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Who runs Mnquma?

T. Manxila-Nkamisa (ANC) is (Mayor The leader of the municipality. Councillors choose this person, not voters. So the seats each party wins decide who can lead.) of Mnquma, as of 12 Dec 2025. In 2021, the ANC won more than half of the (Seat A place on the council, held by one councillor. A party with more votes gets more of these places.) in Mnquma.

Checked 16 Oct 2026. Sourced, not yet reviewed.

Photo: Butterworth, Eastern Cape · Ret.Prof, CC BY-SA 3.0

Checked 16 Oct 2026. Sourced, not yet reviewed.

Which party controls the council?

Voters choose the (Council The group of elected people who make decisions for a municipality. They pass its budget and choose the mayor.). The council chooses the (Mayor The leader of the municipality. Councillors choose this person, not voters. So the seats each party wins decide who can lead.).

Tunyiswa Manxila-Nkamisa (ANC) is executive mayor (a mayor who makes many of the council's decisions) of Mnquma, according to the 2024/25 annual report (December 2025). In 2021, the ANC won 45 of the 63 (Seat A place on the council, held by one councillor. A party with more votes gets more of these places.), which is a majority. The ANC has kept that majority.

What the sources said, by date

  1. As of 12 Dec 2025

    (Councillor A person elected to make decisions for a municipality, such as the budget and who the mayor is. Each one holds one seat.) T. Manxila-Nkamisa is executive mayor of Mnquma. The council has 63 councillors: 32 (Ward councillor A person chosen by the voters of one ward to speak for that area on the council. You vote for them by name.) and 31 PR councillors (seats (Party A group of people who stand for election together, with shared plans.) get from their lists, to match their share of the votes).

  2. As of 12 Dec 2025

    Councillor T. Manxila-Nkamisa (ANC) is executive mayor of Mnquma. The mayor is a PR councillor.

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How were the seats split?

Who holds the 63 (Seat A place on the council, held by one councillor. A party with more votes gets more of these places.) now, counted up to 24 Jun 2026. A (Party A group of people who stand for election together, with shared plans.) needs 32 seats to run the (Council The group of elected people who make decisions for a municipality. They pass its budget and choose the mayor.) on its own. The ANC has 45, so it can choose the (Mayor The leader of the municipality. Councillors choose this person, not voters. So the seats each party wins decide who can lead.) and pass the budget on its own.

  • ANC45
  • EFF5
  • UDM5
  • ATM2
  • PAC2
  • African Independent Congress1
  • 3 other parties3

Each dot is one seat. The dot with a ring is seat 32. That is how many seats one party needs to run the council alone. Each party shows in its own colour. Grey dots are the 3 other parties, with 1 seat each. One party has no colour on record, so it is grey too.

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What has the council done?

We have not checked any claims about this (Council The group of elected people who make decisions for a municipality. They pass its budget and choose the mayor.) yet. That is not a mark for or against it.

Core servicesWater, lights, rubbish and roads: what your council runs.No checks yet

Housing and landHouses, informal settlements and title deeds.No checks yet

Safety and jobsCrime, metro police and work in your area.No checks yet

Governance and moneyCorruption, audits and budgets: how your council uses your money.No checks yet

What the official records say

From the Auditor-General and the national government. Every council gets the same checks. A council that is not on a list shows no row.

The Auditor-General gave Mnquma a clean audit (unqualified with no findings) for 2024-25. It got the same result in 2023-24.

This means its accounts and its reports on its work were right, and it followed the key laws.

Auditor-General of South Africa, 24 June 2026

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Where do I vote, and who is my ward councillor?

Mnquma has 32 (Ward A small area inside a municipality. Each one elects one councillor.). You can only vote at the (Voting station The place where you vote, often a school or a hall. You can only vote at the one where you are registered.) where you are (Registered Your name is on the voters' roll. Registration for this election closed on 7 August 2026.).

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