Who runs South Africa's municipalities

Each province is tinted by the party that runs the largest number of its municipalities. Hover for detail; click to drill into per-muni breakdown. Coalitions and hung councils are shown explicitly in the table — they're a structural feature of post-2021 SA local government, not an exception.

Data is operator-curated from IEC + Cogta + press releases. 4 of 257 municipalities have current control data. Coverage expands as the operator transcribes more rows.

ANC· dominant in 3 provinces

DA· dominant in 1 province

No control data

All municipalities

257 munis

ECBuffalo CityMetroANC ECNelson Mandela BayMetro—Hung ECAmahlathiLocal—ECBlue Crane RouteLocal—ECDr Beyers NaudéLocal—ECElundiniLocal—ECEmalahleni Local Municipality (EC)Local—ECEngcoboLocal—ECEnoch MgijimaLocal—ECGreat KeiLocal—ECIntsika YethuLocal—ECInxuba YethembaLocal—ECKing Sabata DalindyeboLocal—ECKougaLocal—ECKou-KammaLocal—ECMakanaLocal—ECMatatieleLocal—ECMbhasheLocal—ECMbizanaLocal—ECMhlontloLocal—ECMnqumaLocal—ECNdlambeLocal—ECNgqushwaLocal—ECNgquza HillLocal—ECNtabankuluLocal—ECNyandeniLocal—ECPort St JohnsLocal—ECRaymond MhlabaLocal—ECSakhisizweLocal—ECSenquLocal—ECSundays River ValleyLocal—ECUmzimvubuLocal—ECWalter SisuluLocal—ECAlfred NzoDistrict—ECAmatholeDistrict—ECChris HaniDistrict—ECJoe GqabiDistrict—ECOR TamboDistrict—ECSarah BaartmanDistrict—FSMangaungMetroANC FSDihlabengLocal—FSKopanongLocal—FSLetsemengLocal—FSMafubeLocal—FSMaluti-a-PhofungLocal—FSMantsopaLocal—FSMasilonyanaLocal—FSMatjhabengLocal—FSMetsimaholoLocal—FSMohokareLocal—FSMoqhakaLocal—FSNalaLocal—FSNgwatheLocal—FSNketoanaLocal—FSPhumelelaLocal—FSSetsotoLocal—FSTokologoLocal—FSTswelopeleLocal—FSFezile DabiDistrict—FSLejweleputswaDistrict—FSThabo MofutsanyaneDistrict—FSXhariepDistrict—GPCity of EkurhuleniMetro—Hung GPCity of JohannesburgMetro—Hung GPCity of TshwaneMetro—Hung GPEmfuleniLocal—GPLesediLocal—GPMerafong CityLocal—GPMidvaalLocal—GPMogale CityLocal—GPRand West CityLocal—GPSedibengDistrict—GPWest RandDistrict—KZNeThekwiniMetroANCMinority KZNAbaQulusiLocal—KZNAlfred DumaLocal—KZNBig 5 HlabisaLocal—KZNDannhauserLocal—KZNDr Nkosazana Dlamini ZumaLocal—KZNeDumbeLocal—KZNeMadlangeniLocal—KZNEndumeniLocal—KZNGreater KokstadLocal—KZNImpendleLocal—KZNInkosi LangalibaleleLocal—KZNJoziniLocal—KZNKwaDukuzaLocal—KZNMandeniLocal—KZNMaphumuloLocal—KZNMfoloziLocal—KZNMkhambathiniLocal—KZNMpofanaLocal—KZNMsingaLocal—KZNMsunduziLocal—KZNMthonjaneniLocal—KZNMtubatubaLocal—KZNNdwedweLocal—KZNNewcastleLocal—KZNNkandlaLocal—KZNNongomaLocal—KZNNquthuLocal—KZNOkhahlambaLocal—KZNRay NkonyeniLocal—KZNRichmond Local Municipality (KZN)Local—KZNuBuhlebezweLocal—KZNUlundiLocal—KZNuMdoniLocal—KZNUmhlabuyalinganaLocal—KZNuMhlathuzeLocal—KZNuMlalaziLocal—KZNuMngeniLocal—KZNuMshwathiLocal—KZNuMuziwabantuLocal—KZNUmvotiLocal—KZNuMzimkhuluLocal—KZNuMzumbeLocal—KZNuPhongoloLocal—KZNAmajubaDistrict—KZNHarry GwalaDistrict—KZNiLembeDistrict—KZNKing CetshwayoDistrict—KZNUguDistrict—KZNuMgungundlovuDistrict—KZNuMkhanyakudeDistrict—KZNuMzinyathiDistrict—KZNuThukelaDistrict—KZNZululandDistrict—LPBa-PhalaborwaLocal—LPBela-BelaLocal—LPBloubergLocal—LPCollins