Checked 16 October 2026
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Which party controls the council?
Dated reports
On the council's website, no date shown: Tebogo Babuile (EFF) was elected executive mayor of the Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati District. Babuile won 17 votes and the ANC nominee won 10. The ANC held 16 seats and the EFF 10.
SABC News. Page is undated.
Where to look: undated (first council meeting after Nov 2021), read 2026-10-16; paragraphs 1-3 and 8
On the council's website, no date shown: The ANC caucus (the group of ANC councillors) in the Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati District removed EFF mayor Tebogo Babuile. ANC councillor Sense Maje replaced him.
SABC News. Page is undated.
Where to look: undated (says Babuile was elected 'last year in November', so 2022), read 2026-10-16; paragraphs 1-2 and 6
As of 5 Jun 2026: The district has an internal news update dated 5 June 2026. It names Councillor Motseokae Maje as executive mayor. This is for the Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati District Municipality.
Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati District Municipality. Published 5 June 2026.
Where to look: p. 1 header (05 June 2026, Vol. 66), photo caption and first paragraph
As of 24 Apr 2026: A news item on the district's website dated 24 April 2026 names Dr Kgalalelo Seroko as speaker of the district council.
Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati District Municipality. Published 24 April 2026.
Where to look: homepage news list, item dated Friday 24 April 2026
As of 9 Nov 2021: In 2021 Motseokae Alpheus Maje was elected to the Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati district council. Maje was first on the ANC's district list.
Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC). Published 9 November 2021.
Where to look: DC39 - Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati, African National Congress, PR(1) DC 40%: MAJE MOTSEOKAE ALPHEUS
How were the seats split?
The 2021 result
Who won the 12 seats in 2021.
Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC). Page is undated.
Where to look: p. 1 of 1, seat table, Total Party Seats column
Every party
The seats voters choose directly, by party. African National Congress: 7. Economic Freedom Fighters: 3. Azanian Independent Community Movement: 1. Democratic Alliance: 1.
Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC). Page is undated.
Where to look: p. 1 of 1, seat table, Total Party Seats column
What the official records say
Audit result
The Auditor-General gave the Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati district council a qualified audit opinion for 2024-25. It got the same result in 2023-24.
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)
Government stepped in
In July 2026, the Minister of Cooperative Governance told Parliament that the intervention at the Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati district council is ongoing. It began in January 2022, under section 139(5) of the Constitution.
Department of Cooperative Governance. Published 3 July 2026.
Where to look: reply (a), table of municipalities under intervention, 'Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati DM' row: type of intervention, date instituted, status Ongoing
In May 2025, Parliament's Budget Office described the recovery plan like this: "Poor progress reporting points towards a lack of commitment to implementing the FRP"
Parliamentary Budget Office. Published 1 May 2025.
Where to look: p. 10, Table 1 'Active municipal interventions and their performance', 'Dr Ruth Mompati DM' row, FRP IMPLEMENTATION STATUS column
Doubt it can pay its bills
The Auditor-General found a going concern uncertainty at the Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati district council in 2024-25, for the second year in a row.
Auditor-General of South Africa. Published 24 June 2026.
Where to look: p. 50 (PDF page 54), 'Sixty-two municipalities with going concern uncertainty and consecutive years in this position', North West, 'Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati DM' row; p. 49 explains the measure
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