Checked 16 October 2026
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Which party controls the council?
Dated reports
As of 30 Sep 2026: Councillor Nomhle Sango is mayor of Raymond Mhlaba.
Raymond Mhlaba Local Municipality. Page is undated.
Where to look: home page: GBV message item ('Hon. Mayor Cllr Nomhle Sango') and media statement dated 30 Sep 2026 headlined 'Mayor Sango unveils new municipal fleet to strengthen service delivery'
As of 22 Sep 2026: Councillor Nomhle Sango is mayor of Raymond Mhlaba, according to the draft 2025/26 annual report.
Raymond Mhlaba Local Municipality. Published 22 September 2026.
Where to look: PDF p. 21, Component A Political Governance ('Mayor: Councillor Nomhle Sango'); PDF p. 77, Appendix A ('Cllr Nomhle Beauty Sango, Full Time, Mayor, PR'). Date is the PDF creation date
As of 9 Nov 2021: Nomhle Beauty Sango was elected as an ANC PR councillor in Raymond Mhlaba in 2021. A PR councillor has a seat that the party gets from its list, to match its share of the votes.
Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC). Published 9 November 2021.
Where to look: Eastern Cape, EC129 Raymond Mhlaba, AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS PR(2)
How were the seats split?
The 2021 result
Who won the 45 seats in 2021.
Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC). Page is undated.
Where to look: p. 1 of 2, seat table, Total Party Seats column
Every party
The seats now, by party (ward seats and party seats). African National Congress: 33 (20 ward, 13 party). Democratic Alliance: 3 (0 ward, 3 party). Economic Freedom Fighters: 3 (0 ward, 3 party). African Independent Congress: 1 (0 ward, 1 party). Pan Africanist Congress of Azania: 1 (0 ward, 1 party). Patriotic Alliance: 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 45 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 Raymond Mhlaba a qualified audit opinion 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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