The Nongoma Local Municipality council consists of forty-two members elected by mixed-member proportional representation.
In the election of 3 August 2016 the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) won a majority of twenty-two seats on the council.
The party lost its majority in the election of 1 November 2021, obtaining a plurality of twenty-one seats.
[5] The following by-elections were held to fill vacant ward seats in the period from the election in November 2021.
The IFP lost control after the National Freedom Party's win in ward 20 and the withdrawal of EFF support, and an NFP, African National Congress (ANC) and EFF coalition took over the council in February 2023.