Local municipality · KwaZulu-Natal

Mpofana

10councillors in office

5wards · 6 from 2026

MKlargest party, 2026 · 4 of 11 seats

Hands over · first council sitting

Council now, and the council coming in

10 seats now · 11 in the incoming council. Majority is 6. No party reaches it on the declared result: a coalition will be needed.

PartySeats · now, then incomingChange

0 → 4 (+4)

ANC

7 → 3 (-4)

1 → 2 (+1)

IFP

1 → 1

EFF

1 → 0 (-1)

now, 2021 termincoming, 2026│ majority line

Ward councillors

5 wards

PR councillors now

5 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

4 of 4 named

4 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 Mpofana measures up

How we judge

Mpofana 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.

Clean books?

Short of it

Findings

An unqualified audit with no findings

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

Mpofana could keep running for 42.8 months on the cash it holds. Treasury asks for three.

best in KwaZulu-Natal2 of 44worst

2024/25 · was 19.7 months↗ improving

Collects what it bills?

Well short

-16%

norm 95%

For every R100 Mpofana bills, it collects R-16. Treasury expects R95.

best in KwaZulu-Natal43 of 43worst

2024/25 · was -61%↗ improving

Looks after what it owns?

Meets the norm

13.0%

norm 8.0%

Mpofana spends 13.0% of what its roads, pipes and buildings are worth on repairs. Treasury's norm is 8%.

best in KwaZulu-Natal1 of 37worst

2023/24 · was 7.7%↗ improving

Spends the building budget?

Well short

-54%

norm 0%

Mpofana left 54% of its building budget unspent: projects planned but not delivered.

best in KwaZulu-Natal40 of 44worst

2023/24 · was +85%↗ improving

51.2% of Mpofana's spending was unauthorised, irregular, fruitless or wasteful. Treasury's target is none.

best in KwaZulu-Natal40 of 44worst

2023/24 · was 50.7%→ steady

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 2022/23Qualified 2023/24Emphasis of Matter

Cash coverage

42.8 mo2024/25

province median 4.4 mo · Treasury: good

Debtor collection

-16.1%2024/25

province median 37.6% · Treasury: bad

Repairs and maintenance

13.0%2023/24

province median 3.1% · Treasury: good

Capital budget spent

-54.3%2023/24

province median 41.6% · Treasury: bad

Wasteful expenditure

51.2%2023/24

province median 24.4% · Treasury: bad

Current ratio

0.332024/25

province median 0.61 · 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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