Local municipality · KwaZulu-Natal
Msinga
41councillors in office
21wards
IFPlargest party, 2026 · 25 of 41 seats
Council now, and the council coming in
Ward councillors
21 wards- Ward 1 Mbuso Buthelezi2026 result → IFP
- Ward 2 Thenjiwe Busisiwe Mbatha2026 result → IFP
- Ward 3 Ephraim Mfaniseni Mdluli2026 result → IFP
- Ward 4 Mhawukeleni Wellington Sokhela2026 result → IFP
- Ward 5 Vincent Sithembiso Ndlovu2026 result → IFP
- Ward 6 Phelelani Dladla2026 result → IFP
- Ward 7 Siyabonga Proffesor Langa2026 result → IFP
- Ward 8 Funeyakhe Zuma2026 result → IFP
- Ward 9 Mhlabunzima Samuel Khoza2026 result → IFP
- Ward 10 Bongani Dumakude2026 result → IFP
- Ward 11 Musawenkosi Jacob Ndebele2026 result → IFP
- Ward 12 Lungisani Blessing Ntuli2026 result → IFP
- Ward 13 Daugras Mletheni Ndlovu2026 result → IFP
- Ward 14 Thokozani Nduduzo Nicholus Sokhela2026 result → IFP
- Ward 15 Mphindiseni Mthandeni Simon Myeza2026 result → IND
- Ward 16 Sifundo Gregory Masimula2026 result → IFP
- Ward 17 Nkosikhona Mdumiseni Ximba2026 result → IFP
- Ward 18 France Felamanda Ndlovu2026 result → IFP
- Ward 19 Templeton Lindokuhle Kunene2026 result → IFP
- Ward 20 Thokozani Moses Mabaso2026 result → IFP
- Ward 21 Mzokhona Emmanuel Mkhize2026 result → IFP
PR councillors now
20 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.
- PRBernard Kwenza KhozaABC
- PRBhekinkosi Ellias MvelaseANC
- PRBongani MthethwaANC
- PRGertrude Buhle SikhakhaneANC
- PRJulius Bongumusa ChoncoANC
- PRMandlakhe Emmanuel NgobeANC
- PRMazwendoda Ntokozo NdlovuANC
- PRSnethemba Kwanda RadebeANC
- PRThandiwe Mirriam Ndlovu-MakungaANC
- PRThenjiwe MntungwaANC
- PRZandile Eunice ShangeANC
- PRZimingaye MchunuANC
- PRS'Thakaselwe ZondiEFF
- PRBhekinkosi Patrick MadondoIFP
- PRBuyiswa Princess NgcoboIFP
- PRKusakusile John MkhizeIFP
- PRMduduzi NtshaphaIFP
- PRMlondolozi MasikaneIFP
- PRNontokozo XabaIFP
- PRPhilile Andile Gloria NkalaIFP
PR councillors from 2026 · expected
10 of 20 named20 proportional seats in the council elected on 4 November 2026. 10 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 1Nosipho Prudence DlaminiANC
- List 2S'Khululiwe Celimpilo GumedeANC
- List 3Lusiwe Daureen NgubaneANC
- List 1Bonginhlanhla DlaminiDA
- List 1Felinkosi Joshua SikhakhaneIFP
- List 2Thenjiwe Busisiwe MbathaIFP
- List 3Sifundo Gregory MasimulaIFP
- List 4Sinethemba ZiqubuIFP
- List 5Wezile Angel NdlovuIFP
- List 1Lindani Blessed NgubaneMK
How Msinga measures up
How we judgeMsinga meets 2 of 5 yardsticks
Judged against National Treasury's and the Auditor-General's own norms, latest figures, 2023/24. Not a rating: 5 separate answers. How we judge.
Clean books?
✓Meets the norm Clean
An unqualified audit with no findings
Msinga's last audit was clean: the Auditor-General found nothing to report.
2023/24↗ improving
Money in the bank?
✓Meets the norm 29.6 months
norm 3.0 months
Msinga could keep running for 29.6 months on the cash it holds. Treasury asks for three.
best in KwaZulu-Natal4 of 44worst
2024/25 · was 23.2 months↗ improving
Collects what it bills?
!Well short 10%
norm 95%
For every R100 Msinga bills, it collects R10. Treasury expects R95.
best in KwaZulu-Natal29 of 43worst
2024/25 · was 37%↘ slipping
Looks after what it owns?
·No data —
norm 8.0%
No looks after what it owns data for Msinga yet.
Spends the building budget?
!Well short +34%
norm 0%
Msinga overspent its building budget by 34%.
best in KwaZulu-Natal25 of 44worst
2023/24 · was -6%↘ slipping
Wastes money?
~Short of it 3.3%
norm 0.0%
3.3% of Msinga's spending was unauthorised, irregular, fruitless or wasteful. Treasury's target is none.
best in KwaZulu-Natal16 of 44worst
2023/24 · was 11.2%↗ 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
Cash coverage
29.6 mo2024/25
province median 7.7 mo · Treasury: good
Debtor collection
10.1%2024/25
province median 36.3% · Treasury: bad
Capital budget spent
34.2%2023/24
province median 127.6% · Treasury: bad
Wasteful expenditure
3.3%2023/24
province median 13.5% · Treasury: bad
Current ratio
2.622024/25
province median 1.70 · Treasury: good
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.
Latest on Msinga
0 headlinesNo headlines matched yet.