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Nongoma

45councillors in office
23wards
IFPlargest party, 2026 · 23 of 45 seats
Hands over · first council sitting

Council now, and the council coming in

45 seats now · 45 in the incoming council. Majority is 23. IFP reaches it on the official count.

PartySeats · now, then incomingChange
IFP
23 → 23
MK
0 → 9 (+9)
NFP
11 → 5 (-6)
ANC
8 → 5 (-3)
EFF
2 → 1 (-1)
NAPF
1 → 1
ATM
0 → 1 (+1)
now, 2021 termincoming, 2026│ majority line

Ward councillors

23 wards

PR councillors now

22 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

15 of 22 named

22 proportional seats in the council elected on 4 November 2026. 15 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 Nongoma measures up

How we judge

Nongoma meets none of 4 yardsticks

Judged against National Treasury's and the Auditor-General's own norms, latest figures, 2023/24. Not a rating: 4 separate answers. How we judge.

Clean books?
Well short
Qualified
An unqualified audit with no findings
The Auditor-General could not vouch for parts of Nongoma's books.
2023/24↘ slipping
Money in the bank?
Well short
0.0 months
norm 3.0 months
Nongoma holds under a month of running costs in cash. Treasury asks for three.
best in KwaZulu-Natal42 of 44worst
2024/25 · was 2.5 months↘ slipping
Collects what it bills?
No data
—
norm 95%
No collects what it bills data for Nongoma yet.
Looks after what it owns?
No data
—
norm 8.0%
No looks after what it owns data for Nongoma yet.
Spends the building budget?
Well short
+1203%
norm 0%
Nongoma overspent its building budget by 1203%.
best in KwaZulu-Natal7 of 44worst
2023/24 · was +1296%↗ improving
Wastes money?
Well short
37.1%
norm 0.0%
37.1% of Nongoma's spending was unauthorised, irregular, fruitless or wasteful. Treasury's target is none.
best in KwaZulu-Natal35 of 44worst
2023/24 · was 22.8%↘ 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 Matter2022/23Emphasis of Matter2023/24Qualified
Cash coverage
0.0 mo2024/25
province median 7.7 mo · Treasury: bad
Capital budget spent
1202.7%2023/24
province median 127.6% · Treasury: bad
Wasteful expenditure
37.1%2023/24
province median 13.5% · Treasury: bad
Current ratio
0.342024/25
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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