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Who runs Xhariep?

Irene Mehlomakulu (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 Xhariep, as of 1 Nov 2025. In 2021, the ANC won 4 of the 6 (Seat A place on the council, held by one councillor. A party with more votes gets more of these places.) voters choose directly in Xhariep. That is more than half.

Checked 16 Oct 2026. Sourced, not yet reviewed.

Photo: Trompsburg · 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.).

Irene Mehlomakulu is executive mayor, according to the COGTA list from November 2025. COGTA is the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs. An executive mayor makes many of the council's decisions. The 2023/24 annual report also names Mehlomakulu. In 2021 Mehlomakulu 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.) 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.). This is a district council with 16 (Seat A place on the council, held by one councillor. A party with more votes gets more of these places.). Voters elect 6 of them directly. The other 10 are seconded (sent) by Kopanong, Letsemeng and Mohokare. In 2021, the ANC won 4 of the 6 seats voters choose directly. The 2023/24 annual report gives the ANC 10 seats, the DA 4 and the EFF 2. So the ANC has a majority.

What the sources said, by date

  1. As of 1 Nov 2025

    In November 2025 Irene Mehlomakulu was mayor of Xhariep District Municipality. The speaker was Mokgoro A Shasha. A speaker is the councillor who chairs council meetings.

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

    As of 19 Feb 2025

    The Xhariep council was inaugurated (officially started) on 26 November 2021. It has 16 councillors: 10 ANC, 4 DA and 2 EFF. 6 were directly elected and 10 were seconded from Kopanong, Letsemeng and Mohokare. The mayor's foreword is signed by N.I. Mehlomakulu.

  3. As of 9 Nov 2021

    Nokufa Irene Mehlomakulu was elected to the Xhariep district council as an ANC councillor in 2021.

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How were the seats split?

Voters choose 6 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 4 of these 6 seats to win more than half of them. The ANC has 4, so it did.

  • ANC4
  • DA1
  • EFF1

Each dot is one seat. The dot with a ring is seat 4. 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 Xhariep 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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