ANC 70.1%down 8.5 pts from 78.6% in 2021
African National Congress · won the ward ballot
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Elected ward councillor ?
Songezo SpamboAfrican National CongressWard ballot ? · 1 789 valid votes
- ANCAfrican National Congress1 25470.1%
MKPUmkhonto Wesizwe Party26314.7%
DADemocratic Alliance633.5%
AICAfrican Independent Congress563.1%
IFPInkatha Freedom Party492.7%
ATMAfrican Transformation Movement392.2%
EFFEconomic Freedom Fighters352.0%
PAPatriotic Alliance90.5%- SACPSouth African Communist Party50.3%
PACPan Africanist Congress of Azania40.2%
ARECOArusha Economic Coalition40.2%
ACDPAfrican Christian Democratic Party30.2%- MAYIBUYEAfrika Mayibuye Movement30.2%
- EKHETHUEkhethu Peoples Party20.1%
Hours off in Ward 7 ?
Reported in the ESP app
Voting districts · 9 ?
Songezo Spambo (ANC) won Ward 7 with 1 254 votes, 33.0% of the ward's 3 804 registered voters. Turnout was 47.7%: 1 816 of 3 804 registered voters voted. Official IEC results of the 2026 local government elections in Ward 7, Matatiele, voting district by voting district.
- Lufefeni Primary SchoolVD 11780399ANC 71.7%
- Pamlaville Primary SchoolVD 11780401ANC 67.8%
- St Columbus Primary SchoolVD 11780412ANC 81.0%
- Zwelitsha Primary SchoolVD 11780625ANC 62.2%
- Mngeni Primary SchoolVD 11780647ANC 57.7%
- Esifolweni Primary SchoolVD 11780658ANC 77.9%
- Ngcwengana Primary SchoolVD 11780669ANC 79.2%
- Ntabeni Primary SchoolVD 11780670ANC 61.7%
- Phahamang Primary SchoolVD 11780681ANC 88.0%
Candidates · 14
- Cynthia NzimandeAfrican Christian Democratic Party
- Tlotlang LetsekhaAfrican Independent Congress
- Songezo SpamboAfrican National Congress
- Mkhuseli MsikabaAfrican Transformation Movement
- Bonga NdabaAfrika Mayibuye Movement
- Maria Mandisa MboboArusha Economic Coalition
- Mnyamezeli Petros TapuleDemocratic Alliance
- Zethule Maxwell MbambelaEconomic Freedom Fighters
- Yondela DubaEkhethu Peoples Party
- Nqobani SitepulaInkatha Freedom Party
- Nthabiseng JangePan Africanist Congress of Azania
- Joey Graham van WyhePatriotic Alliance
- Bigboy Mzwandile JonaSouth African Communist Party
- Sivuyile MomozaUmkhonto Wesizwe Party
Source: IEC certified candidate list (PDF, 16 Sept 2026)
This ward in earlier elections ?
Boundaries changed after 2021: each ward's own results, never re-allocated.
ESP areas in this ward · 21 ?
About these figures
Notes on the IEC's figures for this page
Votes cast 1 811 · spoilt 22 · special votes 209 · 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 (1 816 of 3 804). The IEC publishes 47.9%.
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 14 parties (the IEC's total vs the ballots' sum): ANC 1 254 vs 3 766; MKP 263 vs 832; DA 63 vs 196; AIC 56 vs 139; IFP 49 vs 136; ATM 39 vs 116; EFF 35 vs 101; PA 9 vs 14; SACP 5 vs 19; ARECO 4 vs 5; PAC 4 vs 7; ACDP 3 vs 14; MAYIBUYE 3 vs 16; EKHETHU 2 vs 6. We show each ballot's own votes.
Note: A party's total across ballots doesn't match its ballots: 89 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, 18:36 SAST.