Local municipality · KwaZulu-Natal

Mkhambathini

14councillors in office

7wards · 10 from 2026

ANClargest party, 2026 · 8 of 19 seats

Hands over · first council sitting

Council now, and the council coming in

14 seats now · 19 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

9 → 8 (-1)

0 → 7 (+7)

IFP

2 → 3 (+1)

1 → 1

EFF

2 → 0 (-2)

now, 2021 termincoming, 2026│ majority line

Ward councillors

7 wards

PR councillors now

7 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 9 named

9 proportional seats in the council elected on 4 November 2026. 8 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.

List 1Perseverance Nokwanda Thembelihle NgcoboANC
List 2Nhlakanipho Wiseman NtombelaANC
List 3Khonzisa MngomaANC
List 1Musa Alson NgcongoDA
List 1Menzi Mzwandile MkhizeIFP
List 2Kwenzekeni Ronica MdluliIFP
List 3Sinethemba NdlovuIFP
List 1Lizwi Roma MkhizeMK

How Mkhambathini measures up

How we judge

Mkhambathini meets 3 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

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

Mkhambathini could keep running for 19.1 months on the cash it holds. Treasury asks for three.

best in KwaZulu-Natal8 of 44worst

2024/25 · was 1.7 months↗ improving

Collects what it bills?

Well short

38%

norm 95%

For every R100 Mkhambathini bills, it collects R38. Treasury expects R95.

best in KwaZulu-Natal26 of 43worst

2024/25 · was 7%↗ improving

Looks after what it owns?

Meets the norm

8.5%

norm 8.0%

Mkhambathini spends 8.5% of what its roads, pipes and buildings are worth on repairs. Treasury's norm is 8%.

best in KwaZulu-Natal3 of 37worst

2024/25 · was 8.3%→ steady

Spends the building budget?

Well short

+1257%

norm 0%

Mkhambathini overspent its building budget by 1257%.

best in KwaZulu-Natal4 of 44worst

2023/24 · was +936%↘ slipping

0.4% of Mkhambathini's spending was unauthorised, irregular or wasteful: close to Treasury's target of none.

best in KwaZulu-Natal5 of 44worst

2023/24 · was 5.4%↗ improving

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

19.1 mo2024/25

province median 4.4 mo · Treasury: good

Debtor collection

37.6%2024/25

province median 37.6% · Treasury: bad

Repairs and maintenance

8.5%2024/25

province median 3.2% · Treasury: good

Capital budget spent

1256.8%2023/24

province median 41.6% · Treasury: bad

Wasteful expenditure

0.4%2023/24

province median 24.4% · Treasury: bad

Current ratio

0.892024/25

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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