Local municipality · Eastern Cape

Senqu

34councillors in office

17wards

ANClargest party, 2026 · 21 of 34 seats

Hands over · first council sitting

Council now, and the council coming in

34 seats now · 34 in the incoming council. Majority is 18. ANC reaches it on the official count.

PartySeats · now, then incomingChange

ANC

25 → 21 (-4)

EFF

4 → 4

1 → 3 (+2)

SACP

0 → 2 (+2)

CIVIC

2 → 1 (-1)

PAC

1 → 1

ATM

0 → 1 (+1)

IND

0 → 1 (+1)

UDM

1 → 0 (-1)

now, 2021 termincoming, 2026│ majority line

Ward councillors

17 wards

PR councillors now

17 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

13 of 17 named

17 proportional seats in the council elected on 4 November 2026. 13 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 1Ndileka NyongwanaANC
List 2Fezeka Khuthazwa Pearl NtlemezaANC
List 3Okuhle Bevuya MadikaneANC
List 4Mahlubi PhuzaANC
List 5Isaac MosisidiANC
List 1Gushman Xola GubuzaATM
List 1Nokuzola Muriell PhamaCIVIC
List 1Xola Garry MagcaiDA
List 2Evon Macdalene AprilDA
List 3Preacher Amoni AprilDA
List 1Nolonwabo Lorelia NgendaneEFF
List 1Nqaba XantiniPAC
List 1Nontuthuzelo Vivian HlanjwaSACP

How Senqu measures up

How we judge

Senqu meets 3 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?

Meets the norm

Clean

An unqualified audit with no findings

Senqu's last audit was clean: the Auditor-General found nothing to report.

Senqu could keep running for 25.5 months on the cash it holds. Treasury asks for three.

best in Eastern Cape1 of 33worst

2024/25 · was 31.9 months↘ slipping

Collects what it bills?

Meets the norm

357%

norm 95%

For every R100 Senqu bills, it collects R357. Treasury expects R95.

best in Eastern Cape2 of 33worst

2023/24 · was 361%→ steady

Looks after what it owns?

Well short

2.4%

norm 8.0%

Senqu spends 2.4% of what its roads, pipes and buildings are worth on repairs. Treasury's norm is 8%.

best in Eastern Cape12 of 32worst

2024/25 · was 1.8%↗ improving

Spends the building budget?

Well short

-38%

norm 0%

Senqu left 38% of its building budget unspent: projects planned but not delivered.

best in Eastern Cape18 of 33worst

2023/24 · was -55%↗ improving

2.5% of Senqu's spending was unauthorised, irregular, fruitless or wasteful. Treasury's target is none.

best in Eastern Cape8 of 33worst

2023/24 · was 13.3%↗ improving

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 2022/23clean 2023/24clean

Cash coverage

25.5 mo2024/25

province median 4.3 mo · Treasury: good

Debtor collection

357.2%2023/24

province median 22.8% · Treasury: good

Repairs and maintenance

2.4%2024/25

province median 1.9% · Treasury: bad

Capital budget spent

-38.3%2023/24

province median -35.2% · Treasury: bad

Wasteful expenditure

2.5%2023/24

province median 5.7% · Treasury: bad

Current ratio

5.172024/25

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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