Local municipality · Eastern Cape
Dr AB Xuma
39councillors in office
20wards · 19 from 2026
ANClargest party, 2026 · 24 of 38 seats
Council now, and the council coming in
Ward councillors
20 wards- Ward 1 Aphiwe Zihlangu2026 result → ANC
- Ward 2 Bonelwa Fihlani2026 result → ANC
- Ward 3 Sivuyile Ludonga Dlodlo2026 result → ANC
- Ward 4 Siyabulela Phandle2026 result → ANC
- Ward 5 David Ntibane2026 result → ANC
- Ward 6 Nkosivile Ketani2026 result → ANC
- Ward 7 Nolutho Mirriam Sifanqala2026 result → ANC
- Ward 8 Nondumiso Qakaza-Sishuba2026 result → ANC
- Ward 9 Thembela Signoria Qoba2026 result → ANC
- Ward 10 Nomaliviwe Stemele2026 result → ANC
- Ward 11 Darlington Sivuyile Plaatjie2026 result → ANC
- Ward 12 Zuzeka Vivashe2026 result → ANC
- Ward 13 Sevuyile Mfeki2026 result → ANC
- Ward 14 Solwethu Israel Molo2026 result → ANC
- Ward 15 Vuyiswa Poswa2026 result → ANC
- Ward 16 Noluvo Sweetness Nomawele Mnqanqeni2026 result → ANC
- Ward 17 Vuyani Matshikitsha2026 result → ANC
- Ward 18 Mhlakunzima Saki2026 result → ANC
- Ward 19 Vuyokazi Mzuku2026 result → ANC
- Ward 20 Amanda Mendu ANC
PR councillors now
19 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.
- PRMandilakhe Archmore KondileANC
- PRNkoliseko QotoyiANC
- PRNokuvela Edith NgwangwaANC
- PRNokwayiyo MpoyiANC
- PRNomadama Nobuntu MgidiANC
- PRNomampondomise SipenduANC
- PRNomfusi Nosimo Lilane LilaneANC
- PRNophezile YalezoANC
- PRNtomboxolo NomfomboANC
- PRSiyabulela ZangqaANC
- PRSizeka MendelaANC
- PRZukiswa Olga SimawoANC
- PRNozuko SibondanaATM
- PRThembile DanielDA
- PRGcobisa Eudora BomelaEFF
- PRNkosinathi CetmanEFF
- PRVilliers Ndabazandile BetaPAC
- PRNkosinati QubudaUDM
- PRNokaya Alice Ntombomlungu DayisiUDM
PR councillors from 2026 · expected
19 of 19 named19 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.
- List 1Mzukisi Siyabonga NofemeleAIC
- List 1Mandilakhe Archmore KondileANC
- List 2Nomadama Nobuntu MgidiANC
- List 3Mbongeni TyantsiANC
- List 4Sandiso NgxanguANC
- List 5Bonelwa FihlaniANC
- List 1Lamla JiyoseATM
- List 2Mpumezo DlwatiATM
- List 3Eunice Nomso LisaATM
- List 4Nozuko SibondanaATM
- List 5Xola Stalin ZibiATM
- List 6Sakhele LagatyaATM
- List 7Andisa Happiness NtshinkaATM
- List 1Nolufefe DanielDA
- List 1Gcobisa Eudora BomelaEFF
- List 1Lawrence Vumankosi NtikincaNYCO
- List 2Lindela SikondoNYCO
- List 3Sibusiso MnyandeNYCO
- List 1Mzimasi Crosby XabaPAC
How Dr AB Xuma measures up
How we judgeDr AB Xuma 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
Dr AB Xuma's books were unqualified, but the Auditor-General raised findings.
2023/24→ steady
Money in the bank?
✓Meets the norm 11.9 months
norm 3.0 months
Dr AB Xuma could keep running for 11.9 months on the cash it holds. Treasury asks for three.
best in Eastern Cape6 of 33worst
2024/25 · was 0.0 months↗ improving
Collects what it bills?
!Well short 23%
norm 95%
For every R100 Dr AB Xuma bills, it collects R23. Treasury expects R95.
best in Eastern Cape21 of 33worst
2024/25 · was 21%↗ improving
Looks after what it owns?
!Well short 0.9%
norm 8.0%
Dr AB Xuma spends 0.9% of what its roads, pipes and buildings are worth on repairs. Treasury's norm is 8%.
best in Eastern Cape24 of 32worst
2024/25 · was 0.9%↗ improving
Spends the building budget?
!Well short -23%
norm 0%
Dr AB Xuma left 23% of its building budget unspent: projects planned but not delivered.
best in Eastern Cape14 of 33worst
2023/24 · was -9%↘ slipping
Wastes money?
!Well short 32.2%
norm 0.0%
32.2% of Dr AB Xuma's spending was unauthorised, irregular, fruitless or wasteful. Treasury's target is none.
best in Eastern Cape28 of 33worst
2023/24 · was 21.3%↘ 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
11.9 mo2024/25
province median 4.3 mo · Treasury: good
Debtor collection
23.1%2024/25
province median 21.2% · Treasury: bad
Repairs and maintenance
0.9%2024/25
province median 1.9% · Treasury: bad
Capital budget spent
-22.8%2023/24
province median -35.2% · Treasury: bad
Wasteful expenditure
32.2%2023/24
province median 5.7% · Treasury: bad
Current ratio
0.142024/25
province median 1.86 · Treasury: bad
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.
Latest on Dr AB Xuma
0 headlinesNo headlines matched yet.