Local municipality · Northern Cape

!Kheis

11councillors in office

6wards

ANClargest party, 2026 · 6 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. ANC reaches it on the official count.

PartySeats · now, then incomingChange

ANC

6 → 6

1 → 3 (+2)

EFF

1 → 1

0 → 1 (+1)

IND

2 → 0 (-2)

COPE

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 !Kheis measures up

How we judge

!Kheis 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

Outstanding

An unqualified audit with no findings

!Kheis's audit outcome is outstanding.

!Kheis could keep running for 5.8 months on the cash it holds. Treasury asks for three.

best in Northern Cape10 of 26worst

2023/24 · was 7.1 months↘ slipping

Collects what it bills?

Well short

17%

norm 95%

For every R100 !Kheis bills, it collects R17. Treasury expects R95.

best in Northern Cape21 of 24worst

2023/24 · was 6%↗ improving

Looks after what it owns?

No data

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norm 8.0%

No looks after what it owns data for !Kheis yet.

Spends the building budget?

Short of it

-11%

norm 0%

!Kheis left 11% of its building budget unspent: projects planned but not delivered.

best in Northern Cape8 of 26worst

2023/24 · was -31%↗ improving

14.0% of !Kheis's spending was unauthorised, irregular, fruitless or wasteful. Treasury's target is none.

best in Northern Cape5 of 25worst

2023/24 · was 8.7%↘ 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

2021/22Disclaimer of opinion 2022/23Disclaimer of opinion 2023/24Outstanding

Cash coverage

5.8 mo2023/24

province median 1.8 mo · Treasury: good

Debtor collection

16.7%2023/24

province median 67.7% · Treasury: bad

Capital budget spent

-10.9%2023/24

province median -21.4% · Treasury: average

Wasteful expenditure

14.0%2023/24

province median 23.7% · Treasury: bad

Current ratio

1.362023/24

province median 0.51 · 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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