This factor has severe implications on actual service delivery and the cost thereof Paulpietersburg .Renaming has been gazetteded for the year 2026.

Most settlements developed organically and are unplanned, it lacks basic services and facilities and provide limited opportunities for economic development.

[4] The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:[5] The municipal council consists of nineteen members elected by mixed-member proportional representation.

Ten councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in ten wards, while the remaining nine 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 National Freedom Party won a plurality of seats.