Local municipality · Northern Cape

Siyancuma

13councillors in office

7wards

ANClargest party, 2026 · 4 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

5 → 4 (-1)

SIF

0 → 3 (+3)

4 → 2 (-2)

EFF

1 → 2 (+1)

FF Plus

1 → 1

0 → 1 (+1)

IND

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

5 of 6 named

6 proportional seats in the council elected on 4 November 2026. 5 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 Siyancuma measures up

How we judge

Siyancuma 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 Siyancuma's books.

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

best in Northern Cape22 of 26worst

2024/25 · was 0.0 months→ steady

Collects what it bills?

Meets the norm

452%

norm 95%

For every R100 Siyancuma bills, it collects R452. Treasury expects R95.

best in Northern Cape3 of 24worst

2022/23 · was 407%↗ improving

Looks after what it owns?

No data

—

norm 8.0%

No looks after what it owns data for Siyancuma yet.

Spends the building budget?

Well short

+243%

norm 0%

Siyancuma overspent its building budget by 243%.

best in Northern Cape1 of 26worst

2023/24 · was -92%↘ slipping

30.3% of Siyancuma's spending was unauthorised, irregular, fruitless or wasteful. Treasury's target is none.

best in Northern Cape15 of 25worst

2023/24 · was 27.1%↘ 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

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

Cash coverage

0.0 mo2024/25

province median 1.6 mo · Treasury: bad

Debtor collection

451.7%2022/23

province median 84.6% · Treasury: good

Capital budget spent

243.3%2023/24

province median -21.4% · Treasury: bad

Wasteful expenditure

30.3%2023/24

province median 23.7% · Treasury: bad

Current ratio

0.332024/25

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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