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.).
The 2025 financial statements, at 30 June 2025, still name Nketu Nkotswe (ANC) as executive mayor (a mayor who makes many of the council's decisions). The (Municipality The local government for your area. It looks after local services, such as water, rubbish removal and local roads. There are 257.) 2023/24 annual report names Nkotswe as mayor and Gugulethu Mtshali (ANC) as 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). In 2021, the ANC won more than half of the 69 (Seat A place on the council, held by one councillor. A party with more votes gets more of these places.). The ANC has held a majority since 2021. The 2023/24 annual report lists all 35 (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.) as ANC. A ward councillor is a councillor elected for one area. It also lists 11 ANC PR councillors (seats a (Party A group of people who stand for election together, with shared plans.) gets from its list, to match its share of the votes). That gives the ANC 46 of the 69 seats. (IEC The Electoral Commission of South Africa. It runs elections. It is independent, so it does not take orders from the government or any party.) sources differ on 2021. The IEC seat report shows 34 ANC (Ward A small area inside a municipality. Each one elects one councillor.) seats and one independent, which makes 45 for the ANC. The IEC's 2021 councillor list and the annual report show 35 ANC ward councillors, which makes 46 for the ANC.
What the sources said, by date
As of 30 Jun 2025
Audited statements (checked by auditors) at 30 June 2025 name Councillor MN Nkotswe as executive mayor of Moses Kotane.
This was true then. Newer rows above may change it.
As of 5 Feb 2025
Magdeline Nketu Nkotswe (ANC) was mayor and Gugulethu Maureen Mtshali (ANC) was speaker, according to the municipality's 2023/24 annual report. The report lists its 69 councillors with their parties. All 35 ward councillors were ANC. Of the 34 PR councillors, 11 were ANC. That makes 46 ANC councillors in total.
As of 9 Nov 2021
The IEC's 2021 councillor list shows ANC candidates elected in all 35 Moses Kotane wards. It also shows that Magdeline Nketu Nkotswe was elected as an ANC PR councillor.
How were the seats split?
Who won the 69 (Seat A place on the council, held by one councillor. A party with more votes gets more of these places.) in 2021. A (Party A group of people who stand for election together, with shared plans.) needs 35 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 45, 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.
- ANC45
- EFF13
- DA2
- Tsogang Civic Movement2
- ACDP1
- African Independent Congress1
- 4 other parties4
Each dot is one seat. The dot with a ring is seat 35. That is how many seats one party needs to run the council alone. Each party shows in its own colour. Grey dots are the 4 other parties, with 1 seat each. 2 parties have no colour on record, so they are 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 Moses Kotane 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
Where do I vote, and who is my ward councillor?
Moses Kotane has 35 (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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