Local municipality · Limpopo

Lephalale

29councillors in office

15wards

ANClargest party, 2026 · 14 of 30 seats

Hands over · first council sitting

Council now, and the council coming in

29 seats now · 30 in the incoming council. Majority is 16. No party reaches it on the declared result: a coalition will be needed.

PartySeats · now, then incomingChange

ANC

19 → 14 (-5)

3 → 5 (+2)

EFF

3 → 3

SACP

0 → 3 (+3)

LNGM

0 → 2 (+2)

ATM

1 → 1

FF Plus

1 → 1

OTM

0 → 1 (+1)

IND

1 → 0 (-1)

L.R.P

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.

PR councillors from 2026 · expected

13 of 15 named

15 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.

How Lephalale measures up

How we judge

Lephalale 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.

Clean books?

Short of it

Findings

An unqualified audit with no findings

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

Lephalale could keep running for 9.3 months on the cash it holds. Treasury asks for three.

best in Limpopo3 of 22worst

2024/25 · was 11.0 months↘ slipping

Collects what it bills?

Well short

27%

norm 95%

For every R100 Lephalale bills, it collects R27. Treasury expects R95.

best in Limpopo19 of 22worst

2024/25 · was 907%↘ slipping

Looks after what it owns?

Well short

1.7%

norm 8.0%

Lephalale spends 1.7% of what its roads, pipes and buildings are worth on repairs. Treasury's norm is 8%.

best in Limpopo12 of 22worst

2024/25 · was 1.3%↗ improving

Spends the building budget?

Well short

-61%

norm 0%

Lephalale left 61% of its building budget unspent: projects planned but not delivered.

best in Limpopo20 of 22worst

2023/24 · was -74%↗ improving

5.4% of Lephalale's spending was unauthorised, irregular, fruitless or wasteful. Treasury's target is none.

best in Limpopo4 of 22worst

2023/24 · was 0.8%↘ 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 Matter 2022/23Emphasis of Matter 2023/24Emphasis of Matter

Cash coverage

9.3 mo2024/25

province median 3.0 mo · Treasury: good

Debtor collection

26.5%2024/25

province median 68.4% · Treasury: bad

Repairs and maintenance

1.7%2024/25

province median 1.7% · Treasury: bad

Capital budget spent

-61.3%2023/24

province median -24.9% · Treasury: bad

Wasteful expenditure

5.4%2023/24

province median 12.0% · Treasury: bad

Current ratio

1.662024/25

province median 0.71 · 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.

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