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.).
Ald. Dennis (D.S.) Thabe is executive mayor (a mayor who makes many of the council's decisions). The district's 2024/25 annual financial statements, its homepage and the gov.za directory name him. Thabe was elected to the (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 2021 as an ANC (Councillor A person elected to make decisions for a municipality, such as the budget and who the mayor is. Each one holds one seat.). We found no official or news source for the date he took office or for the current governing partners. Control changed in April 2023. The council government led by the DA, under mayor Hullet Hild (DA), was removed. The alliance of the ANC and the EFF elected Thabiso Bovungana (AIC) as mayor in the 44- (Seat A place on the council, held by one councillor. A party with more votes gets more of these places.) council. This is a district council. In 2021, no (Party A group of people who stand for election together, with shared plans.) won more than half of the 18 seats voters choose directly. The ANC won 8. The (Local municipality A municipality for a town or rural area outside the metros. There are 205.) send the other members.
What the sources said, by date
On the council's website, no date shown
Ald. Dennis Thabe is executive mayor, Cllr H.B. Munyai is speaker and Cllr Mildred Ndzilane is chief whip, according to the district's homepage.
On the council's website, no date shown
The national government contact directory lists Ald. Dennis Thabe as Executive Mayor of West Rand District Municipality.
As of 31 Aug 2025
Ald. D.S. Thabe was executive mayor, the audited 2024/25 annual financial statements say. Cllr H.B. Munyai was speaker (the councillor who chairs council meetings) and Cllr M.N. Ndzilane was council whip.
This was true then. Newer rows above may change it.
As of 11 Apr 2023
The alliance of the ANC and the EFF removed DA mayor Hullet Hild and chief whip Alme Swart. It used motions of no confidence (council votes to remove the mayor or speaker). A chief whip is the councillor who keeps a party's members voting together. The alliance elected Thabiso Bovungana of the AIC as mayor by 29 votes to 19 in the 44-seat West Rand council.
As of 9 Nov 2021
Dennis Sello Thabe was elected to the West Rand district council in 2021 as an ANC councillor, on the 40% list.
How were the seats split?
Voters choose 18 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 10 of these 18 seats to win more than half of them. No party has that many.
- ANC8
- DA5
- EFF3
- African Independent Congress1
- FF+1
Each dot is one seat. The dot with a ring is seat 10. 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.
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 West Rand district council a clean audit (unqualified with no findings) for 2024-25. It got the same result in 2023-24.
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
The Auditor-General found a going concern uncertainty at the West Rand district council in 2024-25, for the eighth 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
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 quizFind 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.
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