Local municipality · Eastern Cape

Blue Crane Route

11councillors in office

6wards

ANClargest party, 2026 · 5 of 11 seats

Hands over · first council sitting

Council now, and the council coming in

11 seats now · 11 in the incoming council. Majority is 6. No party reaches it on the declared result: a coalition will be needed.

PartySeats · now, then incomingChange

ANC

5 → 5

5 → 4 (-1)

EFF

1 → 1

0 → 1 (+1)

now, 2021 termincoming, 2026│ majority line

Ward councillors

6 wards

PR councillors now

5 seats

Proportional 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.

PR councillors from 2026 · expected

5 of 5 named

5 proportional seats in the council elected on 4 November 2026. 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.

How Blue Crane Route measures up

How we judge

Blue Crane Route 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 Blue Crane Route's books.

Blue Crane Route could keep running for 3.9 months on the cash it holds. Treasury asks for three.

best in Eastern Cape15 of 33worst

2024/25 · was 5.9 months↘ slipping

Collects what it bills?

Well short

70%

norm 95%

For every R100 Blue Crane Route bills, it collects R70. Treasury expects R95.

best in Eastern Cape12 of 33worst

2024/25 · was 71%→ steady

Looks after what it owns?

Well short

0.8%

norm 8.0%

Blue Crane Route spends 0.8% of what its roads, pipes and buildings are worth on repairs. Treasury's norm is 8%.

best in Eastern Cape27 of 32worst

2024/25 · was 0.5%↗ improving

Spends the building budget?

Well short

-94%

norm 0%

Blue Crane Route left 94% of its building budget unspent: projects planned but not delivered.

best in Eastern Cape31 of 33worst

2023/24 · was -94%→ steady

9.0% of Blue Crane Route's spending was unauthorised, irregular, fruitless or wasteful. Treasury's target is none.

best in Eastern Cape15 of 33worst

2023/24 · was 3.1%↘ 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

2021/22Emphasis of Matter 2022/23Emphasis of Matter 2023/24Qualified

Cash coverage

3.9 mo2024/25

province median 0.9 mo · Treasury: good

Debtor collection

70.5%2024/25

province median 35.4% · Treasury: bad

Repairs and maintenance

0.8%2024/25

province median 1.3% · Treasury: bad

Capital budget spent

-94.3%2023/24

province median -40.0% · Treasury: bad

Wasteful expenditure

9.0%2023/24

province median 15.1% · Treasury: bad

Current ratio

0.552024/25

province median 1.01 · Treasury: bad

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.

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