Local municipality · Free State

Nketoana

18councillors in office

9wards

ANClargest party, 2026 · 9 of 18 seats

Hands over · first council sitting

Council now, and the council coming in

18 seats now · 18 in the incoming council. Majority is 10. No party reaches it on the declared result: a coalition will be needed.

PartySeats · now, then incomingChange

ANC

10 → 9 (-1)

3 → 4 (+1)

ACM

0 → 2 (+2)

EFF

2 → 1 (-1)

FF Plus

2 → 1 (-1)

ACT

0 → 1 (+1)

AULA

1 → 0 (-1)

now, 2021 termincoming, 2026│ majority line

Ward councillors

9 wards

PR councillors now

9 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

9 of 9 named

9 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.

How Nketoana measures up

How we judge

Nketoana 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

Disclaimed

An unqualified audit with no findings

The Auditor-General could not rely on Nketoana's books at all.

Nketoana holds 1.0 months of running costs in cash, below Treasury's three-month norm.

best in Free State11 of 18worst

2024/25 · was 2.4 months↘ slipping

Collects what it bills?

Well short

44%

norm 95%

For every R100 Nketoana bills, it collects R44. Treasury expects R95.

best in Free State9 of 16worst

2024/25 · was 33%↗ improving

Looks after what it owns?

Well short

0.8%

norm 8.0%

Nketoana spends 0.8% of what its roads, pipes and buildings are worth on repairs. Treasury's norm is 8%.

best in Free State10 of 18worst

2024/25 · was 0.7%↗ improving

Spends the building budget?

Well short

-40%

norm 0%

Nketoana left 40% of its building budget unspent: projects planned but not delivered.

best in Free State8 of 18worst

2023/24 · was -23%↘ slipping

59.1% of Nketoana's spending was unauthorised, irregular, fruitless or wasteful. Treasury's target is none.

best in Free State16 of 18worst

2023/24 · was 36.3%↘ 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

2021/22Disclaimer of opinion 2022/23Disclaimer of opinion 2023/24Disclaimer of opinion

Cash coverage

1.0 mo2024/25

province median 1.6 mo · Treasury: bad

Debtor collection

43.7%2024/25

province median 39.4% · Treasury: bad

Repairs and maintenance

0.8%2024/25

province median 0.6% · Treasury: bad

Capital budget spent

-40.3%2023/24

province median -41.0% · Treasury: bad

Wasteful expenditure

59.1%2023/24

province median 28.6% · Treasury: bad

Current ratio

0.432024/25

province median 0.28 · 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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