Local municipality · Northern Cape

Emthanjeni

15councillors in office

8wards

ANClargest party, 2026 · 6 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

9 → 6 (-3)

4 → 4

1 → 3 (+2)

EFF

1 → 1

SACP

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.

How Emthanjeni measures up

How we judge

Emthanjeni 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?

Well short

Qualified

An unqualified audit with no findings

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

Emthanjeni could keep running for 8.1 months on the cash it holds. Treasury asks for three.

best in Northern Cape6 of 26worst

2024/25 · was 3.7 months↗ improving

Collects what it bills?

No data

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norm 95%

No collects what it bills data for Emthanjeni yet.

Looks after what it owns?

Well short

1.0%

norm 8.0%

Emthanjeni spends 1.0% of what its roads, pipes and buildings are worth on repairs. Treasury's norm is 8%.

best in Northern Cape13 of 23worst

2024/25 · was 0.1%↗ improving

Spends the building budget?

Well short

-28%

norm 0%

Emthanjeni left 28% of its building budget unspent: projects planned but not delivered.

best in Northern Cape19 of 26worst

2023/24 · was -68%↗ improving

43.4% of Emthanjeni's spending was unauthorised, irregular, fruitless or wasteful. Treasury's target is none.

best in Northern Cape23 of 25worst

2023/24 · was 28.5%↘ 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

8.1 mo2024/25

province median 1.6 mo · Treasury: good

Repairs and maintenance

1.0%2024/25

province median 1.0% · Treasury: bad

Capital budget spent

-28.0%2023/24

province median -21.4% · Treasury: bad

Wasteful expenditure

43.4%2023/24

province median 23.7% · Treasury: bad

Current ratio

0.562024/25

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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