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.).
D. Jacobs has been mayor since December 2024, according to the financial statements for the year to June 2025. A. Ludick has been 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) since then too. They replaced DA mayor R. Christie and speaker K. Esau. No official or news source names Jacobs's (Party A group of people who stand for election together, with shared plans.). The ANC won Ward 6 in Groblershoop from the DA on 9 October 2024. The ANC now holds 6 of the 11 (Seat A place on the council, held by one councillor. A party with more votes gets more of these places.). In 2021, no party won more than half of the 11 seats. The ANC won 5.
What the sources said, by date
As of 30 Jun 2025
Councillor D Jacobs was executive mayor of !Kheis at 30 June 2025, the audited financial statements (the accounts, checked by auditors) say. An executive mayor is a mayor who makes many of the council's decisions. Councillor A Ludick was speaker and Councillor J Lodewyk was chief whip (the councillor who organises a party's councillors).
As of 30 Jun 2025
D. Jacobs was mayor and A. Ludick was speaker from December 2024, the audited financial statements for the year to 30 June 2025 show. R. Christie was mayor and K. Esau was speaker before them. Both held office until November 2024.
This was true then. Newer rows above may change it.
As of 10 Oct 2024
The ANC won Ward 6 in Groblershoop from the DA in a by-election (a vote to fill one empty (Ward A small area inside a municipality. Each one elects one councillor.) seat) on 9 October 2024. This gave the ANC 6 of the 11 seats and a majority on the council.
As of 10 Oct 2024
After the by-election, the ANC was expected to elect a mayor and a speaker from its own councillors. They would replace the DA mayor and an independent speaker. These two had led 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.) (a group of parties that run the council together) since 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. The ANC has 6, 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.
- ANC6
- Congress of the People1
- DA1
- 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. 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 !Kheis 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
The Auditor-General found a going concern uncertainty at !Kheis in 2024-25, for the ninth 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?
!Kheis 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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