Metropolitan municipality · Western Cape
City of Cape Town
231councillors in office
116wards · 118 from 2026
DAlargest party, 2026 · 133 of 235 seats
Council now, and the council coming in
231 seats now · 235 in the incoming council. Majority is 118. DA reaches it on the official count.
PartySeats · now, then incomingChange
15 others 16 → 16
now, 2021 termincoming, 2026│ majority line
Ward councillors
116 wards- Ward 1 Cheryl Linsey Visser2026 result → DA
- Ward 2 Roger William Cannon2026 result → DA
- Ward 3 Annelize van Zyl2026 result → DA
- Ward 4 Anthony Maximilian Benadie2026 result → DA
- Ward 5 Miquette Temlett2026 result → DA
- Ward 6 Siviwe Nodliwa2026 result → ANC
- Ward 7 Gabriel Grant Twigg2026 result → DA
- Ward 8 Johann Loots2026 result → DA
- Ward 9 Mercia Elmarie Kleinsmith2026 result → DA
- Ward 10 Jacoline Visser2026 result → DA
- Ward 11 Pieter Wouter de Vos2026 result → DA
- Ward 12 Willie Desmond Jaftha2026 result → DA
- Ward 13 Michelle Adonis2026 result → DA
- Ward 14 Kariena Maré2026 result → DA
- Ward 15 Gregory Charles Peck2026 result → DA
- Ward 16 Ursula Mary Barends2026 result → DA
- Ward 17 Frans Anthony Sauls2026 result → DA
- Ward 18 Ntomboxolo Florence Kopman2026 result → ANC
- Ward 19 Ebrahim Sawant2026 result → DA
- Ward 20 Dineo Zandile Masiu2026 result → DA
- Ward 21 Hendri Petrus Terblanche2026 result → DA
- Ward 22 Johanna Martlow2026 result → DA
- Ward 23 Paul Stephanus Swart2026 result → DA
- Ward 24 Phumla Patricia Tause2026 result → ANC
- Ward 25 Beverley van Reenen2026 result → DA
- Ward 26 Franchesca Crecencia Walker2026 result → DA
- Ward 27 Cecile Janse van Rensburg2026 result → DA
- Ward 28 Christopher Jordaan2026 result → DA
- Ward 29 Allister Gerome Lightburn2026 result → DA
- Ward 30 Deidrée Carol de Vos2026 result → DA
- Ward 31 Theresa Bereniece Thompson2026 result → DA
- Ward 32 Moosa Hendrik Raise2026 result → DA
- Ward 33 Lungisa Somdaka2026 result → ANC
- Ward 34 Melikhaya Gadeni2026 result → ANC
- Ward 35 Mboniswa Nelson Chitha2026 result → ANC
- Ward 36 Nceba Augustine Ntshweza2026 result → ANC
- Ward 37 Lionel Martin2026 result → ANC
- Ward 38 Suzanne Zumana2026 result → ANC
- Ward 39 Thembinkosi Mathew Mjuza2026 result → ANC
- Ward 40 Bongani Ngcombolo2026 result → ANC
- Ward 41 Lindile Partmos Sonyoka2026 result → ANC
- Ward 42 Charles Johannes Esau2026 result → DA
- Ward 43 Elton-Enrique Jansen2026 result → DA
- Ward 44 Anthony Charles Moses2026 result → DA
- Ward 45 Mandy Joyce Marr2026 result → DA
- Ward 46 Mogamat Aslam Cassiem2026 result → DA
- Ward 47 Antonio Alfred van der Rheede2026 result → DA
- Ward 48 Zahid Ahmed Badroodien2026 result → DA
- Ward 49 Rashid Adams2026 result → DA
- Ward 50 Angus Patrick Mckenzie2026 result → DA
- Ward 51 Lwazi Phakade2026 result → ANC
- Ward 52 Thembelani Nyamakazi2026 result → ANC
- Ward 53 Riad Davids2026 result → DA
- Ward 54 Nicola Jowell2026 result → DA
- Ward 55 Fabian Kevin Ah-Sing2026 result → DA
