End-of-term report · Eastern Cape

Mnquma · the 2021 to 2026 term

Elected 1 November 2021, in office until the council's first sitting. 61 of 63 councillors served the whole term.

63seats at the start 2ward seats changed hands 0of those changed party ANC 45largest at the start ANC 45largest at the end ANC 30largest, elected 2026

How the council changed during the term

Seats as elected in 2021 against seats on the eve of the 2026 election. Differences come from by-elections and mid-term replacements recorded by the IEC; PR replacements that parties made without a by-election are not captured.

63 seats · as elected, Nov 2021 · 63 · at the end of the term.

PartySeats · as elected, then at the end of the termChange

ANC

45 → 45

EFF

5 → 5

UDM

5 → 5

ATM

2 → 2

PAC

2 → 2

AIC

1 → 1

BPM

1 → 1

COPE

1 → 1

as elected, Nov 2021at the end of the term

Ward seats that changed hands

When	Ward	Left	Why	Came in
15 Jun 2022	Ward 3	Mkhuseli Ndima ANC	by-election	Masibulele Kalimashe ANC
14 Aug 2024	Ward 18	Lunga Dyantyi ANC	by-election	Nondumiso Victoria Mahanjana ANC

The council's record over the term

Mnquma 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.

Mnquma holds under a month of running costs in cash. Treasury asks for three.

2024/25 · was 0.0 months→ steady

Collects what it bills?

Well short

norm 95%

For every R100 Mnquma bills, it collects R1. Treasury expects R95.

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%.

2023/24 · was -21%↗ improving

0.1% of Mnquma's spending was unauthorised, irregular or wasteful: close to Treasury's target of none.

2023/24 · was 0.0%↘ slipping

Audit outcome · Auditor-General, by financial year

2021/22clean 2022/23clean 2023/24clean

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.

Office-bearers at the end of the term

Mayor

Thunyiswa Nkamisa

Municipal Manager

Silumko Mahlasela

Chief Financial Officer

Mzusekho Matomane

Per National Treasury's register as fetched 11 Nov 2026.

What comes next

The council elected on 4 November 2026: ANC is the largest party with 30 of 63 seats. See the council page for the elected councillors, seat by seat.