Local municipality · Northern Cape

Khâi-Ma

11councillors in office

6wards

ANClargest party, 2026 · 5 of 11 seats

Hands over · first council sitting

Council now, and the council coming in

11 seats now · 11 in the incoming council. Majority is 6. No party reaches it on the declared result: a coalition will be needed.

PartySeats · now, then incomingChange

ANC

6 → 5 (-1)

0 → 4 (+4)

1 → 1

SACP

0 → 1 (+1)

NCM

2 → 0 (-2)

COPE

1 → 0 (-1)

EFF

1 → 0 (-1)

now, 2021 termincoming, 2026│ majority line

Ward councillors

6 wards

PR councillors now

5 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

5 of 5 named

5 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 Khâi-Ma measures up

How we judge

Khâi-Ma 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 Khâi-Ma's books.

Khâi-Ma holds under a month of running costs in cash. Treasury asks for three.

best in Northern Cape16 of 26worst

2024/25 · was 0.0 months↗ improving

Collects what it bills?

Short of it

90%

norm 95%

For every R100 Khâi-Ma bills, it collects R90. Treasury expects R95.

best in Northern Cape9 of 24worst

2024/25 · was 44%↗ improving

Looks after what it owns?

Well short

0.7%

norm 8.0%

Khâi-Ma spends 0.7% of what its roads, pipes and buildings are worth on repairs. Treasury's norm is 8%.

best in Northern Cape15 of 23worst

2024/25 · was 0.8%↘ slipping

Spends the building budget?

Well short

-81%

norm 0%

Khâi-Ma left 81% of its building budget unspent: projects planned but not delivered.

best in Northern Cape25 of 26worst

2022/23 · was -15%↘ slipping

15.3% of Khâi-Ma's spending was unauthorised, irregular, fruitless or wasteful. Treasury's target is none.

best in Northern Cape6 of 25worst

2023/24 · was 3.8%↘ 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

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

Cash coverage

0.4 mo2024/25

province median 1.6 mo · Treasury: bad

Debtor collection

90.0%2024/25

province median 53.7% · Treasury: bad

Repairs and maintenance

0.7%2024/25

province median 1.0% · Treasury: bad

Capital budget spent

-80.8%2022/23

province median -41.5% · Treasury: bad

Wasteful expenditure

15.3%2023/24

province median 23.7% · Treasury: bad

Current ratio

0.402024/25

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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