- Ward 56 Cheslyn Jerome Steenberg2026 result → PA
- Ward 57 Yusuf Mohamed2026 result → DA
- Ward 58 Richard Charles Hill2026 result → DA
- Ward 59 Mikhail Manuel2026 result → DA
- Ward 60 Mark Reginald Herman Kleinschmidt2026 result → DA
- Ward 61 Simon Patrick Liell Cock2026 result → DA
- Ward 62 Emile Langenhoven2026 result → DA
- Ward 63 Carmen Cecilia Siebritz2026 result → DA
- Ward 64 Izabel Sherry2026 result → DA
- Ward 65 Donovan Nelson2026 result → DA
- Ward 66 William John Akim2026 result → DA
- Ward 67 Geraldine Ethel Gordon2026 result → DA
- Ward 68 Marita Johanna Petersen2026 result → DA
- Ward 69 Patricia Francke2026 result → DA
- Ward 70 Ronel Viljoen2026 result → DA
- Ward 71 Carolynne Victoria Franklin2026 result → DA
- Ward 72 Kevin Graham Southgate2026 result → DA
- Ward 73 Edwin Peter Andrews2026 result → DA
- Ward 74 Roberto Miguel Quintas2026 result → DA
- Ward 75 Joan Woodman2026 result → DA
- Ward 76 Avron Plaatjies2026 result → DA
- Ward 77 Francine Higham2026 result → DA
- Ward 78 Goawa Timm2026 result → DA
- Ward 79 Daniel John Christians2026 result → DA
- Ward 80 Bennet Lindikaya Payiya2026 result → ANC
- Ward 81 Ashley John Potts2026 result → DA
- Ward 82 Washiela Harris2026 result → DA
- Ward 83 Carl Bernard Punt2026 result → DA
- Ward 84 Norman Wilfred Mcfarlane2026 result → DA
- Ward 85 Chantal Shireen Cerfontein2026 result → DA
- Ward 86 Xolani Divine Diniso2026 result → ANC
- Ward 87 Khayalethu Kama2026 result → ANC
- Ward 88 Zukisani Welcome Sophazi2026 result → ANC
- Ward 89 Kayalethu Wiseman Gxasheka2026 result → ANC
- Ward 90 Lukhanyo Simangweni2026 result → ANC
- Ward 91 Thando Mpengezi2026 result → ANC
- Ward 92 Norman Robert Adonis2026 result → DA
- Ward 93 Thando Innocent Pimpi2026 result → ANC
- Ward 94 Xolisa Gloria Peter2026 result → ANC
- Ward 95 Ayanda Tetani2026 result → ANC
- Ward 96 Lucky Nhlanhla Mbiza2026 result → ANC
- Ward 97 Mthwalo Alfred Mkutswana2026 result → ANC
- Ward 98 Anele Gabuza2026 result → ANC
- Ward 99 Lonwabo Mluleki Mqina2026 result → ANC
- Ward 100 Sean Lennon Stacey2026 result → DA
- Ward 101 Siyabonga Solly Duka2026 result → ANC
- Ward 102 Rhynhardt Bresler2026 result → DA
- Ward 103 Gerhard Dawid Fourie2026 result → DA
- Ward 104 Bulelwa Mayende2026 result → ANC
- Ward 105 Francois Berry2026 result → DA
- Ward 106 Nobanathi Luthango2026 result → ANC
- Ward 107 Jonathan Scott Mills2026 result → DA
- Ward 108 Nkosiphendule Lombi2026 result → ANC
- Ward 109 Peter George Helfrich2026 result → DA
- Ward 110 Shanen Joyce Rossouw2026 result → DA
- Ward 111 Brenda Hansen2026 result → DA
- Ward 112 Theresa Audry Uys2026 result → DA
- Ward 113 Susan Iris van der Linde2026 result → DA
- Ward 114 Ernest Mongezi Madikane2026 result → ANC
- Ward 115 Ian Patrick Mc Mahon2026 result → DA
- Ward 116 Solomon Philander2026 result → DA
PR councillors now
115 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.
