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ActionSA wins Atteridgeville ward from ANC in Tshwane

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ActionSA candidate Phuti Johannes Maselela won Ward 63 with 42.1% of the vote, up 30.3 percentage points on 2021. Preliminary results with 78% of votes counted showed the DA leading the Tshwane race.

In 2021 the ANC took 60.1% of the vote in Ward 63. ActionSA had 11.8% then. The ANC kept Ward 71, where it won 44.8%.

In the preliminary Tshwane results, the DA had 31.78% with 428,388 votes. ActionSA had 23.23% with 313,181 votes, and the ANC had 21.89% with 295,038 votes. In 2021 the ANC won 75 of 214 council seats, and 108 are needed for a majority.

Maselela said ActionSA worked hard to win the ward and lost only one voting station. He said the party would introduce an amnesty programme for municipal debt and would prioritise hostel development. He also said it would work with law enforcement on crime.

ANC candidate Mmakgoko Veron Phasha, who retained Ward 71, said the election was tight and ActionSA's gains were a wake-up call. She claimed some residents voted for Tshwane mayor Nasiphi Moya, not for the party's ward candidates. She also said ActionSA lacks credible candidates in these wards.

Key facts

Who
Phuti Johannes Maselela (ActionSA councillor candidate who won Ward 63); Mmakgoko Veron Phasha (ANC councillor candidate who retained Ward 71); Xolani Khumalo (ActionSA mayoral candidate in Ekurhuleni, associated with the television…); Nasiphi Moya (Tshwane mayor)
What
In the Tshwane local government elections, ActionSA won Ward 63 in Atteridgeville, increasing its ward vote share by 30.3 percentage points from 2021. The ANC retained Ward 71 with 44.8%, and preliminary results with 78% of votes counted showed the DA leading the Tshwane municipal race.
When
6 November 2026
Where
Atteridgeville, Tshwane, Ekurhuleni
Status
Reported

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