Editing Witzenberg Local Municipality (section)

==Politics==
{{main|Witzenberg Local Municipality elections}}
{{Politics of Western Cape}}
The municipal council consists of twenty-three members elected by [[mixed-member proportional representation]]. Twelve councillors are elected by [[first-past-the-post voting]] in twelve [[ward (South Africa)|wards]], while the remaining eleven are chosen from [[party list]]s so that the total number of party representatives is proportional to the number of votes received. In the [[2021 South African municipal election|election of 1 November 2021]] no party obtained a majority of seats. The following table shows the results of the 2021 election.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Election Result Table for LGE2021 – Witzenberg|url=https://wikitable.frith.dev/lge2021/WC022/short|access-date=2021-11-08|website=wikitable.frith.dev}}</ref> On 22 November 2021, the DA's Hennie Smit was elected mayor, the ANC's Johnnerey Mouton was elected speaker and Katrina Robyn of the GOOD party was elected deputy mayor.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Hunter|first=Zintle Mahlati, Juniour Khumalo, Jan Gerber and Qaanitah|title=New political era: DA reaps the rewards as opposition parties kick ANC to the curb|url=https://www.news24.com/news24/southafrica/news/new-political-era-da-reaps-the-rewards-as-opposition-parties-kick-anc-to-the-curb-20211123|access-date=2021-11-23|website=News24}}</ref>

The following are the results of the election (after a recount in December 2021 allocated a seat previously awarded to GOOD to the DA):<ref>{{Cite web |title=Election Result Table for LGE2021 — Witzenberg |url=https://wikitable.frith.dev/lge2021/WC022/short |access-date=2022-04-21 |website=wikitable.frith.dev}}</ref>
{{Election results
|firstround=Ward |secondround=List
|party1=[[Democratic Alliance (South Africa)|Democratic Alliance]] |votes1=7388 |votes1_2=7361 |seats1=8 |seats1_2=1 |totseats1=9
|party2=[[African National Congress]] |votes2=6073 |votes2_2=6108 |seats2=4 |seats2_2=3 |totseats2=7
|party3=[[Good (political party)|Good]] |votes3=1268 |votes3_2=1232 |seats3=0 |seats3_2=1 |totseats3=1
|party4=[[Patriotic Alliance (South Africa)|Patriotic Alliance]] |votes4=1082 |votes4_2=1096 |seats4=0 |seats4_2=1 |totseats4=1
|party5=[[Witzenberg Aksie]] |votes5=740 |votes5_2=754 |seats5=0 |seats5_2=1 |totseats5=1
|party6=[[Independent Civic Organisation of South Africa]] |votes6=616 |votes6_2=566 |seats6=0 |seats6_2=1 |totseats6=1
|party7=[[Economic Freedom Fighters]] |votes7=575 |votes7_2=581 |seats7=0 |seats7_2=1 |totseats7=1
|party8=[[Freedom Front Plus]] |votes8=492 |votes8_2=499 |seats8=0 |seats8_2=1 |totseats8=1
|party9=[[Witzenberg Party]] |votes9=373 |votes9_2=405 |seats9=0 |seats9_2=1 |totseats9=1
|party10=[[Independent candidates]] |votes10=32 |votes10_2= |seats10=0 |seats10_2= |totseats10=0
|party11=8 other parties |votes11=1426 |votes11_2=1322 |seats11=0 |seats11_2=0 |totseats11=0
|invalid=245 |invalid2=298
|electorate=47098 |electorate2=47098
}}

=== Municipal audits ===
In June 2022, the municipality received an unqualified clean audit for the 2020-21 financial year, one of 41 of the country's 257 municipalities to do so. It has received a clean audit each year since 2016–17.<ref>{{Cite web |author=Staff Writer |title=South Africa’s municipalities have been broken for years – and nothing is getting fixed: auditor-general |url=https://businesstech.co.za/news/government/597328/south-africas-municipalities-have-been-broken-for-years-and-nothing-is-getting-fixed-auditor-general/ |access-date=2022-06-15 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Consolidated report on local government audit outcomes :: AGSA |url=https://mfma-2021.agsareports.co.za/municipality/9-witzenberg |access-date=2022-06-15 |website=mfma-2021.agsareports.co.za}}</ref>

=== Partners ===
Since 2002 Witzenberg has an official town twinning agreement with the town Essen in Belgium. The city-to-city cooperation consists of sustainable development programs in the vulnerable areas concerning youth, local economic development and environment.{{citation needed|date=June 2022}}