Which party controls the council?
Voters choose the (Council The group of elected people who make decisions for a municipality. They pass its budget and choose the mayor.). The council chooses the (Mayor The leader of the municipality. Councillors choose this person, not voters. So the seats each party wins decide who can lead.).
Bonisile Manxoweni (ANC) is mayor of Blue Crane Route, says the council's 2026/27 IDP from July 2026. An IDP is the council's plan for its work. A (District council A council over several local municipalities. It runs services for the whole area. There are 44. Voters outside the metros also vote for it.) report from August 2026 also names Manxoweni as mayor. The speaker (the (Councillor A person elected to make decisions for a municipality, such as the budget and who the mayor is. Each one holds one seat.) who chairs council meetings) is from the EFF, according to the IDP. Since April 2024, no (Party A group of people who stand for election together, with shared plans.) has had more than half of the 11 (Seat A place on the council, held by one councillor. A party with more votes gets more of these places.). That month, the DA won Ward 4 in Pearston from the ANC in a by-election (a vote to fill one empty (Ward A small area inside a municipality. Each one elects one councillor.) seat). This left the ANC and the DA with 5 seats each and the EFF with 1. In 2021, the ANC won 6 of the 11 seats.
What the sources said, by date
On the council's website, no date shown
Bonisile Amos Manxoweni is mayor of Blue Crane Route. The mayor is an ANC PR councillor. A PR councillor has a seat that the party gets from its list, to match its share of the votes.
As of 6 Aug 2026
Blue Crane Route mayor Bonisile Manxoweni received two vehicles from the Sarah Baartman District Municipality on 6 August 2026.
This was true then. Newer rows above may change it.
As of 29 Jul 2026
Bonisile Amos Manxoweni (ANC) is mayor of Blue Crane Route, and Sibusisiwe Platyi (EFF) is speaker. The council list shows 5 ANC, 5 DA and 1 EFF councillors.
As of 25 Apr 2024
The DA won Ward 4 of Blue Crane Route from the ANC in a by-election on 24 April 2024. The council now has no party with more than half of the seats. The ANC and the DA have 5 seats each, and the EFF has 1.
As of 25 Apr 2024
Herbert Chowles (DA) won Ward 4 of Blue Crane Route in the 24 April 2024 by-election. The ANC won that seat in 2021.
As of 9 Nov 2021
Bonisile Amos Manxoweni was elected as an ANC PR councillor in Blue Crane Route in 2021.
How were the seats split?
Who holds the 11 (Seat A place on the council, held by one councillor. A party with more votes gets more of these places.) now, counted up to 24 Jun 2026. A (Party A group of people who stand for election together, with shared plans.) needs 6 seats to run the (Council The group of elected people who make decisions for a municipality. They pass its budget and choose the mayor.) on its own. No party has that many. So parties must work together to choose the (Mayor The leader of the municipality. Councillors choose this person, not voters. So the seats each party wins decide who can lead.) and pass the budget.
- ANC5
- DA5
- EFF1
Each dot is one seat. The dot with a ring is seat 6. That is how many seats one party needs to run the council alone. Each party shows in its own colour.
What has the council done?
We have not checked any claims about this (Council The group of elected people who make decisions for a municipality. They pass its budget and choose the mayor.) yet. That is not a mark for or against it.
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What the official records say
From the Auditor-General and the national government. Every council gets the same checks. A council that is not on a list shows no row.
The Auditor-General gave Blue Crane Route a qualified audit opinion for 2024-25. It got the same result in 2023-24.
This means some parts of its accounts had big mistakes, or it could not show proof for some amounts.
Auditor-General of South Africa, 24 June 2026
The Auditor-General found a going concern uncertainty at Blue Crane Route in 2024-25, for the second year in a row.
This means there is serious doubt that the council can keep paying its bills and keep working.
Auditor-General of South Africa, 24 June 2026
Where do I vote, and who is my ward councillor?
Blue Crane Route has 6 (Ward A small area inside a municipality. Each one elects one councillor.). You can only vote at the (Voting station The place where you vote, often a school or a hall. You can only vote at the one where you are registered.) where you are (Registered Your name is on the voters' roll. Registration for this election closed on 7 August 2026.).
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