Local municipality · Free State

Mafube

17councillors in office

9wards

ANClargest party, 2026 · 7 of 17 seats

Hands over · first council sitting

Council now, and the council coming in

17 seats now · 17 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

10 → 7 (-3)

2 → 3 (+1)

FF Plus

2 → 2

MAF1ST

0 → 2 (+2)

EFF

3 → 1 (-2)

PAC

0 → 1 (+1)

SACP

0 → 1 (+1)

now, 2021 termincoming, 2026│ majority line

Ward councillors

9 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.

PRMaria Matsatsi MofokengANC
PRFako Amos TsotetsiDA
PRSuzette Mariana SteynDA
PREdmond Mojalefa MaboyaEFF
PRJabulile Josiphina KumbiEFF
PRWalter Bheki Mnguni GumedeEFF
PRJan OostFF Plus
PRThomas Bernhardus Richardt Janse van RensburgFF Plus

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.

How Mafube measures up

How we judge

Mafube 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

Outstanding

An unqualified audit with no findings

Mafube's audit outcome is outstanding.

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

best in Free State18 of 18worst

2024/25 · was 0.0 months→ steady

Collects what it bills?

Short of it

88%

norm 95%

For every R100 Mafube bills, it collects R88. Treasury expects R95.

best in Free State2 of 16worst

2024/25 · was 49%↗ improving

Looks after what it owns?

Well short

0.2%

norm 8.0%

Mafube spends 0.2% of what its roads, pipes and buildings are worth on repairs. Treasury's norm is 8%.

best in Free State16 of 18worst

2024/25 · was 0.4%↘ slipping

Spends the building budget?

Well short

-80%

norm 0%

Mafube left 80% of its building budget unspent: projects planned but not delivered.

best in Free State16 of 18worst

84.0% of Mafube's spending was unauthorised, irregular, fruitless or wasteful. Treasury's target is none.

best in Free State17 of 18worst

2021/22

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

2021/22Qualified 2022/23Outstanding 2023/24Outstanding

Cash coverage

0.0 mo2024/25

province median 1.6 mo · Treasury: bad

Debtor collection

87.9%2024/25

province median 39.4% · Treasury: bad

Repairs and maintenance

0.2%2024/25

province median 0.6% · Treasury: bad

Capital budget spent

-79.7%2021/22

province median -47.8% · Treasury: bad

Wasteful expenditure

84.0%2021/22

province median 50.0% · Treasury: bad

Current ratio

0.102024/25

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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