Local municipality · Eastern Cape

Great Kei

13councillors in office

7wards

ANClargest party, 2026 · 7 of 13 seats

Hands over · first council sitting

Council now, and the council coming in

13 seats now · 13 in the incoming council. Majority is 7. ANC reaches it on the official count.

PartySeats · now, then incomingChange

ANC

9 → 7 (-2)

3 → 2 (-1)

GKCM

0 → 2 (+2)

EFF

1 → 1

SACP

0 → 1 (+1)

now, 2021 termincoming, 2026│ majority line

Ward councillors

7 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 Great Kei measures up

How we judge

Great Kei meets 1 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?

Short of it

Findings

An unqualified audit with no findings

Great Kei's books were unqualified, but the Auditor-General raised findings.

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

best in Eastern Cape26 of 33worst

2024/25 · was 0.0 months→ steady

Collects what it bills?

Meets the norm

535%

norm 95%

For every R100 Great Kei bills, it collects R535. Treasury expects R95.

best in Eastern Cape1 of 33worst

2022/23 · was 111%↗ improving

Looks after what it owns?

Well short

0.0%

norm 8.0%

Great Kei spends 0.0% of what its roads, pipes and buildings are worth on repairs. Treasury's norm is 8%.

best in Eastern Cape32 of 32worst

2024/25 · was 0.1%↘ slipping

Spends the building budget?

Well short

-67%

norm 0%

Great Kei left 67% of its building budget unspent: projects planned but not delivered.

best in Eastern Cape28 of 33worst

2023/24 · was -28%↘ slipping

4.7% of Great Kei's spending was unauthorised, irregular, fruitless or wasteful. Treasury's target is none.

best in Eastern Cape12 of 33worst

2023/24 · was 0.2%↘ 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

2021/22Emphasis of Matter 2022/23Emphasis of Matter 2023/24Emphasis of Matter

Cash coverage

0.0 mo2024/25

province median 0.9 mo · Treasury: bad

Debtor collection

534.6%2022/23

province median 51.7% · Treasury: good

Repairs and maintenance

0.0%2024/25

province median 1.3% · Treasury: bad

Capital budget spent

-66.9%2023/24

province median -40.0% · Treasury: bad

Wasteful expenditure

4.7%2023/24

province median 15.1% · Treasury: bad

Current ratio

1.402024/25

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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