Buffalo City, 2026 local elections · ward ID 29200040
Ward 40
Covers parts of Bekruipkop, Boxelulu, Buffalo City NU, Dubu, Godidi, Komkulu, KwaJubisa, KwaMasele, KwaMlakalaka, KwaNdubungela, KwaQongqotha, KwaShushu, Majamanini, Masele, Mimosa Park, Mount Coke Mission, Mount Coke Station, Mtyinweni, Ndileka, Nonibe, Qongqotha, Shushu, Zixothyeni, eBongweni.
4 Nov 2026
is election day. This ward’s results will appear here as the Electoral Commission (IEC) publishes them. Below: how the same voting districts voted in 2021 and 2024.
Wards for the 2026 local elections (Municipal Demarcation Board 2026 delimitation). In 2021 this area was in ward 40 (2021 boundaries).
How this ward voted over time
Official: IEC, by voting district · Data as of 2021 local and 2024 national elections, as published by the IEC
What these words mean
- Ward ballot
- In local elections, the vote for the ward councillor. The candidate with the most votes wins the ward.
- PR ballot
- In local elections, the vote for a party. It decides how many council seats each party gets overall.
- Voting district
- The area served by one voting station. The Electoral Commission counts and publishes results for each one.
- Turnout
- Votes cast (valid and spoilt) as a share of registered voters.
- ANC 71.6%
- EFF 15.4%
- UNITED DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT 4.2%
- AFRICAN TRANSFORMATION MOVEMENT 4.1%
- DA 1.4%
- Others 3.2%
Turnout 60.6% · 4 155 valid votes · 14 of this ward’s 15 voting districts have results for that year
- ANC 73.7%
- EFF 15.2%
- NATIONAL FREEDOM PARTY 2.0%
- AFRICAN INDEPENDENT CONGRESS 1.8%
- PAN AFRICANIST CONGRESS OF AZANIA 1.6%
- Others 5.7%
Turnout 53.1% · 3 441 valid votes · 13 of this ward’s 15 voting districts have results for that year
- ANC 48.5%
- INDEPENDENT 40.2%
- EFF 8.6%
- AFRICAN INDEPENDENT CONGRESS 0.7%
- DA 0.6%
- Others 1.3%
Turnout 53.7% · 3 551 valid votes · 13 of this ward’s 15 voting districts have results for that year
Earlier results are those of the ward's own voting districts, matched by voting-district number; new or split voting districts have no earlier results. So the 2021 and 2024 figures cover the same area as closely as the published data allows; they are not this ward’s result in those years. Shares are of valid votes. We make no predictions.
Places in this ward
- Bekruipkop: Bekruipkop
- Boxelulu: Boxelulu
- Buffalo City NU: Fort Murray Reserve, Mount Coke Forest Reserve
- Dubu: Dubu
- eBongweni: eBongweni
- Godidi: Godidi
- Komkulu: Komkulu
- KwaJubisa: KwaJubisa
- KwaMasele: KwaMasele
- KwaMlakalaka: KwaMlakalaka
- KwaNdubungela: KwaNdubungela
- KwaQongqotha: KwaQongqotha
- KwaShushu: KwaShushu
- Majamanini: Majamanini
- Masele: Masele
- Mimosa Park: Mimosa Park
- Mount Coke Mission: Mount Coke Mission
- Mount Coke Station: Mount Coke Station
- Mtyinweni: Mtyinweni
- Ndileka: Ndileka
- Nonibe: Nonibe
- Qongqotha: Qongqotha
- Shushu: Shushu
- Zixothyeni: Zixothyeni
Suburb and place names are Stats SA Census 2011 sub-places and main places; Census 2022 place names have not been published. A place can span more than one ward.
Voting districts
15 in this ward. Official: IEC 2026 voting districts.
- MIMOSA PARK JUNIOR PRIMARY SCHOOL (10820944)
- IMIQHAYI HIGH SCHOOL (10870107)
- DUBU LOWER & HIGHER PRIMARY SCHOOL (10870297)
- MASELE LOWER / HIGHER PRIMARY SCHOOL (10870310)
- SHUSHU COMMUNITY HALL (10870332)
- NONIBE LOWER HIGHER PRIMARY SCHOOL (10870354)
- MLAKALAKA LOWER / HIGHER PRIMARY SCHOOL (10870545)
- SOBI LOWER/HIGHER PRIMARY SCHOOL (10870668)
- NDILEKA LOWER / HIGHER PRIMARY SCHOOL (10870758)
- QONGQOTHA LOWER/HIGHER PRIMARY SCHOOL (10870871)
- GODIDI LOWER AND SENIOR PRIMARY SCHOOL (10871197)
- New voting district (10871254)
- JUBISA LOWER & HIGHER PRIMARY SCHOOL (10871276)
- ZIMBABA LOWER & HIGHER PRIMARY SCHOOL (10871298)
- EZIXHOTYENI CHURCH (10871535)
Station names are from the IEC’s 2024 and 2021 results; a voting district new in 2026 has no earlier name.
People living here
Official: Stats SA, Census 2022 · Data as of Census 2022, 2020 wards (copied 11 Oct 2026)
Census 2022 counted people in the 2021 wards. This 2026 ward takes in parts of one 2021 ward, so there is no official count for it. These are the 2021 wards it overlaps, with their official populations.
| 2021 ward | People | Area here |
|---|---|---|
| Ward 40 | 17 945 | 82% |
People: official Census 2022 count for the whole 2021 ward. Area here: the share of that ward’s area inside this 2026 ward. We do not estimate a total for the 2026 ward.
Source: Stats SA SuperWEB2, Ward Estimates 2022 > Ward by Sex Estimates, population estimates on the 2020 wards (the wards of the 2021 elections), copied by hand on . Stats SA adjusts small figures slightly to protect privacy.
Water, refuse, toilets and lighting by ward: Stats SA has not published Census 2022 service figures by ward. See Buffalo City’s Census 2022 services for the metro as a whole. For problems in this area now, see Buffalo City’s water and power notices, and community reports.
Community reports right now
Community reports, unverified
No problem in this ward has enough reports to show right now.
An area appears only when several separate reports of the same problem arrive within a few hours. Reports are anonymous and not checked by us or the metro. Report a problem.
Sources: Municipal Demarcation Board 2026 ward delimitation (via SA-Maps open-data copy), open-data copy on SA-Maps; Electoral Commission (IEC), 2026 voting districts; Statistics South Africa, Census 2011 sub-places and main places. Results: Electoral Commission (IEC).