Checked 16 October 2026
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Which party controls the council?
Dated reports
On the council's website, no date shown: Marlene van Staden of the DA was re-elected mayor of the Modimolle-Mookgophong council by coin toss. No party had more than half of the seats.
SABC News. Page is undated.
Where to look: paragraphs 1-3
On the council's website, no date shown: The Modimolle-Mookgophong Local Municipality's home page names 'Mayor Anna Mboweni'.
Modimolle-Mookgophong Local Municipality. Page is undated.
Where to look: home page, welcome section caption; undated, read 2026-10-18
As of 16 Oct 2026: The municipality's website names 'Hon Mayor Sechele Sebolai' as mayor.
Modimolle-Mookgophong Local Municipality. Page is undated.
Where to look: 'Mayor' page, heading (page undated; footer reads 2024; as_of is the date it was read)
As of 16 Sep 2026: This is from the Modimolle-Mookgophong 2024/25 annual report. It lists Cllr S.A. Sebolai of the African National Congress as Mayor, 'terminated on 15 December 2025'. It lists Cllr M.A. Mboweni of the African National Congress as 'appointed as Mayor on 15 December 2025'. The other members of the executive committee are from the EFF, VF Plus and DA.
Modimolle-Mookgophong Local Municipality. Published 16 September 2026.
Where to look: Chapter 2, section 2.3 'Executive Committee', printed page 9 (scanned page; read from the page image)
As of 1 Apr 2026: Cllr M.A. Mboweni signs the municipality's draft 2026/27 IDP/Budget document as Mayor. An IDP is the council's plan for the years ahead.
Modimolle-Mookgophong Local Municipality. Page is undated.
Where to look: Mayor's foreword (p. 13 per contents), signature block 'Cllr M.A. MBOWENI, MAYOR' (document undated; uploaded April 2026 per URL path, as_of set to that month)
As of 20 Dec 2025: On 15 December 2025 the Modimolle-Mookgophong council made a decision about Mayor Sechele Aaron Sebolai. It removed him from his executive and mayoral duties. This was after an ethics committee found him guilty of misconduct. Misconduct means breaking the rules for how councillors must act. The council then elected councillor Anna Mboweni as interim mayor. Interim means for a short time. This was until the next council meeting.
The Citizen. Published 20 December 2025.
Where to look: paragraph 1 (fired at special council sitting); paragraph 10 (DA councillor: ANC and EFF removed Sebolai from exco, Mboweni interim mayor); paragraph 15 (municipality: report presented to council 15 Dec 2025, removed from executive and mayoral duties)
As of 13 Jul 2023: Aaron Sebolai of the ANC was elected mayor of the Modimolle-Mookgophong council. He beat DA councillor Hercules Louw by 17 votes to 11. This was after the death of DA mayor Marlene van Staden. No party had more than half of the seats. The ANC and the opposition parties each have 14 councillors.
SABC News. Page is undated.
Where to look: paragraphs 1-4 and 8 (page shows no date; it says Van Staden died 'last month', i.e. June 2023; as_of 13 Jul 2023 is the date Wikipedia gives for this SABC article, not seen on the page)
As of 2 Dec 2021: Marlene van Staden of the DA was re-elected mayor of the Modimolle-Mookgophong council by a coin toss after a fifth tied vote. No party had more than half of the seats. The ANC has 14 seats. The DA, EFF and FF Plus have 14 combined.
SABC News. Page is undated.
Where to look: paragraphs 1-3 (page shows no date; as_of taken from the IOL report of 2 Dec 2021 in leads)
How were the seats split?
The 2021 result
Who won the 28 seats in 2021.
Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC). Page is undated.
Where to look: p. 2 of 3, seat table, Total Party Seats column
Every party
The seats now, by party (ward seats and party seats). African National Congress: 14 (12 ward, 2 party). Democratic Alliance: 7 (1 ward, 6 party). Economic Freedom Fighters: 4 (0 ward, 4 party). Freedom Front Plus: 3 (1 ward, 2 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 28 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 Modimolle-Mookgophong 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)
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