Checked 16 October 2026
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Which party controls the council?
Dated reports
On the council's website, no date shown: Councillor Linda Jaquet (DA) is executive mayor, according to the municipality's council pages. Councillor Sidney Koonthea (DA) is deputy mayor and Councillor Magrietha Jafta (DA) is speaker. The pages give the council as DA 4 seats, ANC 1, KGP 1 and PA 1.
Prince Albert Municipality. Page is undated.
Where to look: 'Executive Mayor and Council' text (party seats paragraph) and the Executive Mayor, Deputy Mayor (/council/roles/deputy-mayor) and Speaker (/council/roles/speaker) panels with 'Party Affiliation' (undated; site footer (c) 2026, notices to May 2026; read 2026-10-18)
As of 30 Jun 2024: Ms L Jaquet was executive mayor and Ms MD Jaftha was speaker, according to the municipality's audited statements for the year to 30 June 2024. They show the deputy mayor post as empty.
Prince Albert Municipality. Published 13 December 2024.
Where to look: General Information, pp. 2-3 (Executive Mayor, Speaker, councillor list)
As of 27 Sep 2022: Linda Jaquet (DA) was elected executive mayor of Prince Albert. Stoffel Botes (DA) is deputy mayor, and Margy Jaftha (DA, formerly KGP) is speaker.
Weekend Argus. Published 27 September 2022.
Where to look: paragraphs 2-3
As of 15 Sep 2022: The DA won the Prince Albert Ward 4 by-election on 14 September 2022 by 44 votes. This gave the DA more than half of the seats, 4 of the 7. The KGP, ANC and PA have one seat each.
Daily Maverick. Published 15 September 2022.
Where to look: Western Cape section, 'Ward 4 (North End) Prince Albert': 'The by-election' paragraph and paragraph beginning 'The result means'
As of 13 Sep 2022: An ANC, PA and KGP coalition (a group of parties that run the council together) governed Prince Albert after the 2021 election. It had 4 of the 7 seats, and the DA had 3.
Daily Maverick. Published 13 September 2022.
Where to look: paragraphs 2-3
How were the seats split?
The 2021 result
Who won the 7 seats in 2021.
Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC). Page is undated.
Where to look: p. 2 of 2, seat table, Total Party Seats column
Every party
The seats now, by party (ward seats and party seats). Democratic Alliance: 4 (3 ward, 1 party). African National Congress: 1 (0 ward, 1 party). Karoo Gemeenskap Party: 1 (1 ward, 0 party). Patriotic 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 7 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 Prince Albert a qualified audit opinion for 2024-25. That is worse than in 2023-24, when it got an unqualified opinion with findings.
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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