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Who runs uMgungundlovu?

M Zuma (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 uMgungundlovu, as of 31 Aug 2025. In 2021, the ANC won 10 of the 19 (Seat A place on the council, held by one councillor. A party with more votes gets more of these places.) voters choose directly in uMgungundlovu. That is more than half.

Checked 16 Oct 2026. Sourced, not yet reviewed.

Photo: Pietermaritzburg · Vasiliymeshko, CC BY 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 ANC runs this district, and the audited 2024/25 statements list Muziwokuthula Zuma (ANC) as mayor. National Treasury still names Zuma as mayor and Ambrosia Mabaso (ANC) as deputy mayor. The statements also give each (Councillor A person elected to make decisions for a municipality, such as the budget and who the mayor is. Each one holds one seat.) (Party A group of people who stand for election together, with shared plans.). A hand count of these gives ANC 27 of 45 (Seat A place on the council, held by one councillor. A party with more votes gets more of these places.), DA 8, IFP 5 and EFF 5. In 2021, the ANC won 10 of the 19 seats voters choose directly. The (Local municipality A municipality for a town or rural area outside the metros. There are 205.) send the other members.

What the sources said, by date

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

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

    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).

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How were the seats split?

Voters choose 19 of this (District council A council over several local municipalities. It runs services for the whole area. There are 44. Voters outside the metros also vote for it.) (Seat A place on the council, held by one councillor. A party with more votes gets more of these places.) directly. The (Local municipality A municipality for a town or rural area outside the metros. There are 205.) send the other members. A (Party A group of people who stand for election together, with shared plans.) needs 10 of these 19 seats to win more than half of them. The ANC has 10, so it did.

  • ANC10
  • DA4
  • EFF3
  • IFP2

Each dot is one seat. The dot with a ring is seat 10. That is more than half of the seats voters choose directly. Each party shows in its own colour.

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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

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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 the uMgungundlovu district council an unqualified audit opinion with findings for 2024-25. It got the same result in 2023-24.

This means its accounts were right, but the Auditor-General found other problems, such as broken laws or weak reports on its work.

Auditor-General of South Africa, 24 June 2026

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