[3] The municipal council consists of sixty-eight members elected by mixed-member proportional representation.

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

Originally intended as a floodlit stadium with ablutions, borehole and water reticulation, the final deliverable was far removed from this.

The protests lasted for at least 2 weeks and gained national attention, causing a city wide shutdown which had not been done since 1986.

The municipality suffers from constant power outages due to consistent substation faults.