Take the quizFind your voting station Check you’re registered
Election day Wed 4 Nov
Take the quiz

Who runs Sarah Baartman?

Deon de Vos (ANC) has been (Mayor The leader of the municipality. Councillors choose this person, not voters. So the seats each party wins decide who can lead.) of Sarah Baartman since Jan 2022. 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 Sarah Baartman.

Checked 16 Oct 2026. Sourced, not yet reviewed.

Photo: Gqeberha · Leo za1, CC BY-SA 3.0

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.).

Deon de Vos (ANC) has been executive mayor (a mayor who makes many of the council's decisions) of Sarah Baartman since January 2022. De Vos was still in office in 2026. 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.) where no (Party A group of people who stand for election together, with shared plans.) has 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.). In January 2022 the ANC had 14 seats, the DA 12, the EFF 3 and the FF Plus 1, out of 30. In 2021, no party won more than half of the 12 seats voters choose directly.

What the sources said, by date

  1. As of 28 May 2026

    (Councillor A person elected to make decisions for a municipality, such as the budget and who the mayor is. Each one holds one seat.) Deon de Vos is executive mayor of Sarah Baartman District Municipality.

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

    As of 7 Apr 2026

    Councillor Deon de Vos is executive mayor of Sarah Baartman District Municipality.

  3. As of 7 Apr 2026

    The Sarah Baartman district council has 30 councillors. Of these, 18 come from the seven (Local municipality A municipality for a town or rural area outside the metros. There are 205.). The other 12 are elected by proportional representation (each party gets seats to match its share of the votes).

  4. As of 20 Jan 2022

    Deon de Vos (ANC) was elected executive mayor of Sarah Baartman District with 16 of 30 council votes. The council has 14 ANC seats, 12 DA, 3 EFF and 1 FF Plus.

  5. As of 9 Nov 2021

    Deon Wesley Sam de Vos was elected as an ANC PR councillor in Dr Beyers Naude in 2021. A PR councillor has a seat that the party gets from its list, to match its share of the votes.

View sources (opens in a new tab)

How were the seats split?

Voters choose 12 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 7 of these 12 seats to win more than half of them. No party has that many.

  • ANC6
  • DA5
  • EFF1

Each dot is one seat. The dot with a ring is seat 7. That is more than half of the seats voters choose directly. Each party shows in its own colour.

View sources (opens in a new tab)

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 Sarah Baartman district council a clean audit (unqualified with no findings) for 2024-25. That is better than in 2023-24, when it got an unqualified opinion with findings.

This means its accounts and its reports on its work were right, and it followed the key laws.

Auditor-General of South Africa, 24 June 2026

View sources (opens in a new tab)

How does voting work here?

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.).

Pick what matters to you and see which parties promised it, with a link to where it said so.

Take the quiz
See your ballot

Find your town to see your (Ward A small area inside a municipality. Each one elects one councillor.), your voting station and every name on your papers.

Or check with the IEC

Spotted a mistake? Report a mistake. Every change is logged on the Corrections page.