Local municipality · North West

Kgetlengrivier

13councillors in office

7wards

ANClargest party, 2026 · 6 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 → 6 (-1)

FF Plus

2 → 2

SACP

0 → 2 (+2)

EFF

2 → 1 (-1)

1 → 1

ActionSA

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

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.

List 1Matlhogonolo MoletsaneActionSA
List 1Mduduzi Immanuel MaphangaDA
List 1Baratang Cathrine MokoneEFF
List 1Timotheus Francois PotgieterFF Plus
List 2Johanna Christiena PotgieterFF Plus
List 1Julius Ben Sello MenoeSACP

How Kgetlengrivier measures up

How we judge

Kgetlengrivier meets 1 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 Kgetlengrivier's books.

Kgetlengrivier could keep running for 7.3 months on the cash it holds. Treasury asks for three.

best in North West10 of 18worst

2024/25 · was 2.0 months↗ improving

Collects what it bills?

Well short

norm 95%

For every R100 Kgetlengrivier bills, it collects R6. Treasury expects R95.

best in North West12 of 16worst

2024/25 · was 43%↘ slipping

Looks after what it owns?

Well short

3.5%

norm 8.0%

Kgetlengrivier spends 3.5% of what its roads, pipes and buildings are worth on repairs. Treasury's norm is 8%.

best in North West3 of 18worst

2024/25 · was 3.4%→ steady

Spends the building budget?

Well short

+125%

norm 0%

Kgetlengrivier overspent its building budget by 125%.

best in North West2 of 17worst

2023/24 · was +10%↘ slipping

65.2% of Kgetlengrivier's spending was unauthorised, irregular, fruitless or wasteful. Treasury's target is none.

best in North West14 of 18worst

2023/24 · was 87.2%↗ improving

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 2022/23Qualified 2023/24Qualified

Cash coverage

7.3 mo2024/25

province median 7.3 mo · Treasury: good

Debtor collection

6.4%2024/25

province median 16.8% · Treasury: bad

Repairs and maintenance

3.5%2024/25

province median 1.0% · Treasury: bad

Capital budget spent

125.4%2023/24

province median -43.1% · Treasury: bad

Wasteful expenditure

65.2%2023/24

province median 31.3% · Treasury: bad

Current ratio

0.152024/25

province median 0.39 · 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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