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Nkosindiphile Xhakaza

Nkosindiphile Xhakaza

Nkosindiphile Xhakaza, known as Doctor Xhakaza, is a South African ANC politician and the mayor of Ekurhuleni since April 2024, elected unopposed after Sivuyile Ngodwana's removal.

Party
African National Congress
Political position

Centre · Where sources place the party (African National Congress)
Wikipedia: centre to centre-left (African National Congress)
Ideology: social democracy

7%Probability · Mayor of Ekurhuleni (Germiston)?

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He was previously a mayoral committee member for corporate services and, earlier, for finance and economic development. He was on the ANC's shortlist of possible mayoral candidates for Ekurhuleni and is named in the race for Mayor of Ekurhuleni in the 4 November 2026 municipal election.

Career

Xhakaza was an ANC deployee and member of the party's Ekurhuleni regional task team. He served as mayoral committee member for group corporate and shared services under mayor Sivuyile Ngodwana and earlier as finance and economic development member under Mzwandile Masina. The council elected him Ekurhuleni's fourth mayor of the term in April 2024, unopposed. Daily Maverick reports his tenure has seen coalition divisions and tension with his finance member, and Mail & Guardian reported in March 2025 that the EFF was weighing a no-confidence motion against him.

Summarised automatically from the linked sources. Business Day · Mail & Guardian · Daily Maverick · Wikipedia

  1. Nkosindiphile Xhakaza 7%
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Mayor of Ekurhuleni (Germiston)?

OutcomeLeft – RightProbability
Xolani Khumalo34%
Khathutshelo RasilingwaneCentre16%
Ntombi Mekgwe12%
Nthabiseng Tshivenga10%
Nkosindiphile XhakazaCentre7%
Jongizizwe Dlabathi7%
Nomadlozi Nkosi5%
Thulani Shongwe3%
Pelisa NkunjanaCentre1%

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