In 2021 more eThekwini voters stayed home than voted for all parties combined.
The city that followed from this 2021 vote is the city you live in now.
On 4 November, EVERY one more vote in your ward turns the light green and a GO for good governance.
1 133 110 people did not vote. 776 015 people did, split across every party on the ballot. The stay-at-home total beats the entire voting total by 357 095. Whoever wins the couch wins this city. That is not spin, it is arithmetic.
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.
We mapped all 112 wards on the final 2026 boundaries, with the full 2021 result for every ward: who was registered, who showed up, who stayed home and how the votes split.
Opens the map zoomed to your ward with its full 2021 numbers.
In ward 36 the community kept a record: 92 documented service failures in 31 months, street by street, date by date. It is the model for what every ward campaign becomes: evidence first, then the ask.
Documented service failures, November 2023 to June 2026
Burst pipe events, with the frequency doubling over the period
Electricity outage events on the record
Major water supply crises, roughly one every three to six months
ActionSA's ward candidates for the 2026 local government elections are announced shortly. As candidates are confirmed, each ward gets its own page here: the candidate, the local record and the plan. Check back, or WhatsApp the campaign to be told when your ward goes live.
Check your registration at elections.org.za or your nearest IEC office. Five minutes. You vote in the ward where you are registered.
4 November 2026. Your voting station, in your ward. The couch won the last election. Do not let it win this one.
Turn the light green in your ward and across eThekwini. WhatsApp the campaign on 064 464 5367 or email kwazulu@actionsa.org.za.