End-of-term report · Free State

Nala · the 2021 to 2026 term

Elected 1 November 2021, in office until the council's first sitting. 22 of 24 councillors served the whole term.

24seats at the start 2ward seats changed hands 0of those changed party ANC 12largest at the start ANC 12largest at the end ANC 9largest, 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.

24 seats · as elected, Nov 2021 · 24 · at the end of the term.

PartySeats · as elected, then at the end of the termChange
ANC
12 → 12
EFF
6 → 6
DA
2 → 2
FF Plus
2 → 2
N.C.F
2 → 2
as elected, Nov 2021at the end of the term

Ward seats that changed hands

WhenWardLeftWhyCame in
14 Feb 2024Ward 11Joseph Sootho Tau ANCby-electionAaron Tsietsi Masiu ANC
10 Sept 2025Ward 7Ndabene Elias Ntlebi ANCby-electionAnna Manthoba Mohapi ANC

The council's record over the term

Nala meets none of 1 yardsticks

Judged against National Treasury's and the Auditor-General's own norms, latest figures, 2023/24. Not a rating: 1 separate answers. How we judge.

Audit outcome · Auditor-General, by financial year

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
Nozililo Mashiya Ntema
Municipal Manager
Sekonyela Joseph Lehloenya
Chief Financial Officer
MF LEKITLANE

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 9 of 23 seats. See the council page for the elected councillors, seat by seat.