Local municipality · KwaZulu-Natal

uMngeni

25councillors in office
13wards
DAlargest party, 2026 · 15 of 25 seats
Hands over · first council sitting

Council now, and the council coming in

25 seats now · 25 in the incoming council. Majority is 13. DA reaches it on the official count.

PartySeats · now, then incomingChange
DA
13 → 15 (+2)
MK
0 → 5 (+5)
ANC
10 → 4 (-6)
IFP
0 → 1 (+1)
EFF
2 → 0 (-2)
now, 2021 termincoming, 2026│ majority line

Ward councillors

13 wards

PR councillors now

12 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 12 named

12 proportional seats in the council elected on 4 November 2026. 9 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.

How uMngeni measures up

How we judge

uMngeni meets 2 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.

Treasury and Auditor-General detail

by financial year

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