Local municipality · Eastern Cape

Sundays River Valley

16councillors in office

8wards

ANClargest party, 2026 · 8 of 16 seats

Hands over · first council sitting

Council now, and the council coming in

16 seats now · 16 in the incoming council. Majority is 9. No party reaches it on the declared result: a coalition will be needed.

PartySeats · now, then incomingChange

ANC

10 → 8 (-2)

4 → 4

EFF

1 → 1

PAC

0 → 1 (+1)

SACP

0 → 1 (+1)

GOOD

1 → 0 (-1)

now, 2021 termincoming, 2026│ majority line

Ward councillors

8 wards

PR councillors now

8 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

6 of 8 named

8 proportional seats in the council elected on 4 November 2026. 6 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.

How Sundays River Valley measures up

How we judge

Sundays River Valley meets none 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

Disclaimed

An unqualified audit with no findings

The Auditor-General could not rely on Sundays River Valley's books at all.

Sundays River Valley holds under a month of running costs in cash. Treasury asks for three.

best in Eastern Cape24 of 33worst

2024/25 · was 0.0 months→ steady

Collects what it bills?

Well short

norm 95%

For every R100 Sundays River Valley bills, it collects R2. Treasury expects R95.

best in Eastern Cape27 of 33worst

2024/25 · was 38%↘ slipping

Looks after what it owns?

Well short

0.8%

norm 8.0%

Sundays River Valley spends 0.8% of what its roads, pipes and buildings are worth on repairs. Treasury's norm is 8%.

best in Eastern Cape28 of 32worst

2024/25 · was 2.0%↘ slipping

Spends the building budget?

Well short

-168%

norm 0%

Sundays River Valley left 168% of its building budget unspent: projects planned but not delivered.

best in Eastern Cape33 of 33worst

2023/24 · was -17%↘ slipping

78.6% of Sundays River Valley's spending was unauthorised, irregular, fruitless or wasteful. Treasury's target is none.

best in Eastern Cape33 of 33worst

2023/24 · was 142.9%↗ 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

2021/22Disclaimer of opinion 2022/23Disclaimer of opinion 2023/24Disclaimer of opinion

Cash coverage

0.0 mo2024/25

province median 0.9 mo · Treasury: bad

Debtor collection

1.6%2024/25

province median 35.4% · Treasury: bad

Repairs and maintenance

0.8%2024/25

province median 1.3% · Treasury: bad

Capital budget spent

-168.4%2023/24

province median -40.0% · Treasury: bad

Wasteful expenditure

78.6%2023/24

province median 15.1% · Treasury: bad

Current ratio

0.542024/25

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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