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.).
We could not confirm who is mayor of Masilonyana now. OFM reported that mayor Dimakatso Modise handed in her resignation as mayor and (Councillor A person elected to make decisions for a municipality, such as the budget and who the mayor is. Each one holds one seat.) on 6 May 2026. No source we checked names who took over from her. The ANC suspended Modise as a (Party A group of people who stand for election together, with shared plans.) member in September 2025, after she refused to resign. In 2021, the ANC won 11 of the 19 (Seat A place on the council, held by one councillor. A party with more votes gets more of these places.), which gave it a majority.
What the sources said, by date
As of 7 May 2026
OFM reported on Masilonyana mayor Dimakatso Modise. On 6 May 2026 she handed in her letter to resign. Before this, the ANC provincial secretary had asked her to resign as councillor and mayor.
This was true then. Newer rows above may change it.
As of 1 Nov 2025
In November 2025 Dimakatso Elizabeth Modise was mayor of Masilonyana Local Municipality. The speaker was Nkone Makate. A speaker is the councillor who chairs council meetings.
As of 18 Sep 2025
IOL reported an ANC letter saying Dimakatso Modise, mayor of Masilonyana, had not handed in a resignation as the party told her to. The ANC letter said she refused and was suspended.
As of 17 Sep 2025
In a letter dated 16 September 2025 the ANC in the Free State suspended Masilonyana mayor Dimakatso Modise as a party member. This was after she refused to resign as the party told her to.
As of 22 Aug 2025
In August 2025 the ANC in the Free State spoke about these councils. It said it would redeploy their mayors, speakers and chief whips. To redeploy is to move someone to a different post. A chief whip is the councillor who keeps a party's members voting together. The councils are Mafube, Moqhaka, Letsemeng, Nketoana, Nala, Masilonyana and Lejweleputswa.
As of 9 Nov 2021
Dimakatso Elizabeth Modise was elected to the Masilonyana council as an ANC councillor in 2021. She was first on the ANC list.
How were the seats split?
Who holds the 19 (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 10 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 11, 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.
- ANC11
- DA4
- EFF2
- Forum 4 Service Delivery1
- FF+1
Each dot is one seat. The dot with a ring is seat 10. 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 Masilonyana a disclaimer of opinion for 2024-25. It got the same result in 2023-24.
This means it could not show proof for most of the amounts in its accounts, so the Auditor-General could not judge them.
Auditor-General of South Africa, 24 June 2026
In July 2026, the Minister of Cooperative Governance told Parliament that the intervention at Masilonyana is ongoing. It began in February 2026, under section 139(1)(b) of the Constitution.
This means the province took over some of the council's work, because the council was not doing it.
Department of Cooperative Governance, 3 July 2026
The Auditor-General found a going concern uncertainty at Masilonyana 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?
Masilonyana has 10 (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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