Nqutu
Council now, and the council coming in
37 seats now · 39 in the incoming council. Majority is 20. No party reaches it on the declared result: a coalition will be needed.
Ward councillors
19 wards- Ward 1 Zanele Sithole2026 result → IFP
- Ward 2 Cyprian Siyabonga Thusini2026 result → ANC
- Ward 3 Lindokuhle Mkhwanazi2026 result → IFP
- Ward 4 Siyabusa Siphelele Langa2026 result → ANC
- Ward 5 Mbongeni Ephraim Mnguni2026 result → IFP
- Ward 6 Simiso Benard Simelane2026 result → IFP
- Ward 7 Njabulo Mbongeleni Buthelezi2026 result → IFP
- Ward 8 Mlungisi Innocent Khoza2026 result → IFP
- Ward 9 Sakhile Dedrick Masimula2026 result → IFP
- Ward 10 Mengiwe Ronit Ngobese2026 result → IFP
- Ward 11 Sifiso Msalofy Buthelezi2026 result → IFP
- Ward 12 Sithembile Radebe2026 result → IFP
- Ward 13 Zandile Ndlovu2026 result → IFP
- Ward 14 Primrose Winnie Jabulisiwe Buthelezi2026 result → ANC
- Ward 15 Jerry Nathi Khoza2026 result → IFP
- Ward 16 Muntu Cyprian Mnguni2026 result → IFP
- Ward 17 Thandazani Michael Hadebe2026 result → ANC
- Ward 18 Thamsanqa Abion Dlamini2026 result → IFP
- Ward 19 Sibusiso Mandlenkosi Charles Zikode2026 result → ANC
PR councillors now
18 seatsProportional 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.
- PRKhumbulani Arthur MsimangaABC
- PRSanelisiwe Happiness NgobeseABC
- PRSiyabonga Mabilabila KuneneABC
- PRBongani Suprise ChambuleANC
- PRConstance Thandiwe ButheleziANC
- PRCynthia Nthabiseng Skosana-XuluANC
- PRLephia Sizakele HoffmanANC
- PRMaureen Nlebuheng KhanyeANC
- PRNtombifikile Samkelisiwe MkhizeANC
- PRRapelang Absalom NdlovuANC
- PRSiphelele NgcoboANC
- PRTahleho Johannes MotloungANC
- PRSanele Yvonne NyokaEFF
- PRGoni Agnetia Ntombifuthi ButheleziIFP
- PRInnocent Lindokuhle ShabalalaIFP
- PRNothile Maria ZunguIFP
- PRQiniso Moses NgobeseIFP
- PRShongaziphi Gloria HlatshwayoIFP
PR councillors from 2026 · expected
13 of 19 named19 proportional seats in the council elected on 4 November 2026. 13 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 1Siyabonga Mabilabila KuneneA.B.C.D.
- List 1Tahleho Johannes MotloungANC
- List 2Maureen Nlebuheng KhanyeANC
- List 3Rapelang Absalom NdlovuANC
- List 4Cynthia Nthabiseng Skosana-XuluANC
- List 5Bongani Suprise ChambuleANC
- List 6Constance Thandiwe ButheleziANC
- List 1Siyabonga Eric MdletsheDA
- List 1Innocent Lindokuhle ShabalalaIFP
- List 2Mbongeni Ephraim MnguniIFP
- List 3Pertunia Phindile NtombelaIFP
- List 1Lehlonono Cyprian MoloiSACP
- List 1Nkululeko MthembuMK
How Nqutu measures up
How we judgeNqutu meets 1 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
For the whole 2021 to 2026 term, including every seat that changed hands, see the end-of-term report.
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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