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  • How long South Africa’s eight metropolitan cities take to pay their suppliers, measured in days. Covers financial years 2020/21 to 2024/25, tracking whether cities meet the legal requirement to settle bills within 30 days based on Auditor-General audit reports.

    DS0404 Local Government creditor paymentslocal governmentmetropolitan municipalitiesmunicipal financesouth africa
    Geography: South Africa Period: 2021-06 to 2025-06 Source: Auditor General of South Africa

    Last updated: 19 August 2026

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  • This dataset details municipal ward by-elections following the 2021 local government elections. In addition to tracking changes in ward councillors along with their political affiliations, it documents the reasons behind vacancies, including councillor resignations, expulsions, death from natural causes and murder.

    DS0377 Governance by-electionselectionslocal governmentsouth africa
    Geography: South Africa Period: 2021 to 2026 Source: Electoral Commission of South Africa

    Last updated: 16 July 2026

  • Amount owed by South African municipalities to state power utility Eskom for electricity supplied. Covers financial years 2014 to 2026. Eskom's financial year starts on 1 April and ends on 31 March.

    DS0104 Governance eskomlocal governmentmunicipal debtpublic finance
    Geography: South Africa Period: 2014 to 2026 Source: Eskom

    Last updated: 1 October 2025

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  • This dataset contains the number of people registered to vote in the 2026 municipal elections broken down by sex and age categories as at 2 September 2026.

    DS0411 Politics & Elections electionslocal governmentmunicipalitiessouth africavoter registration
    Geography: South Africa Period: 2006-09-02 Source: Electoral Commission of South Africa

    Last updated: 1 October 2026

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  • Voter turnout in the 2021 local government elections. Turnout for every ward. Using the 2021 ward demarcations.

    DS0472 Politics & Elections electionslocal governmentvoter turnout
    Geography: South Africa Period: 2021-11 Source: Electoral Commission of South Africa

  • Seats won by each party on every South African municipal council (metropolitan, local and district) in the 2000, 2006, 2011, 2016 and 2021 local government elections. Each row is one party's seats on one council in one election, split into ward seats and proportional representation (PR) seats, with the council's province, code and type.

    DS0479 Politics & Elections councilselectionslocal governmentmunicipalitiespolitical parties
    Geography: South Africa Period: 2000 to 2021 Source: Electoral Commission of South Africa

    Last updated: 28 October 2026

  • The datasets contains the number of votes cast for the political parties that won seats on the City of Johannesburg metropolitan council as well as the number seats allocated to each party after the 4 November 2026 local government election

    DS0505 Politics & Elections electionsjohannesburglocal governmentmetropolitan municipalities
    Geography: South Africa Period: 2026-11-08 to 2026-11-08 Source: Electoral Commission of South Africa

  • This dataset contains the number of seats each party on the City of Johannesburg's metropolitan council had after the 2021 and 2026 local government elections, as well as the difference in seats.

    DS0507 Politics & Elections electionsjohannesburglocal governmentmetropolitan municipalities
    Geography: South Africa Period: 2021 to 2026 Source: Electoral Commission of South Africa