Local municipality · North West

Ditsobotla

39councillors in office

20wards

ANClargest party, 2026 · 18 of 39 seats

Hands over · first council sitting

Council now, and the council coming in

39 seats now · 39 in the incoming council. Majority is 20. No party reaches it on the declared result: a coalition will be needed.

PartySeats · now, then incomingChange

ANC

21 → 18 (-3)

6 → 5 (-1)

EFF

6 → 4 (-2)

SEDIMO

0 → 2 (+2)

ActionSA

0 → 2 (+2)

FF Plus

2 → 1 (-1)

KOPANO

0 → 1 (+1)

SACP

0 → 1 (+1)

4 others

4 → 1 (-3)

now, 2021 termincoming, 2026│ majority line

Ward councillors

20 wards

PR councillors now

19 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

13 of 19 named

19 proportional seats in the council elected on 4 November 2026. 13 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 Ditsobotla measures up

How we judge

Ditsobotla 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

Disclaimed

An unqualified audit with no findings

The Auditor-General could not rely on Ditsobotla's books at all.

Ditsobotla could keep running for 68.9 months on the cash it holds. Treasury asks for three.

best in North West1 of 18worst

2024/25 · was 59.6 months↗ improving

Collects what it bills?

Well short

-5%

norm 95%

For every R100 Ditsobotla bills, it collects R-5. Treasury expects R95.

best in North West16 of 16worst

2022/23

Looks after what it owns?

Well short

1.1%

norm 8.0%

Ditsobotla spends 1.1% of what its roads, pipes and buildings are worth on repairs. Treasury's norm is 8%.

best in North West11 of 18worst

2024/25 · was 0.4%↗ improving

Spends the building budget?

No data

—

norm 0%

No spends the building budget data for Ditsobotla yet.

7.0% of Ditsobotla's spending was unauthorised, irregular, fruitless or wasteful. Treasury's target is none.

best in North West3 of 18worst

2023/24 · was 68.7%↗ 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

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

Cash coverage

68.9 mo2024/25

province median 7.3 mo · Treasury: good

Debtor collection

-5.5%2022/23

province median 17.8% · Treasury: bad

Repairs and maintenance

1.1%2024/25

province median 1.0% · Treasury: bad

Wasteful expenditure

7.0%2023/24

province median 31.3% · Treasury: bad

Current ratio

0.472024/25

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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