Local municipality · Free State
Dihlabeng
40councillors in office
20wards · 19 from 2026
ANClargest party, 2026 · 18 of 38 seats
Council now, and the council coming in
40 seats now · 38 in the incoming council. Majority is 21. No party reaches it on the declared result: a coalition will be needed.
PartySeats · now, then incomingChange
now, 2021 termincoming, 2026│ majority line
Ward councillors
20 wards- Ward 1 Jabulani Titus Sibisi2026 result → ANC
- Ward 2 Moranye Moses Twala2026 result → ANC
- Ward 3 Petro Romeo van Wyk2026 result → ANC
- Ward 4 Lebohang Lawrence Radebe2026 result → ANC
- Ward 5 Mmadineo Miya2026 result → ANC
- Ward 6 Jane Twala2026 result → ANC
- Ward 7 Mokete David Makhathini2026 result → ANC
- Ward 8 Vusumuzi Joshua Hadebe2026 result → ANC
- Ward 9 Phillip Arthur Maasdorp2026 result → DA
- Ward 10 Isolde Laesecke2026 result → IND
- Ward 11 Melela Gloria Masangane2026 result → ANC
- Ward 12 Motshedise Aletta Mokwena2026 result → ANC
- Ward 13 Mokuwane Shadrack Mosia2026 result → ANC
- Ward 14 Tseki James Tseki2026 result → ANC
- Ward 15 Moliehi Evelina Sempe2026 result → ANC
- Ward 16 Duduzile Lydia Sibisi2026 result → ANC
- Ward 17 Malefetsane Shadrack Mokoena2026 result → EFF
- Ward 18 Nomgqibelo Emely Mabizela2026 result → ANC
- Ward 19 Tsekiso Victor Tsibela2026 result → ANC
- Ward 20 Johan Johannes Nhlapo ANC
PR councillors now
20 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.
- PRLindiwe Ursula MakhalemaANC
- PRMosalla Martha MokotlaANC
- PRNthabeleng Portia MofokengANC
- PRSophia Mmathuso JacobsANC
- PRTlaleng Martha MofokengANC
- PRLefu Richard MokoenaAULA
- PRToba Vincent MofokengAULA
- PRDumazile Lucas XabaDA
- PREric Teboho MotloungDA
- PRIrene Loraine RügheimerDA
- PRMoferefere Jafta MokoenaDA
- PRSello Philemon MakoenaDA
- PRWillem Hermanus TheunissenDA
- PRMalefetsane Shadrack MokoenaEFF
- PRMapaseka Angel MotaungEFF
- PRMohloki Kantoor MthombeniEFF
- PRNomathamsanca Jacqueline NgqubukaEFF
- PRLerato Vincent MosalaF4SD
- PRAndi WolmaransFF Plus
- PRHendrik Rudolf LiebenbergFF Plus
PR councillors from 2026 · expected
18 of 19 named19 proportional seats in the council elected on 4 November 2026. 18 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 1Lerato Vincent MosalaActionSA
- List 1Nokuthula Vicentia MakhobaANC
- List 2Thabo Justice MokoenaANC
- List 1Tumo Johnson MafisaBATHO
- List 2Irene Loraine RügheimerDA
- List 4Dumazile Lucas XabaDA
- List 5Jacobus Frederik De BeerDA
- List 6Thamsanqa Nelson MsimangaDA
- List 7Nokunamba Anna MotaungDA
- List 8Mpinane Agnes KhibaDA
- List 9Pusetso Daniel MotaungDA
- List 10Sello Philemon MakoenaDA
- List 12Morena Joseph RalinotsiDA
- List 1Mojalefa Alec VilakaziEFF
- List 1Thomas Barend Victor RossouwFF Plus
- List 2Willem Hermanus TheunissenFF Plus
- List 1John Edward de Villiers LynchPA
- List 1Mosalla Martha MokotlaSACP
How Dihlabeng measures up
How we judgeDihlabeng meets none 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?
!Well short Qualified
An unqualified audit with no findings
The Auditor-General could not vouch for parts of Dihlabeng's books.
2023/24↗ improving
Money in the bank?
~Short of it 2.1 months
norm 3.0 months
Dihlabeng holds 2.1 months of running costs in cash, below Treasury's three-month norm.
best in Free State8 of 18worst
2024/25 · was 0.6 months↗ improving
Collects what it bills?
!Well short 37%
norm 95%
For every R100 Dihlabeng bills, it collects R37. Treasury expects R95.
best in Free State12 of 16worst
2024/25 · was 58%↘ slipping
Looks after what it owns?
!Well short 1.5%
norm 8.0%
Dihlabeng spends 1.5% of what its roads, pipes and buildings are worth on repairs. Treasury's norm is 8%.
best in Free State5 of 18worst
2024/25 · was 0.8%↗ improving
Spends the building budget?
!Well short -35%
norm 0%
Dihlabeng left 35% of its building budget unspent: projects planned but not delivered.
best in Free State6 of 18worst
2023/24 · was -0%↘ slipping
Wastes money?
!Well short 47.4%
norm 0.0%
47.4% of Dihlabeng's spending was unauthorised, irregular, fruitless or wasteful. Treasury's target is none.
best in Free State14 of 18worst
2023/24 · was 51.9%↗ 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
Cash coverage
2.1 mo2024/25
province median 2.1 mo · Treasury: average
Debtor collection
36.8%2024/25
province median 59.5% · Treasury: bad
Repairs and maintenance
1.5%2024/25
province median 2.1% · Treasury: bad
Capital budget spent
-35.2%2023/24
province median -48.6% · Treasury: bad
Wasteful expenditure
47.4%2023/24
province median 14.8% · Treasury: bad
Current ratio
0.312024/25
province median 0.40 · 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.
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