Local municipality · KwaZulu-Natal

Mfolozi

35councillors in office
18wards
IFPlargest party, 2026 · 16 of 35 seats
Hands over · first council sitting

Council now, and the council coming in

35 seats now · 35 in the incoming council. Majority is 18. No party reaches it on the declared result: a coalition will be needed.

PartySeats · now, then incomingChange
IFP
18 → 16 (-2)
MK
0 → 11 (+11)
ANC
13 → 6 (-7)
EFF
3 → 1 (-2)
DA
0 → 1 (+1)
NFP
1 → 0 (-1)
now, 2021 termincoming, 2026│ majority line

Ward councillors

18 wards

PR councillors now

17 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

11 of 17 named

17 proportional seats in the council elected on 4 November 2026. 11 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 Mfolozi measures up

How we judge

Mfolozi meets 1 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.

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.

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