Dihlabeng Local Municipality

Description: Dihlabeng Local Municipality was established in terms of Section 12 of the Local Government Structures Act, 117 of 1998, after the first general local government elections of 5 December 2000 which heralded the final phase of local government reform as envisaged in 1994 at the onset of the process of democratisation.
The Municipality is a category B as defined in the Local Government Structures Act and shares executive and legislative authority with the category C municipality within whose area it falls i.e. Thabo Mofutsanyana District Municipality. The type is that of a Mayoral Executive System.

In the mayoral executive system, the municipal council delegates executive powers and duties to an individual councillor, the executive mayor. Although the executive mayor may delegate responsibilities to members of the mayoral committee, the executive mayor remains accountable to the municipal council for all the powers and duties allocated to him. In the mayoral executive system, the mayoral committee is appointed by the executive mayor.