Checked 16 October 2026
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Which party controls the council?
Dated reports
As of 2 Dec 2025: Cllr M.D. Tladi is listed as Mayor in the Elias Motsoaledi Local Municipality's audited (checked by an auditor) annual financial statements. They cover the year that ended on 30 June 2025. They list Cllr J.S. Thethe as Speaker (the councillor who chairs council meetings). They list Cllr M.E. Nduli as Chief Whip (the councillor who organises party members for council votes), since March 2024.
National Treasury. Page is undated.
Where to look: General Information, pp. 1-2; as_of is the upload date in the file name
As of 11 Mar 2025: The Elias Motsoaledi 2023/24 annual report lists Magetle David Tladi, of the ANC, as an executive committee member. It gives Tladi's PR list number as 1 (PR means a seat a party gets from its list, to match its share of the votes). The mayor's foreword in the report is signed 'M.D Tladi, Mayor'.
National Treasury. Published 11 March 2025.
Where to look: Table 3 'Executive committee members' (PDF page 31) and mayor's foreword signature (PDF page 12)
As of 12 Dec 2024: The ANC won the Elias Motsoaledi ward 30 by-election in December 2024 from the EFF. The EFF councillor's membership had ended.
Daily Maverick. Published 12 December 2024.
Where to look: section 'Ward 30 (Roossenekal Sango)', 'The by-election' paragraph
How were the seats split?
The 2021 result
Who won the 61 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: 37 (28 ward, 9 party). Economic Freedom Fighters: 13 (2 ward, 11 party). Democratic Alliance: 4 (1 ward, 3 party). Bolsheviks Party of South Africa: 2 (0 ward, 2 party). Mpumalanga Party: 2 (0 ward, 2 party). Answer for Community: 1 (0 ward, 1 party). Dennilton Residents Association: 1 (0 ward, 1 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 61 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 Elias Motsoaledi 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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