ChabaneLocal—LPElias MotsoalediLocal—LPEphraim MogaleLocal—LPFetakgomo TubatseLocal—LPGreater GiyaniLocal—LPGreater LetabaLocal—LPGreater TzaneenLocal—LPLepelle-NkumpiLocal—LPLephalaleLocal—LPMakhadoLocal—LPMakhuduthamagaLocal—LPMarulengLocal—LPModimolle-MookgophongLocal—LPMogalakwenaLocal—LPMolemoleLocal—LPMusinaLocal—LPPolokwaneLocal—LPThabazimbiLocal—LPThulamelaLocal—LPCapricornDistrict—LPMopaniDistrict—LPSekhukhuneDistrict—LPVhembeDistrict—LPWaterbergDistrict—MPBushbuckridgeLocal—MPChief Albert LuthuliLocal—MPCity of MbombelaLocal—MPDipalesengLocal—MPDr JS MorokaLocal—MPDr Pixley Ka Isaka SemeLocal—MPEmakhazeniLocal—MPEmalahleni Local Municipality (MP)Local—MPGovan MbekiLocal—MPLekwaLocal—MPMkhondoLocal—MPMsukaligwaLocal—MPNkomaziLocal—MPSteve TshweteLocal—MPThaba ChweuLocal—MPThembisile HaniLocal—MPVictor KhanyeLocal—MPEhlanzeniDistrict—MPGert SibandeDistrict—MPNkangalaDistrict—NCDawid KruiperLocal—NCDikgatlongLocal—NCEmthanjeniLocal—NCGamagaraLocal—NCGa-SegonyanaLocal—NCHantamLocal—NCJoe MorolongLocal—NC!Kai !GaribLocal—NCKamiesbergLocal—NCKareebergLocal—NCKaroo HooglandLocal—NCKgatelopeleLocal—NCKhâi-MaLocal—NC!KheisLocal—NCMagarengLocal—NCNama KhoiLocal—NCPhokwaneLocal—NCRenosterbergLocal—NCRichtersveldLocal—NCSiyancumaLocal—NCSiyathembaLocal—NCSol PlaatjeLocal—NCThembelihleLocal—NCTsantsabaneLocal—NCUbuntuLocal—NCUmsobomvuLocal—NCFrances BaardDistrict—NCJohn Taolo GaetseweDistrict—NCNamakwaDistrict—NCPixley ka SemeDistrict—NCZF MgcawuDistrict—NWCity of MatlosanaLocal—NWDitsobotlaLocal—NWGreater TaungLocal—NWJB MarksLocal—NWKagisano-MolopoLocal—NWKgetlengrivierLocal—NWLekwa-TeemaneLocal—NWMadibengLocal—NWMahikengLocal—NWMamusaLocal—NWMaquassi HillsLocal—NWMoreteleLocal—NWMoses KotaneLocal—NWNaledi Local Municipality (NW)Local—NWRamotshere MoiloaLocal—NWRatlouLocal—NWRustenburgLocal—NWTswaingLocal—NWBojanala PlatinumDistrict—NWDr Kenneth KaundaDistrict—NWDr Ruth Segomotsi MompatiDistrict—NWNgaka Modiri MolemaDistrict—WCCity of Cape TownMetroDA WCBeaufort WestLocal—WCBergrivierLocal—WCBitouLocal—WCBreede ValleyLocal—WCCape AgulhasLocal—WCCederbergLocal—WCDrakensteinLocal—WCGeorgeLocal—WCHessequaLocal—WCKannalandLocal—WCKnysnaLocal—WCLaingsburgLocal—WCLangebergLocal—WCMatzikamaLocal—WCMossel BayLocal—WCOudtshoornLocal—WCOverstrandLocal—WCPrince AlbertLocal—WCSaldanha BayLocal—WCStellenboschLocal—WCSwartlandLocal—WCSwellendamLocal—WCTheewaterskloofLocal—WCWitzenbergLocal—WCCape WinelandsDistrict—WCCentral KarooDistrict—WCGarden RouteDistrict—WCOverbergDistrict—WCWest CoastDistrict—

Methodology

Province dominance is computed by counting how many of each province's municipalities are currently led by each party (mayor's party in outright-majority munis, lead party in coalition munis). Munis without ingested control data are excluded from the count. The legend reflects only parties that are dominant in at least one province; smaller-share parties appear in the per-muni breakdown to the right. Source records are linked on each muni's detail page.