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.).
Rodney Jikella has been mayor since at least 27 September 2024. He signs the mayor's foreword of the 2025/26 IDP review, from May 2025, as Rodney Jikkela. The IDP is the council's development plan. The March 2024 IDP lists Rodney Jikella as the ANC Ward 5 (Councillor A person elected to make decisions for a municipality, such as the budget and who the mayor is. Each one holds one seat.). We found no source that says which (Party A group of people who stand for election together, with shared plans.) now run the council together. National Treasury's undated data names Norman Stephen van Wyk as speaker (the councillor who chairs council meetings). In 2021, no party won 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.). The ANC won 5. No party has had more than half of the 11 seats since 2021. The DA won Ward 4 from the ANC on 1 June 2022. After that the council was ANC 4, DA 3, EFF 2 and Kareeberg Civic Movement (KCM) 2. Daily Maverick reports that the KCM held the posts of mayor and speaker. By March 2024 the (Municipality The local government for your area. It looks after local services, such as water, rubbish removal and local roads. There are 257.) IDP listed Esau Hoorn of the DA as mayor and Wilfred Horne of the EFF as speaker.
What the sources said, by date
On the council's website, no date shown
The national government contact directory lists Councillor E Hoorn as the mayor contact for Kareeberg Local Municipality.
On the council's website, no date shown
Mr Rodney Jikella is Mayor/Executive Mayor and Mr Norman Stephen van Wyk is Speaker of Kareeberg, according to National Treasury's officials data. An executive mayor is a mayor who makes many of the council's decisions.
As of 31 May 2025
Rodney Jikkela signs the mayor's foreword of Kareeberg's 2025/26 IDP review. The review was to be put to the council to be adopted at the end of May 2025.
This was true then. Newer rows above may change it.
As of 27 Sep 2024
The Tourism Minister's speech greets 'Mayor of the Kareeberg Local Municipality Cllr Jikella'. It was given at the national World Tourism Day event in Carnarvon on 27 September 2024.
As of 25 Mar 2024
In March 2024 the municipality's draft IDP review listed Esau Hoorn of the DA as mayor and Wilfred D. Horne of the EFF as speaker. The review marks both as PR councillors (a seat a party gets from its list, to match its share of the votes). Its list of 11 councillors counts ANC 4, DA 3, EFF 2 and KCM 2. We counted these line by line.
As of 2 Jun 2022
On 1 June 2022 the DA won Ward 4 in Kareeberg in a by-election. A by-election is a vote to fill one empty (Ward A small area inside a municipality. Each one elects one councillor.) seat. Kareeberg's council code is NC074. The ANC had held that seat before.
As of 2 Jun 2022
The DA won Ward 4 from the ANC on 1 June 2022. After that, the Kareeberg council was ANC 4, DA 3, EFF 2 and Kareeberg Civic Movement 2. That is 11 seats. The KCM held the mayor and speaker posts. This came after the DA and the EFF voted for KCM candidates 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.
- ANC4
- DA3
- EFF2
- Kareeberg Civic Movement2
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. One party has no colour on record, so it is grey too.
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 Kareeberg a qualified audit opinion for 2024-25. That is better than in 2023-24, when it got a disclaimer of opinion.
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
Where do I vote, and who is my ward councillor?
Kareeberg 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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