Checked 16 October 2026
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Which party controls the council?
Dated reports
As of 23 Jul 2026: The ANC in the Free State wrote a letter dated 2 July 2026. In it, the ANC put Lejweleputswa mayor Phindiwe Maseko on temporary suspension as a party member. The ANC calls her an ANC deployee. This is a person the party placed in the post. OFM reports on the Lejweleputswa district council. It says the ANC holds the majority of seats there.
OFM. Published 23 July 2026.
Where to look: paragraphs 1-2, 5 and 9
As of 21 May 2026: Phindiwe Philadelphia Maseko was elected mayor of Lejweleputswa on 20 May 2026. No one else stood. The vote was at a special council meeting in Welkom. She took the place of Veronica Ntakumbana.
OFM. Published 21 May 2026.
Where to look: paragraph 5
As of 1 Nov 2025: Veronica Ntakumbana was mayor of Lejweleputswa District Municipality in November 2025. The speaker was Daniel Jerence Dikane. The speaker is the councillor who runs council meetings.
Free State COGTA. Page is undated.
Where to look: Lejweleputswa (DC18) row: Mayor/Executive Mayor 'Veronica Ntakumbana', Speaker 'Daniel Jerence Dikane'; header 'NOVEMBER 2025' (no day given)
As of 18 Sep 2025: IOL reported an ANC letter about Veronica Ntakumbana, mayor of Lejweleputswa District Municipality. The letter said she had not handed in a resignation as the party told her to. The ANC letter said she refused.
IOL. Published 18 September 2025.
Where to look: paragraphs 6-9 (as reported from the ANC letter; not independently confirmed)
As of 22 Aug 2025: In August 2025 the ANC in the Free State spoke about these councils. It said it would redeploy their mayors, speakers and chief whips. To redeploy is to move someone to a different post. A chief whip is the councillor who keeps a party's members voting together. The councils are Mafube, Moqhaka, Letsemeng, Nketoana, Nala, Masilonyana and Lejweleputswa.
IOL. Published 22 August 2025.
Where to look: paragraph 1
How were the seats split?
The 2021 result
Who won the 16 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 voters choose directly, by party. African National Congress: 9. Democratic Alliance: 3. Economic Freedom Fighters: 2. Independent South African National Civic Organisation: 1. Freedom Front Plus: 1.
Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC). Page is undated.
Where to look: p. 1 of 2, seat table, Total Party Seats column
What the official records say
Audit result
The Auditor-General gave the Lejweleputswa district council an unqualified audit opinion with findings 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)
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