Checked 16 October 2026
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Which party controls the council?
Dated reports
As of 7 Apr 2026: The Collins Chabane 2024/25 annual report names Cllr S.G. Maluleke as Mayor. It lists him as an ANC PR councillor (a seat a party gets from its list, to match its share of the votes). It lists 71 councillors. The ANC has 55 of them: 35 ward councillors and 20 PR councillors. The EFF has 7 and Able Leadership has 2. The DA, APC, KYN, ACDP, Ximoko and PAC have one each. There is also one independent ward councillor.
National Treasury. Page is undated.
Where to look: Chapter 1 foreword signature; p. 17 political structure; pp. 19-21 ward and PR councillor tables (page numbers approximate); as_of is the upload date in the file name
As of 8 Nov 2023: The ANC in Limpopo appointed four mayors. Minah Bahula went to Sekhukhune District. Freddah Nkondo, the Vhembe District Speaker (the councillor who chairs council meetings), became Vhembe mayor. Dorcus Mboyi, the Makhado Speaker, became Makhado mayor. Shadrack Maluleke became Collins Chabane mayor. He had been standing in after the Collins Chabane mayor was killed.
IOL. Published 8 November 2023.
Where to look: article body, list of the four appointments (IOL sign-off at the end; original IOL URL not located)
As of 12 Aug 2022: Shadrack Maluleke was elected Collins Chabane mayor at a special council meeting in Malamulele. He replaced Moses Maluleke, who was killed at his home the month before.
SABC News. Published 12 August 2022.
Where to look: paragraphs 1-2
How were the seats split?
The 2021 result
Who won the 71 seats in 2021.
Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC). Page is undated.
Where to look: p. 3 of 4, seat table, Total Party Seats column
Every party
The seats now, by party (ward seats and party seats). African National Congress: 55 (35 ward, 20 party). Economic Freedom Fighters: 7 (0 ward, 7 party). Able Leadership: 2 (0 ward, 2 party). African Christian Democratic Party: 1 (0 ward, 1 party). African People's Convention: 1 (0 ward, 1 party). Democratic Alliance: 1 (0 ward, 1 party). Know Your Neighbour: 1 (0 ward, 1 party). Pan Africanist Congress of Azania: 1 (0 ward, 1 party). Ximoko Party: 1 (0 ward, 1 party).
Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC). Published 24 June 2026.
Where to look: winning party per ward for every by-election since 2021 (dashboard data files: MapsJason/2021/ByElections.js and LoadCouncillorsService); read 2026-10-18
Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC). Published 9 November 2021.
Where to look: ward councillor rows for this council (party per ward elected in 2021)
The seats now
Who holds the 71 seats now, counted up to 24 Jun 2026. How we count: This is our own count, not an official IEC table. We start with the 2021 party seats from the IEC. Then we add the party that last won each ward, in 2021 or in a by-election. Party seats stay with their party, and councillors can't switch parties. So only ward by-elections change these totals. An empty seat is counted with the party that last held it. The IEC lists by-elections on 5 Oct 2022, but it does not show who won them. So any ward that changed hands that day is not counted.
Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC). Published 24 June 2026.
Where to look: winning party per ward for every by-election since 2021 (dashboard data files: MapsJason/2021/ByElections.js and LoadCouncillorsService); read 2026-10-18
Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC). Published 9 November 2021.
Where to look: ward councillor rows for this council (party per ward elected in 2021)
What the official records say
Audit result
The Auditor-General gave Collins Chabane an unqualified audit opinion with findings for 2024-25. That is better than in 2023-24, when it got a qualified opinion.
Auditor-General of South Africa. Published 24 June 2026.
Where to look: 'Audit outcome for 2024-25' box and the change from 2023-24 under it (audit of separate financial statements, finalised by 30 April 2026)
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