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World · settles by Nov 4, 2026

Next Mayor of Ekurhuleni (Germiston)?

$46K traded on Polymarket, $736 in the past day. Prices are delayed.

Khathutshelo Rasilingwane
24.1%
24h ▲2.97d ▲9.9
Xolani Khumalo
13.9%
24h ▼16.27d ▼23.1

How it has moved

Daily close
Khathutshelo RasilingwaneXolani KhumaloNthabiseng Tshivenga
0%12.5%25%37.5%50%SepOct24.1%14.3%12.4%

About this market

Who prices it. $46K has changed hands on Polymarket since it opened, $736 of it in the past day, with $67K in resting orders. The gap between the best buy and sell price on Khathutshelo Rasilingwane is 7.5 points, a wide spread, so the price can jump on small orders.

Other venues. Polymarket is the only venue we track that lists this exact question, so there's no second price to check it against.

What has moved it. No outcome has moved past our alert threshold in the past week.

What would change it. The fixed date is the deadline: it settles by November 4, 2026, 16 days away. Before then the price should mainly move on news that touches the rules below.

How it settles, in short. Municipal elections are currently scheduled to be held in South Africa on November 4, 2026. Ekurhuleni’s mayor will be elected by the newly constituted council at its inaugural meeting, which is expected to be held within 14 days of the municipal election, by November 18, 2026.

Every outcome

24.1%Khathutshelo Rasilingwane▲9.9 7d
13.9%Xolani Khumalo▼23.1 7d
12.3%Nthabiseng Tshivenga▲0.1 7d
6.8%Nkosindiphile Xhakaza▲1.0 7d
6.3%Nomadlozi Nkosi▼2.2 7d
4.5%Ntombi Mekgwe▼0.7 7d
1.2%Thulani Shongwe▼0.9 7d
0.6%Pelisa Nkunjana0.0 7d

In the news

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