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Who runs Elias Motsoaledi?

M.D. Tladi (ANC) is (Mayor The leader of the municipality. Councillors choose this person, not voters. So the seats each party wins decide who can lead.) of Elias Motsoaledi, as of 2 Dec 2025. In 2021, the ANC won more than half of the (Seat A place on the council, held by one councillor. A party with more votes gets more of these places.) in Elias Motsoaledi.

Checked 16 Oct 2026. Sourced, not yet reviewed.

Photo: Groblersdal · JMK, CC BY-SA 3.0

Checked 16 Oct 2026. Sourced, not yet reviewed.

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.).

Magetle David Tladi of the ANC is mayor, according to the audited statements for the year to June 2025. The ANC has a majority. In 2021, it won 36 of the 61 (Seat A place on the council, held by one councillor. A party with more votes gets more of these places.). It gained (Ward A small area inside a municipality. Each one elects one councillor.) 30 (an area with its own (Councillor A person elected to make decisions for a municipality, such as the budget and who the mayor is. Each one holds one seat.)) from the EFF in December 2024. This was in a by-election (a vote to fill one empty ward seat). By our count of by-election results, up to June 2026, the ANC now has 37 of the 61 seats.

What the sources said, by date

  1. As of 2 Dec 2025

    Cllr M.D. Tladi is listed as Mayor in the Elias Motsoaledi Local Municipality's audited (checked by an auditor) annual financial statements. They cover the year that ended on 30 June 2025. They list Cllr J.S. Thethe as Speaker (the councillor who chairs council meetings). They list Cllr M.E. Nduli as Chief Whip (the councillor who organises (Party A group of people who stand for election together, with shared plans.) members for council votes), since March 2024.

  2. This was true then. Newer rows above may change it.

    As of 11 Mar 2025

    The Elias Motsoaledi 2023/24 annual report lists Magetle David Tladi, of the ANC, as an executive committee member. It gives Tladi's PR list number as 1 (PR means a seat a party gets from its list, to match its share of the votes). The mayor's foreword in the report is signed 'M.D Tladi, Mayor'.

  3. As of 12 Dec 2024

    The ANC won the Elias Motsoaledi ward 30 by-election in December 2024 from the EFF. The EFF councillor's membership had ended.

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How were the seats split?

Who holds the 61 (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 31 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. The ANC has 37, so it can 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 on its own.

  • ANC37
  • EFF13
  • DA4
  • Bolsheviks Party of South Africa2
  • Mpumalanga Party2
  • Answer for Community1
  • 2 other parties2

Each dot is one seat. The dot with a ring is seat 31. That is how many seats one party needs to run the council alone. Each party shows in its own colour. Grey dots are the 2 other parties, with 1 seat each. 3 parties have no colour on record, so they are grey too.

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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.

Core servicesWater, lights, rubbish and roads: what your council runs.No checks yet

Housing and landHouses, informal settlements and title deeds.No checks yet

Safety and jobsCrime, metro police and work in your area.No checks yet

Governance and moneyCorruption, audits and budgets: how your council uses your money.No checks yet

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 Elias Motsoaledi an unqualified audit opinion with findings for 2024-25. That is better than in 2023-24, when it got a qualified opinion.

This means its accounts were right, but the Auditor-General found other problems, such as broken laws or weak reports on its work.

Auditor-General of South Africa, 24 June 2026

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Where do I vote, and who is my ward councillor?

Elias Motsoaledi has 31 (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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