ANC 48.3%down 37.3 pts from 85.6% in 2021
African National Congress · won the ward ballot
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Elected ward councillor ?
Thandanani Benedictor MantshuleAfrican National CongressWard ballot ? · 1 848 valid votes
- ANCAfrican National Congress89348.3%
- SACPSouth African Communist Party59132.0%
DADemocratic Alliance18910.2%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters824.4%
AICAfrican Independent Congress321.7%
MKPUmkhonto Wesizwe Party221.2%
ATMAfrican Transformation Movement191.0%
ACDPAfrican Christian Democratic Party60.3%
PACPan Africanist Congress of Azania50.3%- EKHETHUEkhethu Peoples Party40.2%
- MAYIBUYEAfrika Mayibuye Movement30.2%
PAPatriotic Alliance10.1%
ARECOArusha Economic Coalition10.1%
Hours off in Ward 21 ?
Reported in the ESP app
Voting districts · 9 ?
Thandanani Benedictor Mantshule (ANC) won Ward 21 with 893 votes, 23.9% of the ward's 3 741 registered voters. Turnout was 50.3%: 1 880 of 3 741 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 21, Matatiele, voting district by voting district.
- Ntlola Primary SchoolVD 11760915ANC 45.1%
- Magxeni Primary SchoolVD 11780423SACP 57.0%
- Mvenyane Senior Secondary SchoolVD 11780434ANC 74.3%
- Mdeni Primary SchoolVD 11780557ANC 42.9%
- Gwadana Primary SchoolVD 11780568ANC 56.7%
- R.v.mantshule Primary SchoolVD 11780579ANC 77.8%
- Sithiyweni Primary SchoolVD 11780580ANC 41.0%
- Upper Mvenyane Primary SchoolVD 11780591SACP 48.4%
- Mabheleni Senior Primary SchoolVD 11781277SACP 45.1%
Candidates · 13
- Basil Bhekifa NzimandeAfrican Christian Democratic Party
- Noxolo Goodness MayekisoAfrican Independent Congress
- Thandanani Benedictor MantshuleAfrican National Congress
- Wiseman Sibiya MadlingoziAfrican Transformation Movement
- Mfundiso KakaAfrika Mayibuye Movement
- Maria Mandisa MboboArusha Economic Coalition
- Simon Vuyisile LugayeniDemocratic Alliance
- Lindiwe Gladys NdabaEconomic Freedom Fighters
- Msimelelo ZimemoEkhethu Peoples Party
- Nthabiseng JangePan Africanist Congress of Azania
- Babalwa Princess Magudu-NeroPatriotic Alliance
- Welekazi Alice NyembeziSouth African Communist Party
- Taandabantu Anderson NgxabiUmkhonto Wesizwe Party
Source: IEC certified candidate list (PDF, 16 Sept 2026)
This ward in earlier elections ?
ESP areas in this ward · 18 ?
About these figures
Notes on the IEC's figures for this page
Votes cast 1 881 · spoilt 33 · special votes 235 · All 9 voting districts in (the IEC's voting-district results so far, out of its list of voting districts for this election)
PR ballot figures for this ward are the sum of the IEC's results for its 9 voting districts; the IEC publishes the ward ballot per ward and the PR ballot per voting district.
Turnout is calculated as PR ballots cast ÷ registered voters, from the IEC's results for the 9 voting districts here (1 880 of 3 741). The IEC publishes 50.4%.
The winner's share of registered voters is calculated: the winner's votes on the IEC's ward ballot ÷ the registered voters of the ward's voting districts.
The change beside the headline is the difference between the leading party's share here and its share in the 2021 election for the same ward (the ward that covered the same area then), both from the IEC's counts, with no votes re-allocated between boundaries.
Note: The IEC's total across ballots differs from the party's ward + PR + DC 40% votes for 15 parties (the IEC's total vs the ballots' sum): ANC 893 vs 2 709; SACP 591 vs 1 703; DA 189 vs 554; EFF 82 vs 254; AIC 32 vs 112; MKP 22 vs 202; ATM 19 vs 55; ACDP 6 vs 22; PAC 5 vs 9; EKHETHU 4 vs 6; MAYIBUYE 3 vs 9; ARECO 1 vs 2; PA 1 vs 5; CI 0 vs 1; IFP 0 vs 11. We show each ballot's own votes.
Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 82 times in 9 voting districts. In local elections the IEC also publishes each party's total across the ward, PR and DC 40% ballots. For these parties (by IEC party number) that total differs from the party's votes on the ballots themselves. We show each ballot's own votes. Each voting district's own page lists the IEC's figures.
Percentages are calculated from the IEC's vote counts. Official results: results.elections.org.za.
The DC 40% ? ballot is published per municipality: Matatiele's DC 40% result.
Map boundaries: Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB) and the IEC.
IEC data last fetched 09 Nov 2026, 19:15 SAST.