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Municipal elections were held inSouth Africa on 1 March 2006, to elect members to the local governing councils in themunicipalities of South Africa. The municipalities form the local government ofSouth Africa and are subdivisions of theprovinces, thus making them responsible forlocal service delivery, such aselectricity,water andfire services.
All major political parties, excepting theSACP who are members of theTripartite alliance, fielded candidates in the election. The expected winner, theAfrican National Congress (ANC) won the majority of seats nationwide, with 66.3% of the vote.[1] These elections were seen as a test of the ANC, after some discontent with the speed of the delivery of new services at the municipal level in South Africa. The official opposition, theDemocratic Alliance (DA) took 14.8% of votes nationwide,[1] placing them in second overall. TheZulu-basedInkatha Freedom Party took 8.1% of the vote,[1] or third place, while the new party formed under the leadership ofPatricia de Lille, theIndependent Democrats took 2.0%, placing them fourth of all major political parties.[1]
However, because rural electors have an additional vote compared to urban voters (for district council), a fairer representation of popular party support is given by the percentage ofproportional representation votes (excluding district council votes and ward votes) i.e.African National Congress (ANC) with 65.7% of the vote, the Democratic Alliance (DA) with 16.3% of votes nationwide,Inkatha Freedom Party with 7.6% of the vote and 2.2% for theIndependent Democrats.
The campaign focused around the delivery of services, particularly totownships after 12 years of democracy in the country. Riots and large-scale protests had broken out before the elections in certain townships around the country. All parties promised to speed up delivery of services. InDurban the shack dwellers' movementAbahlali baseMjondolo boycotted the elections under the slogan 'No Land! No House! No Vote!'
The ANC won a majority in most of the councils ofNorthern Cape Province,North West Province,Gauteng Province,Mpumalanga Province,Limpopo Province andEastern Cape Province.
The DA won the largest share of votes in theCity of Cape Town but did not achieve a majority, and hence was not able to form a government on its own. The DA mayoral candidateHelen Zille formed the city government and was elected mayor with the support of numerous minority parties. This was achieved in spite of the Independent Democrats siding with the African National Congress. The ID subsequently joined the DA-led coalition, strengthening its majority.
The Inkatha Freedom Party won the majority inKwaZulu-Natal Province, although it lost support overall, when compared to the previous election,[2] and did not win the major economic centres in the province.
| Party | Ward | % | PR* | % | Ward + PR | % | DC* | % | Total | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| African National Congress | 6 314 393 | 64.1% | 6 469 420 | 65.7% | 12 783 813 | 64.9% | 4 683 135 | 70.8% | 17 466 948 | 66.3% |
| Democratic Alliance | 1 595 742 | 16.2% | 1 608 154 | 16.3% | 3 203 896 | 16.3% | 684 884 | 10.3% | 3 888 780 | 14.8% |
| Inkatha Freedom Party | 740 135 | 7.5% | 744 486 | 7.6% | 1 484 621 | 7.5% | 635 521 | 9.6% | 2 120 142 | 8.1% |
| Independent Democrats | 204 846 | 2.1% | 217 761 | 2.2% | 422 607 | 2.1% | 108 305 | 1.6% | 530 912 | 2.0% |
| African Christian Democratic Party | 122 478 | 1.2% | 128 990 | 1.3% | 251 468 | 1.3% | 74 918 | 1.1% | 326 386 | 1.2% |
| United Democratic Movement | 100 352 | 1.0% | 129 047 | 1.3% | 229 399 | 1.2% | 105 105 | 1.6% | 334 504 | 1.3% |
| Pan Africanist Congress of Azania | 108 741 | 1.1% | 109 816 | 1.1% | 218 557 | 1.1% | 88 190 | 1.3% | 306 747 | 1.2% |
| Vryheidsfront Plus | 92 039 | 0.9% | 93 921 | 1.0% | 185 960 | 0.9% | 66 293 | 1.0% | 252 253 | 1.0% |
| United Christian Democratic Party | 55 604 | 0.6% | 62 459 | 0.6% | 118 063 | 0.6% | 60 755 | 0.9% | 178 818 | 0.7% |
| Minority Front | 42 255 | 0.4% | 42 530 | 0.4% | 84 785 | 0.4% | 0.0% | 84 785 | 0.3% | |
| National Democratic Convention | 32 250 | 0.3% | 35 899 | 0.4% | 68 149 | 0.4% | 25 312 | 0.4% | 93 461 | 0.4% |
| Azanian People's Organisation | 25 773 | 0.3% | 30 321 | 0.3% | 56 094 | 0.3% | 18 533 | 0.3% | 74 627 | 0.3% |
| United Independent Front | 25 072 | 0.3% | 31 018 | 0.3% | 56 090 | 0.3% | 19 431 | 0.3% | 75 521 | 0.3% |
| 84 smaller parties | 133 403 | 1.4% | 148 058 | 1.5% | 281 461 | 1.4% | 48 197 | 0.7% | 329 658 | 1.3% |
| Independent | 263 991 | 2.7% | Not applicable | 263 991 | 1.3% | Not applicable | 263 991 | 1.0% | ||
| Total | 9 857 074 | 100.0% | 9 851 880 | 100.0% | 19 708 954 | 100.0% | 6 618 579 | 100.0% | 26 327 533 | 100.0% |
* PR=Proportional representation DC=District Council
The map to the right shows the winner in each of the sixmetropolitan municipalities, 231local municipalities and 20District Management Areas (DMAs) in South Africa.
In theNelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality, theANC retained its majority in the metropolitan government, withNondumiso Maphazi succeedingNceba Faku as mayor of the municipality; Maphazi was also the first female mayor of the municipality. The ANC also captured 81 seats with 66.53 percent of the votes. The DA won 30 seats, the ID three and the other six seats were divided between smaller parties, including the FF+, ACDP, PAC and UIF.[3]
In theCity of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality, theANC retained its majority in the metropolitan government, and incumbent executive mayorAmos Masondo was re-elected to a second six-year term. TheDA contested all wards, with opposition councillorMike Moriarty unsuccessfully challenging Masondo for mayor.
In theCity of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality, theANC retained its majority in the metropolitan government, with former Gauteng Health MECGwen Ramokgope elected to succeedSmangaliso Mkhatshwa as mayor of Tshwane; Ramokgope also became the first female mayor of the municipality. Gwen was challenged byDA councillorFred Nel for the seat.
In theEkurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality, theANC retained its majority in the metropolitan government, with incumbent mayorDuma Moses Nkosi re-elected to a second term in office. He was challenged byDA councillorEddie Taylor.
In theeThekwini Metropolitan Municipality, theANC retained its majority in the metropolitan government, withObed Mlaba being elected to a third term (his second six-year term) in office as mayor of the municipality. The ANC's mandate was increased by an estimated 115,000 votes, at the expense of the IFP, as was the case in several other parts ofKwaZulu-Natal.[4]
In theCity of Cape Town, theDemocratic Alliance was the largest single party in theCity Council with 90 of the 210 seats on the council, ahead of theAfrican National Congress's 81 seats, but with no party holding a majority.[5] TheAfrican Christian Democratic Party (ACDP) with 7 councillors, drew an unlikely array of five smaller political parties together to form a king-maker block of 16 Councillors that eventually agreed to work with the DA's 90 in a multi-party government (MPG) rather than the ANC /Independent Democrats alliance. The MPG's 106 councillors agreed to elect the DA'sHelen Zille as Executive Mayor, the ACDP as Executive Deputy Mayor, the Speaker post was held by the one elected councillor from theFreedom Front Plus, whilst theUnited Democratic Movement (1 councillor), theUniversal Party (1 councillor) and theAfrica Muslim Party (2 councillors) took up seats on the Mayoral Committee. This fragile MPG survived until January 2007 when the AMP was expelled from the MPG for conspiring with the ANC. The ID was drawn into the MPG when the ACDP offered up its Executive Deputy Mayors post. This brought about a stable MPG
In theCacadu District Municipality, theAfrican National Congress wonMakana,Kouga,Ndlambe,Camdeboo,Sunday's River Valley,Blue Crane,Kou-Kamma,Ikwezi, andAberdeen. TheDemocratic Alliance wonBaviaans.
In theSedibeng District Municipality, theAfrican National Congress wonEmfuleni andLesedi. TheDemocratic Alliance wonMidvaal.
In theWest Coast District Municipality, theAfrican National Congress wonMatzikama,Cederberg,Bergrivier, andSaldanha Bay. TheDemocratic Alliance wonSwartland.
In theOverberg District Municipality, theAfrican National Congress wonTheewaterskloof,Cape Agulhas, andSwellendam. TheDemocratic Alliance wonOverstrand.
In theEden District Municipality, theAfrican National Congress wonKannaland,Hessequa,Knysna,Oudtshoorn, andBitou. TheDemocratic Alliance wonMossel Bay andGeorge.
In theCentral Karoo District Municipality, theAfrican National Congress wonBeaufort West andPrince Albert. TheLaingsburg Gemeenskaps Party wonLaingsburg.
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