Checked 16 October 2026
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Which party controls the council?
Dated reports
On the council's website, no date shown: Dawid Kazi of the ANC is executive mayor (a mayor who makes many of the council's decisions) of Dawid Kruiper. Melanie Dodds of the ANC is speaker.
Dawid Kruiper Municipality. Page is undated.
Where to look: undated (copyright 2026), read 2026-10-16; 'Executive Leadership' section
On the council's website, no date shown: The council has 18 ANC councillors, including the mayor and the speaker, according to the council page. It also has 10 DA, 1 EFF, 1 Khoisan Revolution and 1 FF Plus councillors, and one empty seat.
Dawid Kruiper Municipality. Page is undated.
Where to look: undated, read 2026-10-16; 'Councillors' section, counted by party heading (16 ANC names plus mayor and speaker). The PA's May 2026 Ward 15 winner is not listed, so the page may predate that by-election.
As of 14 May 2026: The PA won Ward 15 in Rosedale, Upington, from the DA in a by-election on 13 May 2026. A by-election is a vote to fill one empty ward seat. The DA fell from 12 to 11 seats. The PA won its first seat on the council.
Daily Maverick. Published 14 May 2026.
Where to look: Ward 15 (Rosedale Upington) section: result line and paragraph beginning 'The DA falls from 12 seats to 11'
As of 4 Dec 2025: D Kazi was Executive Mayor and M Dodds was Speaker, according to the audited financial statements for the year to 30 June 2025. Audited means the accounts were checked by auditors.
Dawid Kruiper Municipality. Published 4 December 2025.
Where to look: General Information section (unnumbered pages before the index); date is the upload timestamp in the file name
How were the seats split?
The 2021 result
Who won the 33 seats in 2021.
Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC). Page is undated.
Where to look: p. 1 of 2, seat table, Total Party Seats column
Every party
The seats now, by party (ward seats and party seats). African National Congress: 18 (14 ward, 4 party). Democratic Alliance: 11 (2 ward, 9 party). Economic Freedom Fighters: 1 (0 ward, 1 party). Khoisan Revolution: 1 (0 ward, 1 party). Patriotic Alliance: 1 (1 ward, 0 party). Freedom Front Plus: 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 33 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 Dawid Kruiper 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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