municipalities
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This dataset contains the audit outcomes of South Africa's municipalities from the SA Auditor General's annual Local Government Audit Outcomes reports for the financial years starting 2010/2011 to 2024/2025. The finding are, from best to worst: Unqualified with no findings, Unqualified with findings, Qualified, Adverse, Disclaimed. This dataset is updated annually when a new audit report is made public. Data set compiled and maintained by The Outlier. Usage: If you use this dataset please include a link to https://datadesk.co.za/
Last updated: 13 July 2026
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This dataset contains the total number wards in each municipality, the number of by-elections held in each municipality, and the ratio of by-elections to total wards as a percentage. This data set was created by The Outlier by combining by-election data with Municipal Demarcation Board data on the number of wards
Last updated: 21 July 2026
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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.
Last updated: 1 October 2026
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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.
Last updated: 28 October 2026