Checked 16 October 2026
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Which party controls the council?
Dated reports
As of 30 Jun 2025: Audited statements (checked by auditors) at 30 June 2025 name F.C. Mahlophe as executive mayor of the City of Matlosana. They name S.L. Mondlane as speaker (the councillor who chairs council meetings).
City of Matlosana. Published 10 December 2025.
Where to look: General Information, p. 2 (no parties)
As of 12 Jul 2024: Fikile Mahlophe was elected mayor of the City of Matlosana in July 2024, with no other candidate. This was after James Tsolela resigned. Mahlophe was a member of the mayoral committee (the councillors who help the mayor lead). Stella Mondlane is speaker.
OFM. Published 12 July 2024.
Where to look: photo caption and paragraphs 2-4
As of 9 Nov 2021: In 2021, Fikile Caswell Mahlophe was elected to the City of Matlosana council. Mahlophe was elected as an ANC PR councillor (a seat a party gets from its list, to match its share of the votes).
Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC). Published 9 November 2021.
Where to look: NW403 - Matlosana, African National Congress, PR(8): MAHLOPHE FIKILE CASWELL
How were the seats split?
The 2021 result
Who won the 77 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: 40 (31 ward, 9 party). Democratic Alliance: 16 (7 ward, 9 party). Economic Freedom Fighters: 9 (0 ward, 9 party). Freedom Front Plus: 7 (1 ward, 6 party). Forum 4 Service Delivery: 2 (0 ward, 2 party). Patriotic Alliance: 2 (0 ward, 2 party). African Christian Democratic Party: 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 77 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 the City of Matlosana 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 City of Matlosana is ongoing. It began in August 2024, 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, 'Matlosana LM' row: type of intervention, date instituted, status Ongoing
Doubt it can pay its bills
The Auditor-General found a going concern uncertainty at the City of Matlosana in 2024-25, for the 14th 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, 'City of Matlosana LM' row; p. 49 explains the measure
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