Local municipality · Eastern Cape
Kouga
30councillors in office
15wards
DAlargest party, 2026 · 18 of 30 seats
Council now, and the council coming in
Ward councillors
15 wards- Ward 1 Nozuko Princess Ntshota2026 result → ANC
- Ward 2 Bonita Moos2026 result → DA
- Ward 3 Willem Petrus Dormehl Gertenbach2026 result → DA
- Ward 4 Eldred Jaques Alexander2026 result → DA
- Ward 5 Melanie Frederika Biko2026 result → DA
- Ward 6 Kholisile James Ndzelani2026 result → ANC
- Ward 7 Eric Thembekile Mbuqu2026 result → ANC
- Ward 8 Reinhardt Foley2026 result → DA
- Ward 9 Cynthia Cecily August2026 result → DA
- Ward 10 Msingathi Gerald Mbandana2026 result → ANC
- Ward 11 Andries Stephanus Heystek2026 result → DA
- Ward 12 Lorraine Laetitia Maree2026 result → DA
- Ward 13 Vuyani Cornelius Zana2026 result → ANC
- Ward 14 Mzwandile Yali2026 result → ANC
- Ward 15 Timothy Wedlynn Jantjes2026 result → DA
PR councillors now
15 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.
- PRMalibongwe Emanuel DayimaniANC
- PRMargaret ValgeeANC
- PRNomalungelo Cynthia NtengwaneANC
- PRPhumzile Joseph OliphantANC
- PRVuyokazi Primrose GunuzaANC
- PRBrenton John WilliamsDA
- PRBryan DhludhluDA
- PRChris Hattingh BornmanDA
- PRDaniel BensonDA
- PRHoratio Mario HendricksDA
- PRMarthina Lynette van NiekerkDA
- PRShena Rosanne RuthDA
- PRLuvuyo Wiseman NkilishaneEFF
- PRWilhelmus Gerhardus van der LindeFF Plus
- PRFrans PietersenPA
PR councillors from 2026 · expected
15 of 15 named15 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.
- List 1Robert Hitzeroth DennisANC
- List 2Phumza NkwalaseANC
- List 3Avis MeyerANC
- List 4Hlanganani MtuzulaANC
- List 1Chris Hattingh BornmanDA
- List 3Akhona MvaloDA
- List 4Timothy Wedlynn JantjesDA
- List 6Cynthia Cecily AugustDA
- List 7Eldred Jaques AlexanderDA
- List 9Shena Rosanne RuthDA
- List 10Peter Diederick WolmaransDA
- List 1Wilhelmus Gerhardus van der LindeFF Plus
- List 1Thomas Ashwell WewersPA
- List 2Claudett Rozell PietersenPA
- List 1Bazil Deon HumanPMC
How Kouga measures up
How we judgeKouga meets 4 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
Kouga's last audit was clean: the Auditor-General found nothing to report.
2023/24↗ improving
Money in the bank?
✓Meets the norm 9.3 months
norm 3.0 months
Kouga could keep running for 9.3 months on the cash it holds. Treasury asks for three.
best in Eastern Cape8 of 33worst
2024/25 · was 14.7 months↘ slipping
Collects what it bills?
✓Meets the norm 101%
norm 95%
For every R100 Kouga bills, it collects R101. Treasury expects R95.
best in Eastern Cape5 of 33worst
2024/25 · was 67%↗ improving
Looks after what it owns?
~Short of it 7.1%
norm 8.0%
Kouga spends 7.1% of what its roads, pipes and buildings are worth on repairs. Treasury's norm is 8%.
best in Eastern Cape4 of 32worst
2024/25 · was 2.4%↗ improving
Spends the building budget?
!Well short -29%
norm 0%
Kouga left 29% of its building budget unspent: projects planned but not delivered.
best in Eastern Cape16 of 33worst
2023/24 · was +6%↘ slipping
Wastes money?
✓Meets the norm 0.0%
norm 0.0%
0.0% of Kouga's spending was unauthorised, irregular or wasteful: close to Treasury's target of none.
best in Eastern Cape1 of 33worst
2023/24 · was 7.3%↗ 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
9.3 mo2024/25
province median 0.9 mo · Treasury: good
Debtor collection
101.5%2024/25
province median 35.4% · Treasury: good
Repairs and maintenance
7.1%2024/25
province median 1.3% · Treasury: bad
Capital budget spent
-28.6%2023/24
province median -40.0% · Treasury: bad
Wasteful expenditure
0.0%2023/24
province median 15.1% · Treasury: good
Current ratio
1.042024/25
province median 1.01 · 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.
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