Local municipality · North West

Tswaing

28councillors in office

14wards

ANClargest party, 2026 · 16 of 28 seats

Hands over · first council sitting

Council now, and the council coming in

28 seats now · 28 in the incoming council. Majority is 15. ANC reaches it on the official count.

PartySeats · now, then incomingChange

ANC

19 → 16 (-3)

4 → 4

EFF

4 → 3 (-1)

ActionSA

0 → 2 (+2)

FF Plus

1 → 1

SACP

0 → 1 (+1)

now, 2021 termincoming, 2026│ majority line

Ward councillors

14 wards

PR councillors now

14 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

11 of 14 named

14 proportional seats in the council elected on 4 November 2026. 11 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 Tswaing measures up

How we judge

Tswaing 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 Tswaing's books.

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

best in North West17 of 18worst

2024/25 · was 0.0 months→ steady

Collects what it bills?

Well short

37%

norm 95%

For every R100 Tswaing bills, it collects R37. Treasury expects R95.

best in North West7 of 16worst

2024/25 · was 49%↘ slipping

Looks after what it owns?

Well short

0.9%

norm 8.0%

Tswaing spends 0.9% of what its roads, pipes and buildings are worth on repairs. Treasury's norm is 8%.

best in North West12 of 18worst

2024/25 · was 1.6%↘ slipping

Spends the building budget?

Well short

-100%

norm 0%

Tswaing left 100% of its building budget unspent: projects planned but not delivered.

best in North West15 of 17worst

2023/24 · was -100%→ steady

67.0% of Tswaing's spending was unauthorised, irregular, fruitless or wasteful. Treasury's target is none.

best in North West15 of 18worst

2023/24 · was 152.7%↗ 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

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

Cash coverage

0.0 mo2024/25

province median 7.3 mo · Treasury: bad

Debtor collection

37.0%2024/25

province median 16.8% · Treasury: bad

Repairs and maintenance

0.9%2024/25

province median 1.0% · Treasury: bad

Capital budget spent

-100.0%2023/24

province median -43.1% · Treasury: bad

Wasteful expenditure

67.0%2023/24

province median 31.3% · Treasury: bad

Current ratio

0.482024/25

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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