Checked 16 October 2026
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Which party controls the council?
Dated reports
As of 29 May 2026: Councillor T.D. Mafumbatha is mayor of Winnie Madikizela-Mandela. The council has 32 wards and 64 councillors.
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela Local Municipality. Published 29 May 2026.
Where to look: p. 9 Mayor's foreword signature ('CLLR T. D. MAFUMBATHA, MAYOR'); p. 12 council size. Date = scheduled final adoption (p. 38); file uploaded June 2026
As of 27 Mar 2026: Councillor T.D. Mafumbatha was mayor of Winnie Madikizela-Mandela and chaired the executive committee, according to the 2024/25 annual report. The mayor was an ANC PR councillor. A PR councillor has a seat that the party gets from its list, to match its share of the votes.
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela Local Municipality. Published 27 March 2026.
Where to look: p. 33 political governance table ('Hon. Cllr T. D. Mafumbatha, Her Worship, the Mayor, Chairperson of Executive Committee'); p. 432 council attendance table ('Cllr T. D Mafumbatha, Hon Mayor, FT, PR/ANC'). Date = PDF creation date; uploaded 1 Apr 2026
How were the seats split?
The 2021 result
Who won the 64 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: 48 (32 ward, 16 party). African Transformation Movement: 5 (0 ward, 5 party). Economic Freedom Fighters: 4 (0 ward, 4 party). Socialist Party of South Africa: 2 (0 ward, 2 party). Academic Congress Union: 1 (0 ward, 1 party). African Independent Congress: 1 (0 ward, 1 party). Democratic Alliance: 1 (0 ward, 1 party). Socialist Revolutionary Workers Party: 1 (0 ward, 1 party). United Democratic Movement: 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 64 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 Winnie Madikizela-Mandela 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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