Checked 16 October 2026
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Which party controls the council?
Dated reports
As of 28 May 2026: Councillor Deon de Vos is executive mayor of Sarah Baartman District Municipality.
Sarah Baartman District Municipality. Published 28 May 2026.
Where to look: news item dated 28 May 2026, paragraph 3 ('SBDM Executive Mayor, Cllr Deon de Vos')
As of 7 Apr 2026: Councillor Deon de Vos is executive mayor of Sarah Baartman District Municipality.
Sarah Baartman District Municipality. Published 7 April 2026.
Where to look: p. 8, Mayor's Foreword signature ('Cllr. Deon de Vos, Executive Mayor'); p. 34 organogram
As of 7 Apr 2026: The Sarah Baartman district council has 30 councillors. Of these, 18 come from the seven local municipalities. The other 12 are elected by proportional representation (each party gets seats to match its share of the votes).
Sarah Baartman District Municipality. Published 7 April 2026.
Where to look: p. 33, section 2.1 (Political Governance)
As of 20 Jan 2022: Deon de Vos (ANC) was elected executive mayor of Sarah Baartman District with 16 of 30 council votes. The council has 14 ANC seats, 12 DA, 3 EFF and 1 FF Plus.
Daily Dispatch. Published 20 January 2022.
Where to look: paragraphs 1 (De Vos, ANC), 3 (16 of 30 votes) and 5 (seat split)
As of 9 Nov 2021: Deon Wesley Sam de Vos was elected as an ANC PR councillor in Dr Beyers Naude in 2021. A PR councillor has a seat that the 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: Eastern Cape, EC101 Dr. Beyers Naude, AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS PR(2)
How were the seats split?
The 2021 result
Who won the 12 seats in 2021.
Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC). Page is undated.
Where to look: p. 1 of 1, seat table, Total Party Seats column
Every party
The seats voters choose directly, by party. African National Congress: 6. Democratic Alliance: 5. Economic Freedom Fighters: 1.
Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC). Page is undated.
Where to look: p. 1 of 1, seat table, Total Party Seats column
What the official records say
Audit result
The Auditor-General gave the Sarah Baartman district council a clean audit (unqualified with no findings) for 2024-25. That is better 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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