Local municipality · North West

Maquassi Hills

22councillors in office

11wards

ANClargest party, 2026 · 12 of 22 seats

Hands over · first council sitting

Council now, and the council coming in

22 seats now · 22 in the incoming council. Majority is 12. ANC reaches it on the official count.

PartySeats · now, then incomingChange

ANC

12 → 12

EFF

5 → 4 (-1)

2 → 3 (+1)

0 → 1 (+1)

ActionSA

0 → 1 (+1)

ACP

0 → 1 (+1)

F4SD

1 → 0 (-1)

FF Plus

1 → 0 (-1)

SAPA

1 → 0 (-1)

now, 2021 termincoming, 2026│ majority line

Ward councillors

11 wards

PR councillors now

11 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

8 of 11 named

11 proportional seats in the council elected on 4 November 2026. 8 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.

List 1Kaizer Sannyboy CalvertActionSA
List 1Zanele Ezekiel MphafudiANC
List 2Disebo Margaret KgopaneANC
List 1Oupa Herman BatsietsengACP
List 1Karina Lizette Van ZylDA
List 3Tshidiso Mc-Donald TlhotlhomisangDA
List 1Tshireletso Solomon MalebatsaneEFF
List 1Lesego Sylvia MokgalagadiMK

How Maquassi Hills measures up

How we judge

Maquassi Hills 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

Adverse

An unqualified audit with no findings

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

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

best in North West11 of 18worst

2024/25 · was 16.6 months↘ slipping

Collects what it bills?

Well short

27%

norm 95%

For every R100 Maquassi Hills bills, it collects R27. Treasury expects R95.

best in North West8 of 16worst

2024/25 · was 24%↗ improving

Looks after what it owns?

Well short

2.4%

norm 8.0%

Maquassi Hills spends 2.4% of what its roads, pipes and buildings are worth on repairs. Treasury's norm is 8%.

best in North West4 of 18worst

2024/25 · was 2.5%↘ slipping

Spends the building budget?

Well short

-102%

norm 0%

Maquassi Hills left 102% of its building budget unspent: projects planned but not delivered.

best in North West17 of 17worst

2023/24 · was -7%↘ slipping

31.3% of Maquassi Hills's spending was unauthorised, irregular, fruitless or wasteful. Treasury's target is none.

best in North West12 of 18worst

2023/24 · was 6.8%↘ 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 2023/24Adverse opinion

Cash coverage

7.3 mo2024/25

province median 7.3 mo · Treasury: good

Debtor collection

27.1%2024/25

province median 16.8% · Treasury: bad

Repairs and maintenance

2.4%2024/25

province median 1.0% · Treasury: bad

Capital budget spent

-102.2%2023/24

province median -43.1% · Treasury: bad

Wasteful expenditure

31.3%2023/24

province median 31.3% · Treasury: bad

Current ratio

0.312024/25

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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