Zwakele Mncwango
Let’s fix eThekwini together.
ActionSA’s candidate for mayor of eThekwini.
Vote on Wednesday 4 November 2026
Residents before politics
Five conditions for governing eThekwini.
When he accepted the nomination, Mncwango presented a 10-point plan to fix eThekwini. He set its first five commitments as ActionSA's non-negotiable conditions for joining any coalition government, because they put residents ahead of politics.
Restore basic services
Insource essential municipal services
Restore financial discipline and end corruption
Restore law and order
Build a growing, clean and responsive city
The 2021 local government election result that nobody talks about
The biggest party in eThekwini is currently the couch or sofa and that needs to change.
More people stayed home than voted for every party combined.
1 133 110 people did not vote in the last local government elections in 2021. 776 015 people did vote and this was split across every party on the ballot. The stay at home total of people not voting beats the entire voting total by 357 095. Whoever wins the couch or sofa wins this city. That is not spin but is the actual arithmetic of what the outcome was.
Source: IEC 2021 local government election final ward results, summed across the 111 wards contested in 2021 (ward 112 is newly demarcated for 2026). Calculation: 776 015 ÷ 1 909 125 = 40,65% turnout; 1 909 125 − 776 015 = 1 133 110 did not vote (59,35%); 1 133 110 − 776 015 = 357 095.
The maths that keeps it red
A few decided. The rest stayed home.
In 2021, 59% of eThekwini voters did not vote. Every dry tap, every blackout and every hole in the road happened under a council chosen by a minority.
Simply enter your home address on the IEC website to find your voting station:
Your ActionSA ward candidates
Meet the candidate standing in your ward.
ActionSA has 48 candidates standing in 50 eThekwini wards. Each profile sets out what the candidate is already doing and their plan for the ward.
Every ward. Every number. Fully interactive.
See how your ward voted in 2021.
All 112 wards are mapped on the final 2026 boundaries, with the full 2021 result for every ward: how many people were registered to vote, who showed up, who stayed home and how the votes split. Wards with an ActionSA candidate show their profile too.
Jump straight to your ward
Opens the map zoomed to your ward with its full 2021 numbers.
The call to action
Three steps. One outcome.
Check
The voters' roll closed on 7 August 2026. Check where you are registered and find your voting station at elections.org.za, on the IEC app, on the IEC WhatsApp line 0600 88 0000 or by SMS of your ID number to 32810 (R1 per SMS). You vote in the ward where you are registered. (You do not need to send your personal information on any form to a third party to check your voter registration.)
What if you can't get to your voting station on 4 November?
You can apply to the IEC for a special vote. Applications close at 17:00 on Monday 12 October 2026. Check the requirements at elections.org.za.
Show up
4 November 2026. Your voting station, in your ward. The couch or sofa won the last election. Do not let it win this one.
Vote ActionSA
Turn the light green. Vote ActionSA on the ward ballot for your ward candidate and on the party ballot, so that Zwakele Mncwango can lead a government that works for eThekwini.