The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[3] The municipal council consists of thirty-nine members elected by mixed-member proportional representation.

Twenty councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in twenty wards, while the remaining nineteen are chosen from party lists so that the total number of party representatives is proportional to the number of votes received.

In the election of 1 November 2021 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of twenty-one seats on the council.

[4] After infighting between two African National Congress factions, resulting in the council having two mayors and two speakers, the council was dissolved by the national and provincial governments.

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