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Who runs Namakwa?

Alinda Beukes (ANC) is (Mayor The leader of the municipality. Councillors choose this person, not voters. So the seats each party wins decide who can lead.) of Namakwa, as of 26 May 2026. In 2021, no (Party A group of people who stand for election together, with shared plans.) won more than half of the (Seat A place on the council, held by one councillor. A party with more votes gets more of these places.) voters choose directly in Namakwa.

Checked 16 Oct 2026. Sourced, not yet reviewed.

Photo: Springbok · Discott, Public domain

Checked 16 Oct 2026. Sourced, not yet reviewed.

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.).

Alinda Beukes is the executive mayor (a mayor who makes many of the council's decisions), in the council-approved 2026/27 IDP from May 2026. The IDP is the council's development plan. It lists Alinda Beukes among the ANC members, and names the ANC as the majority (Party A group of people who stand for election together, with shared plans.). This is a (District council A council over several local municipalities. It runs services for the whole area. There are 44. Voters outside the metros also vote for it.) of 19 members. The ANC has 10 of the 19 members, the DA has 5, the Namakwa Civic Movement (NCM) has 3 and the PA has 1. In 2021, no party won more than half of the 8 (Seat A place on the council, held by one councillor. A party with more votes gets more of these places.) voters choose directly. The ANC won 4. The (Local municipality A municipality for a town or rural area outside the metros. There are 205.) send the other members. MJ Cloete of the ANC was executive mayor in 2022.

What the sources said, by date

  1. As of 26 May 2026

    The ANC is the majority party, according to the council-approved 2026/27 IDP (26 May 2026). It lists 19 council members: ANC 10, DA 5, NCM 3 and PA 1. We counted these line by line. (Councillor A person elected to make decisions for a municipality, such as the budget and who the mayor is. Each one holds one seat.) Alinda Beukes signs the foreword as executive mayor. 'AW Beukes' is listed among the ANC members.

  2. This was true then. Newer rows above may change it.

    As of 9 Jun 2023

    The Namakwa District council had 19 members in June 2023: ANC 11, DA 4, Namakwa Civic Movement 3 and PA 1. The ANC was named as the majority party.

  3. As of 9 Jun 2023

    MJ Cloete was executive mayor of the Namakwa District and GY Pieters was speaker (the councillor who chairs council meetings). This was in the year to 30 June 2022. The 2023 IDP lists MJ Cloete and G Pieters among the ANC's members.

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How were the seats split?

Voters choose 8 of this (District council A council over several local municipalities. It runs services for the whole area. There are 44. Voters outside the metros also vote for it.) (Seat A place on the council, held by one councillor. A party with more votes gets more of these places.) directly. The (Local municipality A municipality for a town or rural area outside the metros. There are 205.) send the other members. A (Party A group of people who stand for election together, with shared plans.) needs 5 of these 8 seats to win more than half of them. No party has that many.

  • ANC4
  • DA2
  • Namakwa Civic Movement1
  • PA1

Each dot is one seat. The dot with a ring is seat 5. That is more than half of the seats voters choose directly. Each party shows in its own colour. One party has no colour on record, so it is grey too.

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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 the Namakwa district council an unqualified audit opinion with findings for 2024-25. That is worse than in 2023-24, when it got a clean audit.

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

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