Metropolitan municipality · Eastern Cape
Buffalo City
100councillors in office
50wards
ANClargest party, 2026 · 42 of 100 seats
Council now, and the council coming in
100 seats now · 100 in the incoming council. Majority is 51. No party reaches it on the declared result: a coalition will be needed.
PartySeats · now, then incomingChange
3 others 2 → 2
now, 2021 termincoming, 2026│ majority line
Ward councillors
50 wards- Ward 1 Tandiswa Goniwe2026 result → ANC
- Ward 2 Zwelikhanyile Akhona Dywili2026 result → ANC
- Ward 3 Lorna Hali2026 result → DA
- Ward 4 Lemarc Allister Stewart2026 result → DA
- Ward 5 Ntombenani Monica Goci2026 result → ANC
- Ward 6 Lukanyiso Mzekeli2026 result → ANC
- Ward 7 Mkakutta Clara Yekiso-Morolong2026 result → ANC
- Ward 8 Kwanele Majeke2026 result → ANC
- Ward 9 Mendi Wetsetse2026 result → ANC
- Ward 10 Ndyebo Lennox Makeleni2026 result → ANC
- Ward 11 Nozuko Claudia Stemela2026 result → ANC
- Ward 12 Dumisani Ntyabontyi2026 result → ANC
- Ward 13 Oscar Mhlauli2026 result → ANC
- Ward 14 Zininzi Mtyingizane2026 result → ANC
- Ward 15 Nwabisa Mcwabeni2026 result → ANC
- Ward 16 Ntsika Qali2026 result → ANC
- Ward 17 Veliswa Angelina Mrwebi2026 result → ANC
- Ward 18 Jason Scott Mc Dowell2026 result → DA
- Ward 19 Shandré Marilyn Hoffman2026 result → DA
- Ward 20 Lwando Pisane2026 result → ANC
- Ward 21 Nkosinathi Mndi2026 result → ANC
- Ward 22 Sabelo Booi2026 result → ANC
- Ward 23 Simbongile Sidwell Gulwa2026 result → ANC
- Ward 24 Melisizwe Tutu2026 result → ANC
- Ward 25 Cynthia Mxabanisi-Gakrishe2026 result → ANC
- Ward 26 Monde Mfene2026 result → ANC
- Ward 27 Boy-Boy Kalani2026 result → ANC
- Ward 28 Frederick Carel Pohl2026 result → DA
- Ward 29 Valerie Dawn Knoetze2026 result → DA
- Ward 30 Nontyilelo Whittington2026 result → ANC
- Ward 31 Bonisani Bangani2026 result → ANC
- Ward 32 Thembinkosi Sobende2026 result → ANC
- Ward 33 Mluleki David Thomas2026 result → ANC
- Ward 34 Mayihlome Mcako2026 result → ANC
- Ward 35 Simbongile Phandliwe2026 result → ANC
- Ward 36 Bongiwe Sauli2026 result → ANC
- Ward 37 Ntombekhaya Muriel Ntshebe2026 result → ANC
- Ward 38 Ntombomzi Letticia Kese2026 result → ANC
- Ward 39 Lunga Gqola2026 result → ANC
- Ward 40 Kholiwe Thelma Faku2026 result → ANC
- Ward 41 Sindiswa Gloria Skepe2026 result → ANC
- Ward 42 Phakamile Bamla2026 result → ANC
- Ward 43 Dumisani Anderson Mahanjana2026 result → ANC
- Ward 44 Mwezi Daniso2026 result → ANC
- Ward 45 Thulani Tempi2026 result → ANC
- Ward 46 Nceba Wiseman Kilimani2026 result → ANC
- Ward 47 Funeka Sarah Wolose2026 result → DA
- Ward 48 Pumezo Jaxa2026 result → ANC
- Ward 49 Ayanda Nkala2026 result → ANC
- Ward 50 Anele Gunyazile2026 result → ANC
PR councillors now
50 seatsProportional seats as elected in 2021. Parties replace PR councillors mid-term without the IEC publishing it; replacements are recorded as events where a source exists.