- PRDeidrée Carol de VosACDP
- PRGeorge Daniel PaigeACDP
- PRGrant Christopher Ronald HaskinACDP
- PRMarvin ChristiansACDP
- PRMongezi MabunganiACDP
- PRNicole Ruth Elizabeth SukersACDP
- PRDitlhare NgubelangaAIC
- PRBanele Maxin MajingoANC
- PRDaliwonga Erick BadelaANC
- PRDelmaine Granville CotteeANC
- PRJudy-Ann Nicole StevensANC
- PRLazola Ashley GungxeANC
- PRNoluthando MakasiANC
- PRPetronella Charlotte HeynesANC
- PRSandra Cecilia ThompsonANC
- PRXolani Ronald SotasheANC
- PRZoleka Lucia QobaANC
- PRGrant Jeremy ClassenARA
- PRMalcolm Richard JacobsARA
- PRAchmad HendricksALJAMA
- PRMoegamat Faried AchmatALJAMA
- PRShameemah SalieALJAMA
- PRJack Lawrence MillerCAPEXIT
- PRYagyah AdamsCMC
- PRAbdulkader Zakaria Mohammed Iqbal ElyasDA
- PRAbraham Jacobus GrieselDA
- PRAlbert NtsodoDA
- PRAlbertus Johannes Gideon BassonDA
- PRAlex LansdowneDA
- PRArlene AdamsDA
- PRBernadette Ruth ClarkeDA
- PRBrendan van der MerweDA
- PRBrian Richard William WatkynsDA
- PRCarl Joshua PophaimDA
- PRChumani KobeniDA
- PRClive Richard JustusDA
- PRDaniel PlatoDA
- PRDesiree Allison VisagieDA
- PRDouglas David-John Newman-ValentineDA
- PRElmarie LindeDA
- PRErrol AnsteyDA
- PRFarhat EssackDA
- PRFelicity Anne PurchaseDA
- PRFrances Patricia LombardDA
- PRGeordin Gwyn Hill-LewisDA
- PRIan Douglas NeilsonDA
- PRJames VosDA
- PRJean-Pierre SmithDA
- PRJohannes Frederik Hermanus van der MerweDA
- PRJoseph Julius WitbooiDA
- PRKyle Ryann CarlsDA
- PRMalusi BooiDA
- PRMatthew Ley KempthorneDA
- PRMiquette TemlettDA
- PRMzuvukile NikeloDA
- PRMzwakhe Louis NqavasheDA
- PRNondumiso Cordelia MvinjelwaDA
- PRNora Edna GroseDA
- PRPatricia Elizabeth van der RossDA
- PRPatrick Hastings ChappleDA
- PRPenelope Anne EastDA
- PRPhelisa Sweetness MzolisaDA
- PRPhindile MaxitiDA
- PRRaelene ArendseDA
- PRRodney Conway CameronDA
- PRSandile Sydney BooysenDA
- PRSiseko MbandeziDA
- PRSiva MoodleyDA
- PRStuart Bruce PringleDA
- PRSumaya TaliepDA
- PRTami JacksonDA
- PRTandeka GqadaDA
- PRTraverse Anatole le GoffDA
- PRTrevor Martin GeogheganDA
- PRUnathi Faizel LasitiDA
- PRXanthea Tyrrell LimbergDA
- PRZimkhitha SuleloDA
- PRAnwar AdamsDI
- PRAishah CassiemEFF
- PRBulelani MeiEFF
- PRBulelani YekoEFF
- PRLinda MazwiEFF
- PRLungiswa NtshuntsheEFF
- PRMzubanzi DambuzaEFF
- PRNkosinathi StuurmanEFF
- PRNtsikelelo Vincent TyandelaEFF
- PRPatricia Nontuthuzelo BooiEFF
- PRUnathi Elvis NtameEFF
- PRFrederika Roets Botha-RossouwFF Plus
- PRGrant Peter MaraisFF Plus
- PRLennit Hendry MaxFF Plus
- PRPaul Stephen JacobsonFF Plus
- PRAnton Cronje LouwGOOD
- PRCeleste Mitzi Karin WannenburghGOOD
- PRGavin Vivian JoachimsGOOD
- PRMark William RountreeGOOD
- PRMorné JosephGOOD
- PRPhiliswa Immigrant MarmanGOOD
- PRRoger Freddy SolomonsGOOD
