Local municipality · Eastern Cape
Mnquma
63councillors in office
32wards
ANClargest party, 2026 · 30 of 63 seats
Council now, and the council coming in
63 seats now · 63 in the incoming council. Majority is 32. No party reaches it on the declared result: a coalition will be needed.
PartySeats · now, then incomingChange
now, 2021 termincoming, 2026│ majority line
Ward councillors
32 wards- Ward 1 Nomtandazo Baleka2026 result → ANC
- Ward 2 Nokubonga Noeline Magwentshu2026 result → ANC
- Ward 3 Masibulele Kalimashe2026 result → ANC
- Ward 4 Nosisi Paliso2026 result → ANC
- Ward 5 Mawande Xabela2026 result → ANC
- Ward 6 Patience Nomazizi Ntamo2026 result → ANC
- Ward 7 Ntomboxolo Mena2026 result → ANC
- Ward 8 Luyolo Ngindana2026 result → ANC
- Ward 9 Mzimasi Augustus Kabane2026 result → ANC
- Ward 10 Ntombizivelile Thelma Mtintsilana2026 result → ANC
- Ward 11 Zithobile Mawisa2026 result → ANC
- Ward 12 Laurence Lindile Tetana2026 result → ANC
- Ward 13 Mboneleli Michael Magobiane2026 result → ANC
- Ward 14 Nolumanyano Lady-Grace Mgqalelo2026 result → ANC
- Ward 15 Sithembiso Ncetezo2026 result → ANC
- Ward 16 Sithethi Maputeni2026 result → ANC
- Ward 17 Xolisa Innocent Pupuma2026 result → ANC
- Ward 18 Nondumiso Victoria Mahanjana2026 result → ANC
- Ward 19 Vuyelwa Nkehle2026 result → ANC
- Ward 20 Kwandiswa Gobeni2026 result → ANC
- Ward 21 Goodman Tandikaya Ntshonga2026 result → ANC
- Ward 22 Zakhele Edward Kwaza2026 result → ANC
- Ward 23 Xabiso Leon Mjamba2026 result → ANC
- Ward 24 Mputhumi Andrew Ntsali2026 result → ANC
- Ward 25 Vuyani Jackie Gazi2026 result → ANC
- Ward 26 Bukiwe Zondani2026 result → ANC
- Ward 27 Johnson Jonathan Tamsanqa Mduli2026 result → ANC
- Ward 28 Phumzile Michael Mbovane2026 result → ANC
- Ward 29 Mlungiseleli Hichway Tangana2026 result → ANC
- Ward 30 Pumla Ndabambi2026 result → ANC
- Ward 31 Nangamso Mbuku2026 result → ANC
- Ward 32 Tembisa Jizana2026 result → ANC
PR councillors now
31 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.
- PRSindile MagandanaAIC
- PRLuxolo MgandelaANC
- PRMagnet Zibuthe MnqwaziANC
- PRMonica QabaANC
- PRNokuzola LayitiANC
- PRNokwanda SheleniANC
- PRNomfundiso Ria TshonaANC
- PRNomzekelo SigwadiANC
- PRSisa MatutuANC
- PRThandeka NtyinkalaANC
- PRTobeka BikitshaANC
- PRTunyiswa Manxila-NkamisaANC
- PRZikhethele MnqokoyiANC
- PRZodidi SobekwaANC
- PRNgqakumbana FutywanaATM
- PRNtombizanele Joyce MzongwanaATM
- PRZama BomelaBPM
- PRWebster Mbasa NtonganaCOPE
- PRNomawabo NtolosiDA
- PRAsandile SoyezaEFF
- PRNonqaba Hazel KendleEFF
- PRNontyatyambo Nogaga-MpumpulaEFF
- PRNtombokuqala NohesiEFF
- PRVuyani ManxodidiEFF
- PRChulile NcukanaPAC
- PRMalibongwe MasekwanaPAC
- PRCynthia Nomsa FiltaneUDM
- PRLea Lourine MaputumaUDM
- PRMbulelo MkhililiUDM
- PRThobile Benjamin GidigidiUDM
- PRZolani TyandelaUDM
PR councillors from 2026 · expected
23 of 31 named31 proportional seats in the council elected on 4 November 2026. 23 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 1Ayanda Army KrakriAIC
- List 1Sithembiso NcetezoANC
- List 2Luxolo MgandelaANC
- List 3Siphelele MgcineniANC
- List 4Zikhethele MnqokoyiANC
- List 5Tunyiswa Manxila-NkamisaANC
- List 6Vuyelwa NkehleANC
- List 1Ntombizanele Joyce MzongwanaATM
- List 3Noloyiso XokiATM
- List 4Nosipho ManiATM
- List 1Veliswa MvenyaBPM
- List 1Nomawabo NtolosiDA
- List 2Wellington Gamzana DeliDA
- List 1Vuyani ManxodidiEFF
- List 1Bongiswa Beauty SigwadiPAC
- List 2Chulile NcukanaPAC
- List 3Lulamile Daveyton KhetshemiyaPAC
- List 4Mhlangabezi MtshobeniPAC
- List 5Nopasika NgubombiPAC
- List 6Sihle KantoloPAC
- List 1Andile Ashlie TyiwaSACP
- List 1Mirriam Nosandile NdevuMK
- List 1Ndumiso CakathaUDM
How Mnquma measures up
How we judgeMnquma meets 2 of 5 yardsticks
Judged against National Treasury's and the Auditor-General's own norms, latest figures, 2023/24. Not a rating: 5 separate answers. How we judge.
Clean books?
✓Meets the norm Clean
An unqualified audit with no findings
Mnquma's last audit was clean: the Auditor-General found nothing to report.
2023/24→ steady
Money in the bank?
!Well short 0.0 months
norm 3.0 months
Mnquma holds under a month of running costs in cash. Treasury asks for three.
best in Eastern Cape25 of 33worst
2024/25 · was 0.0 months→ steady
Collects what it bills?
!Well short 1%
norm 95%
For every R100 Mnquma bills, it collects R1. Treasury expects R95.
best in Eastern Cape29 of 33worst
2024/25 · was 0%↗ improving
Looks after what it owns?
·No data —
norm 8.0%
No looks after what it owns data for Mnquma yet.
Spends the building budget?
~Short of it +16%
norm 0%
Mnquma overspent its building budget by 16%.
best in Eastern Cape7 of 33worst
2023/24 · was -21%↗ improving
Wastes money?
✓Meets the norm 0.1%
norm 0.0%
0.1% of Mnquma's spending was unauthorised, irregular or wasteful: close to Treasury's target of none.
best in Eastern Cape3 of 33worst
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
0.0 mo2024/25
province median 4.3 mo · Treasury: bad
Debtor collection
1.0%2024/25
province median 21.2% · Treasury: bad
Capital budget spent
15.8%2023/24
province median -35.2% · Treasury: bad
Wasteful expenditure
0.1%2023/24
province median 5.7% · Treasury: bad
Current ratio
3.162024/25
province median 1.86 · 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.
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