The uMkhonto Wesizwe party continued from where it left off in its recent debut by-election by taking votes off the IFP, and now the ANC, to give both established parties a fright in a marginal IFP seat in uPhongolo, KwaZulu-Natal. The IFP took a seat off the ANC in Newcastle, while the Patriot.
More than 19 town councillors have been assassinated in KwaZulu-Natal since the November 2021 local government elections, according to South African Local Government Association chair Thami Ntuli.