.
Auditor-General of South Africa. Published 24 June 2026.
Where to look: 'Audit outcome for 2024-25' box and the change from 2023-24 under it (audit of separate financial statements, finalised by 30 April 2026)
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