Madibeng is classified as a category B Municipality, functioning through the Executive Mayoral System. The Municipality was recently demarcated into 36 wards and the Municipal Council comprises of 72 Councillors, (of which 10 are members of the Mayoral Committee), with a full-time Speaker, Chief Whip and Executive Mayor. Madibeng consists of several urban and rural areas, villages, farm portions, as well as a proper established and serviced industrial area. One of the advantages of Madibeng is its central location in the North West Province, with Pretoria,
Johannesburg, Rustenburg and Krugersdorp as bordering neighbours. As the neighbouring towns are easily accessible through road networks, residents are not confined to employment in the Madibeng jurisdiction alone, but can easily commute to workplaces in the cities and other towns. The National and soon to be International Lanseria Airport is situated a mere 40 kilometers from Brits. Madibeng is characterized by diverse economy sectors, i.e. agriculture, mining, manufacturing and tourism. Mining is predominant with Madibeng being the world‘s third largest chrome producer which also includes the richest Platinum Group Metals Reserve (situated on the Merensky Reef). Granite is another mining component. The turf soil is ideally for vegetation and Brits is known for the big variety and quality of fruit and vegetables supplied to, amongst others, the Tshwane Market. Due to the industrial area, consisting of a wide variety of industries, manufacturing is viewed as one of the dominant sectors. The Municipality has implemented a Performance Management System whereby performance is monitored through conducting performance assessments on a quarterly, mid-year and annual basis. Performance audits are conducted by both the Internal Auditors and Auditor General and the Performance reports are also published in the Annual Report
During October 2014 individual Ward Level Public Participation Meetings, to reprioritize each ward‘s needs and projects, were conducted. The outcome of the results was discussed at the IDP