- PRSaul Gefry MarkgraffGOOD
- PRSuzette Ann LittleGOOD
- PRSiyabulela NdamanePAC
- PRAslam RichardsPA
- PRMarvin John SampsonPA
- PRNondumiso Patience SonoPA
- PRPetronella HendricksPA
- PRBongani Burnet MaqungwanaUDM
- PRAlbertus Cornelius de BeerUIM
- PRAbdul Karriem Matthews
- PRAnastatia Davids
- PRFadiel Adams
- PRMaryam Manuel
- PRNadia Satarien
- PRNigel Williams
- PRSakiena Frenchman
PR councillors from 2026 · expected
95 of 117 named117 proportional seats in the council elected on 4 November 2026. 95 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 1Dereleen Elana JamesActionSA
- List 1Ferlon Charles ChristiansACDP
- List 2Grant Christopher Ronald HaskinACDP
- List 3Mongezi MabunganiACDP
- List 1Monde KulaAIC
- List 1Banoyolo Andile YawaANC
- List 1Sisa PambanisoATM
- List 2Msawenkosi XinwaATM
- List 1Malcolm Richard JacobsARA
- List 1Moegamat Faried AchmatALJAMA
- List 2Achmad HendricksALJAMA
- List 3Shameemah SalieALJAMA
- List 4Yusuf Khan DalwaiALJAMA
- List 5Abubaker CassiemALJAMA
- List 6Nadine Olwyn MaraisALJAMA
- List 1Roger Freddy SolomonsBOSA
- List 1Jack Lawrence MillerCAPEXIT
- List 1Yagyah AdamsCMC
- List 1Geordin Gwyn Hill-LewisDA
- List 2Jean-Pierre SmithDA
- List 3Xanthea Tyrrell LimbergDA
- List 4Abdulkader Zakaria Mohammed Iqbal ElyasDA
- List 5Mzwakhe Louis NqavasheDA
- List 6Betty Zodumo Ntomb'Zodumo Duli-MkinaseDA
- List 7Zahid Ahmed BadroodienDA
- List 8Carl Joshua PophaimDA
- List 9Phindile MaxitiDA
- List 10Felicity Anne PurchaseDA
- List 11Jonathan Scott MillsDA
- List 13Matthew Ley KempthorneDA
- List 14James VosDA
- List 15Carolynne Victoria FranklinDA
- List 16Roberto Miguel QuintasDA
- List 17Fabian Kevin Ah-SingDA
- List 19Banele Maxin MajingoDA
- List 20Charl Siegfried Van BlerkDA
- List 21Tariq KhanDA
- List 23Unathi Faizel LasitiDA
- List 24Donovan NelsonDA
- List 25Ian Douglas NeilsonDA
- List 26Siva MoodleyDA
- List 28Albert NtsodoDA
- List 29Chantal Shireen CerfonteinDA
- List 30Zimkhitha SuleloDA
- List 31Anthony Maximilian BenadieDA
- List 32Christo Van der BankDA
- List 35Patrick Peter AndriesDA
- List 36Solomon PhilanderDA
- List 39Antonio Alfred van der RheedeDA
- List 41Bongisa MhagaDA
- List 42Lungiswa NtshuntsheDA
- List 44Ebrahim SawantDA
- List 45Barend William ChapmanDA
- List 46Shaun Nigel AugustDA
- List 48Brendan van der MerweDA
- List 49Ursula Mary BarendsDA
- List 51Frances Patricia LombardDA
- List 52Brett ErasmusDA
- List 53Kyle Ryann CarlsDA
- List 54Norman Wilfred McfarlaneDA
- List 56Nicole Ruth Elizabeth SukersDA
- List 57Zameka Valentine MasizaDA
- List 60Siseko MbandeziDA
- List 61Sean Lennon StaceyDA
- List 63Jade Kelsea BellDA
- List 1Nontando Judith NolutshunguEFF
- List 1Frederika Roets Botha-RossouwFF Plus
- List 2Pieter Jacobus Jansen van VuurenFF Plus
