Local municipality · Northern Cape

Hantam

13councillors in office

7wards

ANClargest party, 2026 · 5 of 13 seats

Hands over · first council sitting

Council now, and the council coming in

13 seats now · 13 in the incoming council. Majority is 7. No party reaches it on the declared result: a coalition will be needed.

PartySeats · now, then incomingChange

ANC

7 → 5 (-2)

3 → 5 (+2)

1 → 2 (+1)

FF Plus

1 → 1

NCM

1 → 0 (-1)

now, 2021 termincoming, 2026│ majority line

Ward councillors

7 wards

PR councillors now

6 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

6 of 6 named

6 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.

How Hantam measures up

How we judge

Hantam meets none 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 Hantam's books.

Hantam holds under a month of running costs in cash. Treasury asks for three.

best in Northern Cape17 of 26worst

2024/25 · was 0.0 months↗ improving

Collects what it bills?

Short of it

90%

norm 95%

For every R100 Hantam bills, it collects R90. Treasury expects R95.

best in Northern Cape10 of 24worst

2024/25 · was 72%↗ improving

Looks after what it owns?

Well short

3.6%

norm 8.0%

Hantam spends 3.6% of what its roads, pipes and buildings are worth on repairs. Treasury's norm is 8%.

best in Northern Cape4 of 23worst

2024/25 · was 1.4%↗ improving

Spends the building budget?

Short of it

-14%

norm 0%

Hantam left 14% of its building budget unspent: projects planned but not delivered.

best in Northern Cape9 of 26worst

2023/24 · was -27%↗ improving

16.1% of Hantam's spending was unauthorised, irregular, fruitless or wasteful. Treasury's target is none.

best in Northern Cape7 of 25worst

2023/24 · was 0.1%↘ 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

2021/22clean 2022/23Emphasis of Matter 2023/24Qualified

Cash coverage

0.3 mo2024/25

province median 1.6 mo · Treasury: bad

Debtor collection

89.7%2024/25

province median 53.7% · Treasury: bad

Repairs and maintenance

3.6%2024/25

province median 1.0% · Treasury: bad

Capital budget spent

-13.7%2023/24

province median -21.4% · Treasury: average

Wasteful expenditure

16.1%2023/24

province median 23.7% · Treasury: bad

Current ratio

0.462024/25

province median 0.50 · 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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