Checked 16 October 2026
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Which party controls the council?
Dated reports
On the council's website, no date shown: This is from National Treasury's list of municipal officials. It names Muziwokuthula Zuma as mayor of uMgungundlovu District. It names Ambrosia S Mabaso as deputy mayor.
National Treasury. Page is undated.
Where to look: undated, read 2026-10-18; rows 'Mayor/Executive Mayor' and 'Deputy Mayor/Executive Mayor' (parties not shown)
As of 31 Aug 2025: M Zuma of the ANC was mayor, listed as 'Mayor M Zuma (ANC)' in the audited 2024/25 annual financial statements. The statements also mark the deputy mayor, AS Mabaso, as ANC. They mark the speaker (the councillor who chairs council meetings) NMN Gabela as ANC. They also mark the chief whip (the councillor who leads the party's members in votes) SR Majozi as ANC.
National Treasury. Published 31 August 2025.
Where to look: General Information page, Executive Committee list (roles mapped by order of headings)
As of 31 Aug 2025: The same statements list 45 councillors with their parties. These are ANC 27, DA 8, IFP 5 and EFF 5.
National Treasury. Published 31 August 2025.
Where to look: General Information page, 'Executive Committee' (11) and 'Councillors' (34) lists; party labels counted by hand on 16 Oct 2026 (former councillors excluded)
As of 9 Nov 2021: Muziwokuthula Zuma and Ambrosia Sibongile Mabaso were elected to the uMgungundlovu District council in 2021. They were ANC PR councillors (seats from the party's list, to match its share of the votes).
Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC). Published 9 November 2021.
Where to look: DC22 - uMgungundlovu: ANC PR(5) ZUMA MUZIWOKUTHULA; ANC PR(1) MABASO AMBROSIA SIBONGILE (DC 40%)
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. 1 of 2, seat table, Total Party Seats column
Every party
The seats voters choose directly, by party. African National Congress: 10. Democratic Alliance: 4. Economic Freedom Fighters: 3. Inkatha Freedom Party: 2.
Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC). Page is undated.
Where to look: p. 1 of 2, seat table, Total Party Seats column
What the official records say
Audit result
The Auditor-General gave the uMgungundlovu district council 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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