Checked 16 October 2026

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Which party controls the council?

Dated reports

On the council's website, no date shown: The district's home page quotes 'Cllr. Z.D Nxumalo, Executive Mayor'.

Welcome to Harry Gwala District Municipality (opens in a new tab)

Harry Gwala District Municipality. Page is undated.

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As of 29 Aug 2025: ZD Nxumalo was executive mayor and TN Jojozi was deputy mayor in the year ended 30 June 2025. MSD Mdunge was speaker (the councillor who chairs council meetings). This is from the audited annual financial statements for that year. The statements do not state the parties.

Harry Gwala District Municipality audited annual financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2025 (opens in a new tab)

Harry Gwala District Municipality. Published 29 August 2025.

Where to look: page 1, General Information; approval on page 4 dated 29 August 2025

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As of 9 Nov 2021: In 2021, Zamokwakhe David Nxumalo and Tiny Nosisa Jojozi were elected as ANC councillors to the Harry Gwala District Council. Nxumalo was number 1 on the PR list (parties get PR seats from this list, to match their share of the votes). Jojozi was number 6. The directly elected seats make up 40% of the council's seats.

LGE2021 Councillor Lists - 9 Nov 2021 (opens in a new tab)

Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC). Published 9 November 2021.

Where to look: DC43 - Harry Gwala rows, AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS, PR(1) and PR(6), DC 40%

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How were the seats split?

The 2021 result

Who won the 12 seats in 2021.

LGE 2021 Seat Calculation Detail: DC43 Harry Gwala (opens in a new tab)

Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC). Page is undated.

Where to look: p. 1 of 1, seat table, Total Party Seats column

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Every party

The seats voters choose directly, by party. African National Congress: 8. Economic Freedom Fighters: 2. Democratic Alliance: 1. Inkatha Freedom Party: 1.

LGE 2021 Seat Calculation Detail: DC43 Harry Gwala (opens in a new tab)

Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC). Page is undated.

Where to look: p. 1 of 1, seat table, Total Party Seats column

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What the official records say

Audit result

The Auditor-General gave the Harry Gwala district council an unqualified audit opinion with findings for 2024-25. It got the same result in 2023-24.

Consolidated general report on local government audit outcomes 2024-25: Harry Gwala District (opens in a new tab)

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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