By ROD AMNER
The IEC reported that by 5 pm this evening, just 8 million of the registered 26.2 million voters had cast their ballots, around 30.5%.
Voting stations closed at 9 pm, but anyone still in a voting queue was allowed to vote.
On top of the low turn-out in 2021, over 13 million eligible adults failed to register for this election.
By contrast, voter turn-out in the 2016 municipal elections was relatively high.
Below is a breakdown of the voter turn-out and party performance in each ward in the 2016 elections in Makana. We will compare the data with this year’s voter turn-out as soon as it becomes available from the IEC.
Ward 1
- ANC 67.41%
- DA 30.54%
- EFF 1.97%
- AZAPO 0.08%
Total registered voters: 2 129
Voter turn-out %: 61.72%
Voter turn-out: 1 314
Councillor Ntombekhaya Pieters, ANC
Ward 2
- ANC: 83.62%
- EFF: 6.80%
- AZAPO: 4.89%
- DA: 4.38%
- UDM: 0.31%
Total registered voters: 3 042
Voter turn-out %: 48.95%
Voter turn-out: 1 489
Councillor Rumsell Mpumzi Xonxa, ANC
Ward 3
- ANC 61.78%
- DA 28.25%
- IND 5.39%
- EFF 3.63%
- AZAPO 0.49%
- UDM 0.46%
Total registered voters: 3 979
Voter turn-out %: 51.27%
Voter turn-out: 2 040
Currently vacant (was ANC)
Ward 4
- DA 82.92%
- ANC 12.64%
- IND 2.33%
- EFF 1.61%
- UDM 0.45%
- AZAPO 0.05%
Total registered voters: 4 900
Voter turn-out %: 59.71%
Voter turn-out: 2 926
Councillor Brian Fargher, DA (Leader)
Ward 5
- ANC: 87.01%
- DA: 7.93%
- EFF: 4.31%
- AZAPO: 0.48%
- UDM: 0.27%
Total registered voters: 3 780
Voter turn-out %: 50.63%
Voter turn-out: 1 914
Councillor Luyanda Nase, ANC
Ward 6
- ANC: 75.99%
- IND: 10.72%
- EFF: 7.84%
- DA: 3.83%
- AZAPO: 0.92%
- UDM: 0.70%
Total registered voters: 2 841
Voter turn-out %: 59.17%
Voter turn-out: 1 681
Councillor Thembisa Guashe, ANC
Ward 7
- ANC: 85.81%
- DA: 9.62%
- EFF: 3.02%
- AZAPO: 1.37%
- UDM: 0.17%
Total registered voters: 3 465
Voter turn-out %: 43.17%
Voter turn-out: 1 496
Councillor Malibongwe Khubalo, ANC
Ward 8
- DA 73.27%
- ANC 15.89%
- IND 7.15%
- EFF 2.90%
- UDM 0.71%
- AZAPO 0.07%
Total registered voters: 2 554
Voter turn-out %: 55.56%
Voter turn-out: 1 419
Councillor Brian Jackson, DA
Ward 9
- ANC 84.61%
- EFF 8.71%
- DA 5.45%
- AZAPO 0.86%
- UDM 0.36%
Total registered voters: 2 757
Voter turn-out %: 52.01%
Voter turn-out: 1 434
Councillor Mfundo Moya, ANC
Ward 10
- ANC: 84.89%
- EFF: 7.30%
- DA: 5.98%
- AZAPO: 1.23%
- UDM: 0.60%
Total registered voters: 3 428
Voter turn-out %: 51.66%
Voter turn-out: 1 771
Councillor Luyanda Sakata, ANC
Ward 11
- ANC 84.11%
- EFF 8.20%
- DA 7.22%
- UDM 0.33%
- AZAPO 0.15%
Total registered voters: 3 325
Voter turn-out %: 51.64%
Voter turn-out: 1 717
Councillor M. Gojela, ANC
Ward 12
- DA 67.68%
- ANC 21.22%
- EFF 10.06%
- UDM 0.83%
- AZAPO 0.21%
Total registered voters: 4 139
Voter turn-out %: 39.84%
Voter turn-out: 1 649
Councillor Mzobanzi Nkwentsha, ANC (by-election victory over the DA)
Ward 13
- ANC 73.55%
- DA 18.13%
- EFF 7.32%
- UDM 0.50%
- AZAPO 0.50%
Total registered voters: 3 079
Voter turn-out %: 59.89%
Voter turn-out: 1 844
Councillor Thembakazi Seyisi, ANC
Ward 14
- ANC 63.68%
- DA 32.61%
- EFF 3.68%
- UDM 0.03%
Total registered voters: 2 980
Voter turn-out %: 58.59%
Voter turn-out: 1 746
Councillor E. Louw, ANC
