Umhlabuyalingana
Council now, and the council coming in
39 seats now · 39 in the incoming council. Majority is 20. No party reaches it on the declared result: a coalition will be needed.
Ward councillors
20 wards- Ward 1 Thabisile Primrose Manzini2026 result → ANC
- Ward 2 Jabulile Precious Zikhali2026 result → IFP
- Ward 3 Thabani Mngomezulu2026 result → ANC
- Ward 4 Lucky Dennis Tembe2026 result → ANC
- Ward 5 Senzeni Moses Manukuza2026 result → IFP
- Ward 6 Fanozi Sbusiso Mpanza2026 result → ANC
- Ward 7 Bonginkosi Khulekani Mbuyazi2026 result → IFP
- Ward 8 Simphiwe Msongi Tembe2026 result → ANC
- Ward 9 Makapane Vetty Mahamba2026 result → IFP
- Ward 10 Sakhile Jacob Mabika2026 result → ANC
- Ward 11 Lindelani Sizwe Ntuli2026 result → ANC
- Ward 12 Bhekizenzo Dingaan Mtshali2026 result → ANC
- Ward 13 Innocent Thabane Gwala2026 result → IFP
- Ward 14 Petros Velempini Khathwane2026 result → IFP
- Ward 15 Kwenzile Bongumusa Mtembu2026 result → IFP
- Ward 16 Nkosingiphile John Khumalo2026 result → IFP
- Ward 17 Khonangenkosi Aubrey Buthelezi2026 result → ANC
- Ward 18 Bongani Eric Biyela2026 result → IFP
- Ward 19 Phumlani Sifiso Mabika2026 result → IFP
- Ward 20 Senzo Sipho Mkhumbuzi2026 result → ANC
PR councillors now
19 seatsProportional seats as elected in 2021. Parties replace PR councillors mid-term without the IEC publishing it; replacements are recorded as events where a source exists.
- PRZama Vincent MthembuABMM
- PRNtuthuko Progress KhumaloACDP
- PRFikile Gugulethu MlamboANC
- PRKhonzani Christopher MthembuANC
- PRNokulunga Penelope MthembuANC
- PRThabo Nkosingiphile MagagulaANC
- PRWinnie Nokwanda Olivia NxumaloANC
- PRZodwa Mayvis MhlongoANC
- PRThulani Sidwel MyeniDA
- PRPhyllis Thembi VumaseEFF
- PRSthembiso Hopewell VumaseEFF
- PRHlengiwe Khanyisile GumedeIFP
- PRHlengiwe Ntombifikile NtshangaseIFP
- PRKhanyisile Annel KuneneIFP
- PRMoureen Deliwe MathenjwaIFP
- PRMpiyakhe Zakhele MhlongoIFP
- PRS'Bongile Molcah GumedeIFP
- PRThembinkosi Sibusiso KhumaloIFP
- PREsther Zodwa MtshaliNFP
PR councillors from 2026 · expected
16 of 19 named19 proportional seats in the council elected on 4 November 2026. 16 named so far; the rest follow when the IEC publishes its councillor list. Expected from the IEC certified party lists and the declared seat allocation (list order, skipping ward winners). Confirmed when the IEC publishes its councillor list.
- List 1Ntuthuko Progress KhumaloACDP
- List 1Thabisile Primrose ManziniANC
- List 2Zodwa Mayvis MhlongoANC
- List 3Thulani Solomon MkhomboANC
- List 4Ntuthuko MlamboANC
- List 5Thabo Nkosingiphile MagagulaANC
- List 6Nokulunga Penelope MthembuANC
- List 7Nkosingiphile Lovers MlamboANC
- List 1Thubalakhe Siboniso GumedeDA
- List 1Doctar MlamboEFF
- List 1Thembinkosi Sibusiso KhumaloIFP
- List 2Moureen Deliwe MathenjwaIFP
- List 3Mpiyakhe Zakhele MhlongoIFP
- List 4Siboniso Louis ManukuzaIFP
- List 1Nontethelelo Tru-Lady MtshaliSDP
- List 1Mthandeni Innocent MthembuMK
How Umhlabuyalingana measures up
How we judgeUmhlabuyalingana meets 1 of 5 yardsticks
Judged against National Treasury's and the Auditor-General's own norms, latest figures, 2023/24. Not a rating: 5 separate answers. How we judge.
Treasury and Auditor-General detail
by financial year
For the whole 2021 to 2026 term, including every seat that changed hands, see the end-of-term report.
The council's record, not any councillor's. Source: National Treasury Municipal Money and Auditor-General reports, fetched 11 Nov 2026. Financial years end in June.
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