Results of the Municipal By-Elections held on 18 October 2017
In yesterday’s municipal ward by-elections that took place in Mpumalanga, the Free State, KwaZulu-Natal and in the North West the African National Congress (ANC) retained five of the wards it won in the 2016 Municipal Elections and lost one ward to an independent candidate.
The results and new ward councillors are as follows:
In Mpumalanga:
Thokokazi Alfred Mazibuko, the independent candidate in Ward 1 in Dr Pixley Ka Isaka Seme – MP304. The candidate won the seat with 50.12% of the 2 188 votes cast. Voter turnout yesterday was 51.82%.
In the Free State: