Local municipality · KwaZulu-Natal

uPhongolo

29councillors in office

15wards

IFPlargest party, 2026 · 10 of 29 seats

Hands over · first council sitting

Council now, and the council coming in

29 seats now · 29 in the incoming council. Majority is 15. No party reaches it on the declared result: a coalition will be needed.

PartySeats · now, then incomingChange

IFP

14 → 10 (-4)

ANC

11 → 8 (-3)

0 → 8 (+8)

NFP

2 → 1 (-1)

1 → 1

FF Plus

0 → 1 (+1)

EFF

1 → 0 (-1)

now, 2021 termincoming, 2026│ majority line

Ward councillors

15 wards

PR councillors now

14 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.

PRCeliwe Maureen Nxumalo-SibiyaANC
PRNelisiwe Promise van ZuydamANC
PRNkosinathi Thabani GumbiANC
PRNkosingiphile Goodness NcubeANC
PRNqompo Andries NkosiANC
PRSbusiso Richard MhlongoANC
PRZamokuhle Bethuel MothaANC
PRZanele Sweetness KhumaloANC
PRJoseph Bhekokwakhe NgemaDA
PRMthethephi Thandwayinkosi MsibiEFF
PRBhaliya Robert ShongweIFP
PRThulebuka Dumsani ButheleziIFP
PRGreat Lindani SibiyaNFP
PRSindisiwe Veronicah Dlamini-NkambuleNFP

PR councillors from 2026 · expected

9 of 14 named

14 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 uPhongolo measures up

How we judge

uPhongolo meets none 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

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

uPhongolo holds under a month of running costs in cash. Treasury asks for three.

best in KwaZulu-Natal40 of 44worst

2024/25 · was 0.0 months→ steady

Collects what it bills?

Well short

71%

norm 95%

For every R100 uPhongolo bills, it collects R71. Treasury expects R95.

best in KwaZulu-Natal19 of 43worst

2024/25 · was 22%↗ improving

Looks after what it owns?

Well short

0.7%

norm 8.0%

uPhongolo spends 0.7% of what its roads, pipes and buildings are worth on repairs. Treasury's norm is 8%.

best in KwaZulu-Natal35 of 37worst

2024/25 · was 0.7%↘ slipping

Spends the building budget?

Well short

+87%

norm 0%

uPhongolo overspent its building budget by 87%.

best in KwaZulu-Natal20 of 44worst

2023/24 · was -18%↘ slipping

34.2% of uPhongolo's spending was unauthorised, irregular, fruitless or wasteful. Treasury's target is none.

best in KwaZulu-Natal34 of 44worst

2023/24 · was 12.6%↘ slipping

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

0.0 mo2024/25

province median 7.7 mo · Treasury: bad

Debtor collection

70.7%2024/25

province median 36.3% · Treasury: bad

Repairs and maintenance

0.7%2024/25

province median 2.4% · Treasury: bad

Capital budget spent

87.5%2023/24

province median 127.6% · Treasury: bad

Wasteful expenditure

34.2%2023/24

province median 13.5% · Treasury: bad

Current ratio

0.932024/25

province median 1.70 · 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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