Checked 16 October 2026
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Which party controls the council?
Dated reports
As of 11 Dec 2025: Audited financial statements (checked by auditors) for the year to 30 June 2025 name DM Pitso as Executive Mayor. An executive mayor is a mayor who makes many of the council's decisions. They name LP Letshufi as Speaker.
Ramotshere Moiloa Local Municipality. Published 11 December 2025.
Where to look: General Information ('Executive Mayor DM Pitso', 'Speaker LP Letshufi'); no parties shown; date is the upload timestamp in the file name
As of 7 Sep 2025: The North West MEC (a member of the provincial government) appointed an ad hoc committee under the Municipal Structures Act. The committee has 60 days to investigate the conduct of Ramotshere Moiloa councillors. Dina Pitso was mayor and Portia Letshefi was speaker (the councillor who chairs council meetings).
OFM. Published 7 September 2025.
Where to look: paragraphs 1 and 4
As of 3 Sep 2025: The North West government said that a Ramotshere Moiloa council meeting on 9 July 2025 did not comply with the rules that apply. The meeting sought to remove the mayor. The government also said that Councillor Dina Pitso remains mayor. It announced an intervention plan to make the municipality stable.
North West Provincial Government. Published 3 September 2025.
Where to look: paragraphs 1-4
How were the seats split?
The 2021 result
Who won the 37 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: 22 (18 ward, 4 party). Economic Freedom Fighters: 5 (0 ward, 5 party). Forum 4 Service Delivery: 5 (0 ward, 5 party). ActionSA: 1 (1 ward, 0 party). Democratic Alliance: 1 (0 ward, 1 party). Forum for Democrats: 1 (0 ward, 1 party). United Christian Democratic Party: 1 (0 ward, 1 party). Freedom Front Plus: 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 37 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 Ramotshere Moiloa 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 Ramotshere Moiloa 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, 'Ramotshere 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', 'Ramotshiri Moiloa LM' row, FRP IMPLEMENTATION STATUS column
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