In the election of 1 November 2021 the Democratic Alliance (DA) won a plurality of six seats on the council.
[1] In terms of the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution and the judgment of the Constitutional Court in United Democratic Movement v President of the Republic of South Africa and Others, in the period from 8–22 October 2002 councillors had the opportunity to cross the floor to a different political party without losing their seats.
[6] At the election of 18 May 2011, the council was expanded to 15 members with the addition of one new ward and one new PR list seats.
[7] The following by-elections were held to fill vacant ward seats in the period between the elections in May 2011 and August 2016.
In July 2018, the ANC's Hennie Nel was elected mayor after the resignation of the DA's Rhenda Stephan.