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Who runs Nongoma?

Mbekezeli Zondo (IFP) has been (Mayor The leader of the municipality. Councillors choose this person, not voters. So the seats each party wins decide who can lead.) of Nongoma since Jul 2025. The IFP now has 23 of the 45 (Seat A place on the council, held by one councillor. A party with more votes gets more of these places.) in Nongoma, so it can 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.

Checked 16 Oct 2026. Sourced, not yet reviewed.

Photo: Nongoma · Obscuredavid, 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.).

The IFP took back the post of mayor after a no-confidence vote (a council vote to remove the mayor or speaker) in July 2025. The IFP's Mbekezeli Zondo became mayor, with the EFF's Mthokozisi Luvuno as deputy mayor. By-election (a vote to fill one empty (Ward A small area inside a municipality. Each one elects one councillor.) (Seat A place on the council, held by one councillor. A party with more votes gets more of these places.)) wins in March 2026 gave the IFP an outright majority, with 23 of 45 seats. In 2021, no (Party A group of people who stand for election together, with shared plans.) won more than half of the seats. The IFP won 21 of 45. In February 2023, a (Coalition Parties that agree to run a council together, usually because none has more than half the seats alone. Together they choose the mayor.) (a group of parties that run the council together) of the NFP, ANC and EFF took the post of mayor. A High Court interdict (a court order that stops an action) briefly reversed this.

What the sources said, by date

  1. As of 19 Mar 2026

    The IFP won wards 7 and 20 from the NFP in March 2026 by-elections. A ward is an area with its own (Councillor A person elected to make decisions for a municipality, such as the budget and who the mayor is. Each one holds one seat.). The IFP now has an outright majority on the Nongoma council, with 23 of 45 seats. The NFP fell from 13 to 11 seats. The ANC has 8.

  2. This was true then. Newer rows above may change it.

    As of 9 Jul 2025

    Mayor Mshangane Ndabandaba of the NFP and Speaker Babongile Sithole of the ANC were removed in a no-confidence vote in July 2025. The IFP's Mbekezeli Zondo was elected mayor. The EFF's Mthokozisi Luvuno was elected deputy mayor.

  3. As of 26 Feb 2023

    The Pietermaritzburg High Court set aside (cancelled) the February 2023 council sitting that removed the IFP mayor. It also interdicted those elected at it from holding office, until it receives further submissions.

  4. As of 21 Feb 2023

    A coalition of the NFP, ANC and EFF replaced the IFP mayor and speaker (the councillor who chairs council meetings) in February 2023. The NFP's Mshangane Ndabandaba was elected mayor.

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How were the seats split?

Who holds the 45 (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 23 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 IFP has 23, 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.

  • IFP23
  • National Freedom Party11
  • ANC8
  • EFF2
  • National People's Front1

Each dot is one seat. The dot with a ring is seat 23. That is how many seats one party needs to run the council alone. Each party shows in its own colour. 2 parties have no colour on record, so they are 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 Nongoma a qualified audit opinion for 2024-25. It got the same result in 2023-24.

This means some parts of its accounts had big mistakes, or it could not show proof for some amounts.

Auditor-General of South Africa, 24 June 2026

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

Nongoma has 23 (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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