- List 3Emre Can UygunFF Plus
- List 4Sonja MeyerFF Plus
- List 5Nicolaas Hendrik SmitFF Plus
- List 6Carin Antoinette BrynardFF Plus
- List 7Jayshreen MaraisFF Plus
- List 8Jasper Christiaan HoonFF Plus
- List 1Brett Norton HerronGOOD
- List 1Yumna AlexanderHLD
- List 1Ellen PakkiesCCC
- List 2Mohamed Ikbal SalwaryCCC
- List 3Anastatia DavidsCCC
- List 4Lynette Dorothy JafferCCC
- List 5Jacobus Johannes GelantCCC
- List 1Larry Fazel VarriePAC
- List 1Cheslyn Jerome DanielsPA
- List 2Nombongo KayiPA
- List 3Stanley Roger HendricksPA
- List 4Tasneem AdamsPA
- List 5Randall Selwyn WitbooiPA
- List 6Phatheka PoswaPA
- List 7Khanyisa Tshedza Charles RoroPA
- List 8Jeremy Craig MitchellPA
- List 9Moegamat Shakeel BoltmanPA
- List 1Deon Thomas DanielsPMC
- List 1Kholeka RakaotaSACP
- List 1Ncumisa Gloria MahanguMK
- List 1Bulelwa Nikilitha ZondekaUDM
How City of Cape Town measures up
How we judgeCity of Cape Town meets 2 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?
✓Meets the norm Clean
An unqualified audit with no findings
City of Cape Town's last audit was clean: the Auditor-General found nothing to report.
2023/24→ steady
Money in the bank?
✓Meets the norm 3.6 months
norm 3.0 months
City of Cape Town could keep running for 3.6 months on the cash it holds. Treasury asks for three.
best in Western Cape14 of 25worst
2024/25 · was 2.6 months↗ improving
Collects what it bills?
~Short of it 94%
norm 95%
For every R100 City of Cape Town bills, it collects R94. Treasury expects R95.
best in Western Cape15 of 25worst
2024/25 · was 92%→ steady
Looks after what it owns?
!Well short 1.1%
norm 8.0%
City of Cape Town spends 1.1% of what its roads, pipes and buildings are worth on repairs. Treasury's norm is 8%.
best in Western Cape22 of 25worst
2024/25 · was 2.0%↘ slipping
Spends the building budget?
~Short of it -17%
norm 0%
City of Cape Town left 17% of its building budget unspent: projects planned but not delivered.
best in Western Cape11 of 23worst
2023/24 · was -12%↘ slipping
Wastes money?
~Short of it 1.1%
norm 0.0%
1.1% of City of Cape Town's spending was unauthorised, irregular, fruitless or wasteful. Treasury's target is none.
best in Western Cape7 of 25worst
2023/24 · was 0.0%↘ slipping
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
3.6 mo2024/25
province median 3.6 mo · Treasury: good
Debtor collection
94.4%2024/25
province median 94.4% · Treasury: bad
Repairs and maintenance
1.1%2024/25
province median 1.1% · Treasury: bad
Capital budget spent
-17.3%2023/24
province median -17.3% · Treasury: bad
Wasteful expenditure
1.1%2023/24
province median 1.1% · Treasury: bad
Current ratio
1.702024/25
province median 1.70 · Treasury: good
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.