- PRAndries Petrus BernardoACDP
- PRVusumzi TutuAIC
- PRAmanda Olwethu MnyuteANC
- PRAmanda RalasiANC
- PRComely Humphrey Maqocwa MaxegwanaANC
- PRGraham Melvin LotteringANC
- PRHelen Elizabeth Neale-MayANC
- PRMalibongwe Martin MfazweANC
- PRMawethu Nicolas MarataANC
- PRMninawa Lewis NyusileANC
- PRNcedo Lithalomzi Nyameko KumbacaANC
- PRNoma-Africa MaxongoANC
- PRNtombizandile Maureen MhlolaANC
- PRPrincess FakuANC
- PRSakhumzi Welcome CagaANC
- PRSangweni Theophilus MatweleANC
- PRSixolisiwe NtsaselaANC
- PRVuyokazi SiboyanaANC
- PRXola Anderson PakatiANC
- PRYomelela TyaliANC
- PRMandisa Joy MashiyaATM
- PRAnastasia Melissa Conzalvis BothaDA
- PRAnathi MajekeDA
- PRBeverley-Anne Frieda WoodDA
- PRDharmesh Manilal DhayaDA
- PRDinesh VallabhDA
- PRGeoffrey Keith WaltonDA
- PRJohannes Dick GreenDA
- PRKwanele ZonkeDA
- PRMawethu KosaniDA
- PRRoy Edmund AngelbeckDA
- PRSusan Elizabeth BentleyDA
- PRTerence Flavian FritzDA
- PRVaughan Andrew HolmesDA
- PRAluta Siphokazi NokoyoEFF
- PRCindy Nonsikelelo BatalaEFF
- PRKholeka Hilda MpuphaEFF
- PRMandla FakuEFF
- PRMziyanda HlekisoEFF
- PRNontobeko Eunice LuhadiEFF
- PRNozibele Emily TshabeEFF
- PRSimphiwe LibalaEFF
- PRSiyabonga GidaEFF
- PRSiyabonga Precious RumbuEFF
- PRSongezo NkungwiniEFF
- PRYolanda MasikiEFF
- PRZukiswa NoyakheEFF
- PRDeborah Anne TheronFF Plus
- PRAyanda GcoboPAC
- PRAnele Jonathan SkotiUDM
PR councillors from 2026 · expected
27 of 50 named50 proportional seats in the council elected on 4 November 2026. 27 named so far; the rest follow when the IEC publishes its councillor list. Expected from the IEC certified party lists and the declared seat allocation (list order, skipping ward winners). Confirmed when the IEC publishes its councillor list.
- List 1Sanele MagaqaActionSA
- List 1Phakamile Alfred HlomelaAIC
- List 1Princess FakuANC
- List 2Yomelela TyaliANC
- List 3Bongiwe SauliANC
- List 4Malibongwe Martin MfazweANC
- List 1Mandisa Joy MashiyaATM
- List 2Zama Mlindeni NtshonaATM
- List 1John Cristiano CupidoDA
- List 2Susan Elizabeth BentleyDA
- List 5Kwanele ZonkeDA
- List 6Vaughan Andrew HolmesDA
- List 7Yolandy Ustine GysmanDA
- List 8Roy Edmund AngelbeckDA
- List 9Anathi MajekeDA
- List 10Lorna HaliDA
- List 11Onela MangxolaDA
- List 13Shandré Marilyn HoffmanDA
- List 15Landile VikaDA
- List 1Mkhululi Leonard DlevuEFF
- List 1Deborah Anne TheronFF Plus
- List 1Lubabalo PopoPAC
- List 1Graham Melvin LotteringPA
- List 2Antonio ReedPA
- List 1Xolani MalamlelaSACP
- List 1Mzwandile VaaiboomMK
- List 1Nqabayomzi Lawrence Saziso KwankwaUDM
How Buffalo City measures up
How we judgeBuffalo City meets 1 of 6 yardsticks
Judged against National Treasury's and the Auditor-General's own norms, latest figures, 2023/24. Not a rating: 6 separate answers. How we judge.
Clean books?
!Well short Qualified
An unqualified audit with no findings
The Auditor-General could not vouch for parts of Buffalo City's books.
2023/24→ steady
Money in the bank?
✓Meets the norm 5.2 months
norm 3.0 months
Buffalo City could keep running for 5.2 months on the cash it holds. Treasury asks for three.
best in Eastern Cape12 of 33worst
2024/25 · was 3.3 months↗ improving
Collects what it bills?
!Well short 71%
norm 95%
For every R100 Buffalo City bills, it collects R71. Treasury expects R95.
best in Eastern Cape10 of 33worst
2024/25 · was 66%↗ improving
Looks after what it owns?
!Well short 0.9%
norm 8.0%
Buffalo City spends 0.9% of what its roads, pipes and buildings are worth on repairs. Treasury's norm is 8%.
best in Eastern Cape25 of 32worst
2024/25 · was 1.6%↘ slipping
Spends the building budget?
~Short of it -14%
norm 0%
Buffalo City left 14% of its building budget unspent: projects planned but not delivered.
best in Eastern Cape11 of 33worst
2023/24 · was +2%↘ slipping
Wastes money?
!Well short 16.0%
norm 0.0%
16.0% of Buffalo City's spending was unauthorised, irregular, fruitless or wasteful. Treasury's target is none.
best in Eastern Cape20 of 33worst
2023/24 · was 18.8%↗ improving
Treasury and Auditor-General detail
by financial year
For the whole 2021 to 2026 term, including every seat that changed hands, see the end-of-term report.
Audit outcome · Auditor-General, by financial year
Cash coverage
5.2 mo2024/25
province median 4.0 mo · Treasury: good
Debtor collection
71.5%2024/25
province median 34.5% · Treasury: bad
Repairs and maintenance
0.9%2024/25
province median 1.7% · Treasury: bad
Capital budget spent
-14.2%2023/24
province median -12.6% · Treasury: average
Wasteful expenditure
16.0%2023/24
province median 17.7% · Treasury: bad
Current ratio
1.162024/25
province median 1.40 · Treasury: average
The council's record, not any councillor's. Source: National Treasury Municipal Money and Auditor-General reports, fetched 11 Nov 2026. Financial years end in June.