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Who runs Sedibeng?

Lerato Maloka (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 Sedibeng since Feb 2025. 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 Sedibeng.

Checked 16 Oct 2026. Sourced, not yet reviewed.

Photo: Vereeniging · 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.).

Lerato Maloka (ANC) was still executive mayor (a mayor who makes many of the council's decisions) 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.) in June 2026. She was re-elected 25 votes to 24 in February 2025. Earlier in 2025, a motion brought by the DA removed her, by 26 votes to 21. A motion is a proposal the council votes on. She had been elected mayor with the support of the PAC, NHM and CSA. These (Party A group of people who stand for election together, with shared plans.) held posts on the mayoral committee (a team of (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 help the mayor). The full district council has 49 (Seat A place on the council, held by one councillor. A party with more votes gets more of these places.). IOL (February 2025) lists them as ANC 19, DA 16, EFF 6, FF+ 2, PAC 2, and ACDP, NHM, CSA and VAAL 1 each. In 2021, no party won more than half of the 20 seats voters choose directly. The ANC won 8 and the DA won 7.

What the sources said, by date

  1. As of 24 Jun 2026

    Executive Mayor Lerato Maloka's remarks were read at the 167th ordinary council meeting of Sedibeng District Municipality. Mamokete Radebe chaired the meeting as Speaker (the councillor who chairs council meetings).

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

    As of 19 Feb 2025

    Lerato Maloka (ANC) was re-elected executive mayor of Sedibeng. She beat DA councillor Prudence Hlanyane 25 to 24 in the 49-member council. She had been removed in a DA motion of no confidence (a council vote to remove the mayor or speaker). The ANC has 19 seats, the DA 16, the EFF 6, FF+ 2, the PAC 2, and the ACDP, NHM, CSA and VAAL 1 each.

  3. As of 14 Feb 2025

    Lerato Maloka was removed as Sedibeng mayor by a DA motion of no confidence, 26 votes to 21. She had been elected mayor with the support of the PAC, NHM and CSA. All three parties had seats on her mayoral committee.

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How were the seats split?

Voters choose 20 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 11 of these 20 seats to win more than half of them. No party has that many.

  • ANC8
  • DA7
  • EFF3
  • PAC1
  • FF+1

Each dot is one seat. The dot with a ring is seat 11. That is more than half of the seats voters choose directly. Each party shows in its own colour.

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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

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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 Sedibeng district council an unqualified audit opinion with findings for 2024-25. It got the same result in 2023-24.

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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