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Who runs Hantam?

K. Alexander (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 Hantam, as of 20 Jul 2026. The ANC now has 7 of the 13 (Seat A place on the council, held by one councillor. A party with more votes gets more of these places.) in Hantam, so it can 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.

Checked 16 Oct 2026. Sourced, not yet reviewed.

Photo: Hantam · Andrew Hall, 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.).

K. Alexander is mayor of Hantam in a July 2026 municipal report, and the ANC has 7 of the 13 (Seat A place on the council, held by one councillor. A party with more votes gets more of these places.). K. Alexander was elected as an ANC (Ward councillor A person chosen by the voters of one ward to speak for that area on the council. You vote for them by name.) in 2021. The ANC won its seventh seat in a December 2024 by-election (a vote to fill one empty (Ward A small area inside a municipality. Each one elects one councillor.) seat). It won Ward 7 in Middelpos from the DA. Daily Maverick said then that the ANC and the PA had been in a (Coalition Parties that agree to run a council together, usually because none has more than half the seats alone. Together they choose the mayor.) since 2021. A coalition is a group of (Party A group of people who stand for election together, with shared plans.) that run the council together. With 7 seats, the ANC no longer depended on the PA to govern. The ANC held the ward again in a by-election on 26 November 2025. In 2021, no party won more than half of the 13 seats. The ANC won 6.

What the sources said, by date

  1. As of 20 Jul 2026

    K. Alexander is mayor and chaired the panel at the (Municipality The local government for your area. It looks after local services, such as water, rubbish removal and local roads. There are 257.) 2025/26 mid-year performance reviews on 20 July 2026.

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

    As of 27 Nov 2025

    The ANC held Hantam Ward 7 in Middelpos in a by-election on 26 November 2025. The ward councillor elected in 2024 had died. The ANC kept its outright majority of 7 of the 13 seats.

  3. As of 19 Dec 2024

    The ANC won Ward 7 in Middelpos from the DA in a December 2024 by-election. It now holds 7 of the 13 seats. So it no longer depends on the PA to govern. The PA has been its coalition (a group of parties that run the council together) partner since 2021.

  4. As of 9 Nov 2021

    Koos Alexander was elected as the ANC's Ward 6 (Councillor A person elected to make decisions for a municipality, such as the budget and who the mayor is. Each one holds one seat.) in Hantam in 2021.

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How were the seats split?

Who holds the 13 (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 7 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 7, 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.

  • ANC7
  • DA3
  • Namakwa Civic Movement1
  • PA1
  • FF+1

Each dot is one seat. The dot with a ring is seat 7. That is how many seats one party needs to run the council alone. Each party shows in its own colour. One party has no colour on record, so it is 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 Hantam 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

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

Hantam has 7 (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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