Local municipality · Eastern Cape

Kou-Kamma

12councillors in office

6wards

ANClargest party, 2026 · 5 of 12 seats

Hands over · first council sitting

Council now, and the council coming in

12 seats now · 12 in the incoming council. Majority is 7. No party reaches it on the declared result: a coalition will be needed.

PartySeats · now, then incomingChange

ANC

4 → 5 (+1)

3 → 4 (+1)

3 → 3

FF Plus

1 → 0 (-1)

IND

1 → 0 (-1)

now, 2021 termincoming, 2026│ majority line

Ward councillors

6 wards

PR councillors now

6 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 6 named

6 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 Kou-Kamma measures up

How we judge

Kou-Kamma 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

Adverse

An unqualified audit with no findings

The Auditor-General could not rely on Kou-Kamma's books at all.

Kou-Kamma holds under a month of running costs in cash. Treasury asks for three.

best in Eastern Cape22 of 33worst

2024/25 · was 0.0 months↗ improving

Collects what it bills?

Well short

35%

norm 95%

For every R100 Kou-Kamma bills, it collects R35. Treasury expects R95.

best in Eastern Cape17 of 33worst

2024/25 · was 38%↘ slipping

Looks after what it owns?

Well short

1.6%

norm 8.0%

Kou-Kamma spends 1.6% of what its roads, pipes and buildings are worth on repairs. Treasury's norm is 8%.

best in Eastern Cape16 of 32worst

2024/25 · was 0.8%↗ improving

Spends the building budget?

Well short

-64%

norm 0%

Kou-Kamma left 64% of its building budget unspent: projects planned but not delivered.

best in Eastern Cape26 of 33worst

2022/23 · was -1%↘ slipping

40.6% of Kou-Kamma's spending was unauthorised, irregular, fruitless or wasteful. Treasury's target is none.

best in Eastern Cape30 of 33worst

2022/23 · was 53.1%↗ 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

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

Cash coverage

0.5 mo2024/25

province median 0.9 mo · Treasury: bad

Debtor collection

35.4%2024/25

province median 35.4% · Treasury: bad

Repairs and maintenance

1.6%2024/25

province median 1.3% · Treasury: bad

Capital budget spent

-63.5%2022/23

province median -18.0% · Treasury: bad

Wasteful expenditure

40.6%2022/23

province median 27.0% · Treasury: bad

Current ratio

1.132024/25

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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