Local municipality · Free State

Phumelela

16councillors in office

8wards

ANClargest party, 2026 · 8 of 16 seats

Hands over · first council sitting

Council now, and the council coming in

16 seats now · 16 in the incoming council. Majority is 9. No party reaches it on the declared result: a coalition will be needed.

PartySeats · now, then incomingChange

ANC

11 → 8 (-3)

2 → 3 (+1)

FF Plus

1 → 2 (+1)

EFF

2 → 1 (-1)

SDP

0 → 1 (+1)

ATM

0 → 1 (+1)

now, 2021 termincoming, 2026│ majority line

Ward councillors

8 wards

PR councillors now

8 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

8 of 8 named

8 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 1Thabo Samson NtoengATM
List 1William John Van RooyenDA
List 2Ntombifuthi Jeminah MokoenaDA
List 3Cornél StoltzDA
List 1Mita Enie RadebeEFF
List 1Jeandré Norman KlempFF Plus
List 2Hermanus Bernadus Van SchalkwykFF Plus
List 1Khehla Antony SibekoSDP

How Phumelela measures up

How we judge

Phumelela 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?

Short of it

Findings

An unqualified audit with no findings

Phumelela's books were unqualified, but the Auditor-General raised findings.

Phumelela holds under a month of running costs in cash. Treasury asks for three.

best in Free State15 of 18worst

2024/25 · was 3.5 months↘ slipping

Collects what it bills?

Well short

19%

norm 95%

For every R100 Phumelela bills, it collects R19. Treasury expects R95.

best in Free State15 of 16worst

2024/25 · was 14%↗ improving

Looks after what it owns?

Well short

0.9%

norm 8.0%

Phumelela spends 0.9% of what its roads, pipes and buildings are worth on repairs. Treasury's norm is 8%.

best in Free State8 of 18worst

2024/25 · was -0.1%↗ improving

Spends the building budget?

Well short

-56%

norm 0%

Phumelela left 56% of its building budget unspent: projects planned but not delivered.

best in Free State13 of 18worst

2023/24 · was +2%↘ slipping

44.9% of Phumelela's spending was unauthorised, irregular, fruitless or wasteful. Treasury's target is none.

best in Free State13 of 18worst

2023/24 · was 38.4%↘ 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

2021/22Emphasis of Matter 2022/23Emphasis of Matter 2023/24Emphasis of Matter

Cash coverage

0.0 mo2024/25

province median 1.6 mo · Treasury: bad

Debtor collection

18.8%2024/25

province median 39.4% · Treasury: bad

Repairs and maintenance

0.9%2024/25

province median 0.6% · Treasury: bad

Capital budget spent

-56.4%2023/24

province median -41.0% · Treasury: bad

Wasteful expenditure

44.9%2023/24

province median 28.6% · Treasury: bad

Current ratio

0.232024/25

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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