Checked 16 October 2026
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Which party controls the council?
Dated reports
On the council's website, no date shown: Councillor Thabo Jacobs is mayor and Councillor Mamiky Molefe is speaker, according to the municipality's council page. Kagiso Selaolane is single whip (the councillor who makes sure party members vote together).
Kgetlengrivier Local Municipality. Page is undated.
Where to look: council page, office-bearer cards; undated, read 2026-10-18
As of 1 Sep 2026: On 31 August 2026, Councillor Thukulala Motaung represented Kgetlengrivier as acting mayor. This was at the North West annual financial statements handover.
Kgetlengrivier Local Municipality. Published 1 September 2026.
Where to look: post dated 1 September 2026, paragraph 2
As of 20 Feb 2026: Councillor Thabo Jacobs is executive mayor (a mayor who makes many of the council's decisions) of Kgetlengrivier, the municipality says.
Kgetlengrivier Local Municipality. Published 20 February 2026.
Where to look: post body ('Executive Mayor Cllr. Thabo Jacobs')
As of 9 Nov 2021: In 2021, Canney Thabo Jacobs was elected to the Kgetlengrivier council as an ANC PR councillor. A PR councillor holds a seat that a party gets from its list, to match its share of the votes. Thukulala Kleinbooi Motaung was elected as the ANC's Ward 4 councillor.
Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC). Published 9 November 2021.
Where to look: NW374 - Kgetlengrivier, African National Congress, PR(1): JACOBS CANNEY THABO; ward 63704004: MOTAUNG THUKULALA KLEINBOOI
How were the seats split?
The 2021 result
Who won the 13 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: 7 (6 ward, 1 party). Economic Freedom Fighters: 2 (0 ward, 2 party). Freedom Front Plus: 2 (0 ward, 2 party). Democratic Alliance: 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 13 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 Kgetlengrivier 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 Kgetlengrivier 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, 'Kgetleng Rivier LM' 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', 'Kgetlengrivier LM' row, FRP IMPLEMENTATION STATUS column
Doubt it can pay its bills
The Auditor-General found a going concern uncertainty at Kgetlengrivier in 2024-25, for the seventh 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, 'Kgetlengrivier LM' row; p. 49 explains the measure
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