Local municipality · Mpumalanga

Emakhazeni

15councillors in office

8wards

ANClargest party, 2026 · 7 of 15 seats

Hands over · first council sitting

Council now, and the council coming in

15 seats now · 15 in the incoming council. Majority is 8. No party reaches it on the declared result: a coalition will be needed.

PartySeats · now, then incomingChange

ANC

10 → 7 (-3)

2 → 3 (+1)

EFF

3 → 1 (-2)

SDP

0 → 1 (+1)

ActionSA

0 → 1 (+1)

FF Plus

0 → 1 (+1)

now, 2021 termincoming, 2026│ majority line

Ward councillors

8 wards

PR councillors now

7 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

7 of 7 named

7 proportional seats in the council elected on 4 November 2026. 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 1Daniel Foyoyo MasekoActionSA
List 2Daniel John Janse van RensburgDA
List 3Dalina Magrietha HepburnDA
List 1Sizane Isaac SkhosanaEFF
List 1Rudolph Cornelius Jacobus PretoriusFF Plus
List 1Tom Thokozane ShabanguSDP
List 1Michael Umfana HadebeMK

How Emakhazeni measures up

How we judge

Emakhazeni 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?

Well short

Qualified

An unqualified audit with no findings

The Auditor-General could not vouch for parts of Emakhazeni's books.

Emakhazeni could keep running for 3.9 months on the cash it holds. Treasury asks for three.

best in Mpumalanga5 of 17worst

2024/25 · was 3.7 months↗ improving

Collects what it bills?

Well short

61%

norm 95%

For every R100 Emakhazeni bills, it collects R61. Treasury expects R95.

best in Mpumalanga7 of 17worst

2024/25 · was 69%↘ slipping

Looks after what it owns?

Well short

0.8%

norm 8.0%

Emakhazeni spends 0.8% of what its roads, pipes and buildings are worth on repairs. Treasury's norm is 8%.

best in Mpumalanga16 of 16worst

2024/25 · was 0.7%↗ improving

Spends the building budget?

Well short

+58%

norm 0%

Emakhazeni overspent its building budget by 58%.

best in Mpumalanga4 of 17worst

2023/24 · was +84%↗ improving

15.4% of Emakhazeni's spending was unauthorised, irregular, fruitless or wasteful. Treasury's target is none.

best in Mpumalanga7 of 17worst

2023/24 · was 57.0%↗ 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

2021/22Adverse opinion 2022/23Adverse opinion 2023/24Qualified

Cash coverage

3.9 mo2024/25

province median 3.8 mo · Treasury: good

Debtor collection

60.8%2024/25

province median 44.1% · Treasury: bad

Repairs and maintenance

0.8%2024/25

province median 1.9% · Treasury: bad

Capital budget spent

58.2%2023/24

province median 10.1% · Treasury: bad

Wasteful expenditure

15.4%2023/24

province median 21.3% · Treasury: bad

Current ratio

0.532024/25

province median 0.42 · 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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