Local municipality · Eastern Cape

Amahlathi

30councillors in office
15wards · 14 from 2026
ANClargest party, 2026 · 18 of 27 seats
Hands over · first council sitting

Council now, and the council coming in

30 seats now · 27 in the incoming council. Majority is 16. ANC reaches it on the official count.

PartySeats · now, then incomingChange
ANC
24 → 18 (-6)
DA
3 → 3
EFF
2 → 2
SACP
0 → 2 (+2)
ATM
0 → 1 (+1)
MK
0 → 1 (+1)
APC
1 → 0 (-1)
now, 2021 termincoming, 2026│ majority line

Ward councillors

15 wards

PR councillors now

15 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

11 of 13 named

13 proportional seats in the council elected on 4 November 2026. 11 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.

How Amahlathi measures up

How we judge

Amahlathi 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.

Treasury and Auditor-General detail

by financial year

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