He served as a municipal councillor prior to his advancement to the post of Deputy Mayor of Darling Transitional Council.
In addition twelve councils were awarded clean audit status by the Auditor General of South Africa, up from zero in 2009 when Bredell had been appointed to the position.
[7] In October 2021, Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane found that Bredell had breached the Executive Code of Ethics over his failure to act against officials, who committed fraud and corruption at the Oudtshoorn Local Municipality.
The MEC had been found to be in breach of the Executive Ethics Code by the Public Protector who "found Bredell’s conduct was improper and constituted a direct conflict between his official responsibilities as the MEC responsible for local government and his private interests as the Western Cape provincial chairperson of the DA at the time.
[12][13] A Western Cape judge slated Bredell's actions in Kannaland as “unlawful and unconstitutional.”[14] Bredell was found to have breached his Executive Ethics Code again when he wrongfully sought to ensure that the DA’s preferred candidate was appointed instead of the candidate selected through the municipal selection process, is one of a number of similar complaints that have been submitted for investigation.