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Local municipality · Mpumalanga

Thembisile Hani

64councillors in office
32wards · 33 from 2026
ANClargest party, 2026 · 33 of 66 seats
Hands over · first council sitting

Council now, and the council coming in

64 seats now · 66 in the incoming council. Majority is 34. No party reaches it on the declared result: a coalition will be needed.

PartySeats · now, then incomingChange
ANC
40 → 33 (-7)
DA
4 → 9 (+5)
EFF
12 → 5 (-7)
MK
0 → 5 (+5)
ActionSA
0 → 3 (+3)
SDP
0 → 3 (+3)
AIPO
3 → 2 (-1)
SACP
0 → 2 (+2)
BCO
0 → 2 (+2)
FF Plus
0 → 1 (+1)
4 others
3 → 1 (-2)
now, 2021 termincoming, 2026│ majority line

Ward councillors

32 wards

PR councillors now

32 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

18 of 33 named

33 proportional seats in the council elected on 4 November 2026. 18 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 Thembisile Hani measures up

How we judge

Thembisile Hani 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.

Clean books?
Short of it
Findings
An unqualified audit with no findings
Thembisile Hani's books were unqualified, but the Auditor-General raised findings.
2023/24→ steady
Money in the bank?
Meets the norm
3.9 months
norm 3.0 months
Thembisile Hani could keep running for 3.9 months on the cash it holds. Treasury asks for three.
best in Mpumalanga6 of 17worst
2023/24 · was 2.7 months↗ improving
Collects what it bills?
Well short
13%
norm 95%
For every R100 Thembisile Hani bills, it collects R13. Treasury expects R95.
best in Mpumalanga17 of 17worst
2023/24 · was 15%↘ slipping
Looks after what it owns?
No data
—
norm 8.0%
No looks after what it owns data for Thembisile Hani yet.
Spends the building budget?
Well short
-101%
norm 0%
Thembisile Hani left 101% of its building budget unspent: projects planned but not delivered.
best in Mpumalanga17 of 17worst
2023/24 · was -87%↘ slipping
Wastes money?
Well short
5.9%
norm 0.0%
5.9% of Thembisile Hani's spending was unauthorised, irregular, fruitless or wasteful. Treasury's target is none.
best in Mpumalanga4 of 17worst
2023/24 · was 4.1%↘ 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 Matter2023/24Emphasis of Matter
Cash coverage
3.9 mo2023/24
province median 3.9 mo · Treasury: good
Debtor collection
13.0%2023/24
province median 19.4% · Treasury: bad
Capital budget spent
-101.1%2023/24
province median -16.3% · Treasury: bad
Wasteful expenditure
5.9%2023/24
province median 5.9% · Treasury: bad
Current ratio
1.072023/24
province median 1.07 · Treasury: average

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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