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.).
Gaba Thithiba Ka Qhele (ANC) is executive mayor of JB Marks, according to the (Municipality The local government for your area. It looks after local services, such as water, rubbish removal and local roads. There are 257.) web pages. An executive mayor makes many of the council's decisions. The pages also list the two Patriotic Alliance (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 the mayoral committee. This is the team of councillors who help the mayor lead. The pages were updated in November 2025 and January 2026. The ANC and PA together hold 35 of the 67 (Seat A place on the council, held by one councillor. A party with more votes gets more of these places.). In 2021, no (Party A group of people who stand for election together, with shared plans.) won more than half of the 67 seats, and that has not changed since. The ANC has 33. In November 2021, the ANC said it had agreed 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.) in JB Marks. A coalition is a group of parties that run the council together.
What the sources said, by date
As of 12 Jan 2026
Councillor Gaba Thithiba Ka Qhele is executive mayor. The municipality lists him as an ANC proportional representation (PR) councillor. A PR councillor holds a seat that a party gets from its list. The party gets these seats to match its share of the votes. The municipality lists Adrë Lee-Rail Swarts and Malverine Davis as the Patriotic Alliance's PR councillors.
This was true then. Newer rows above may change it.
As of 25 Nov 2025
The JB Marks mayoral committee has Patriotic Alliance councillors and ANC councillors. An MMC is a member of the mayoral committee. Adrë Lee-Rail Swarts (Patriotic Alliance) is MMC for Housing, Development and Planning. Malverine Davis (Patriotic Alliance) is MMC for Local Economic Development.
As of 14 Mar 2025
Auditors checked the municipality's 2023/24 financial statements. These statements list Gaba Thithiba Ka Qhele as executive mayor. They list Moithoesi Rosy Dassie as speaker. The speaker is the councillor who runs council meetings.
As of 12 Sep 2024
The DA kept (Ward A small area inside a municipality. Each one elects one councillor.) 7, 22 and 24 in JB Marks. These wards are areas that each elect one councillor. The DA won them in 2021. It kept them in by-elections (votes to fill one empty ward seat) on 11 September 2024.
As of 19 Nov 2021
In November 2021, the ANC in North West said it had reached coalition agreements in JB Marks, Lekwa-Teemane and Rustenburg. In each of these councils, no party had won more than half of the seats. The partners named across these councils included Forum 4 Service Delivery, the Patriotic Alliance and (Independent A person who stands for election without a party. In local elections they can only stand in a ward.).
How were the seats split?
Who holds the 67 (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 34 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.
- ANC33
- DA17
- FF+9
- EFF6
- PA2
Each dot is one seat. The dot with a ring is seat 34. 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.
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 JB Marks 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
The Auditor-General found a going concern uncertainty at JB Marks 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?
JB Marks has 34 (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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