Local municipality · Western Cape

Bergrivier

13councillors in office

7wards

DAlargest party, 2026 · 9 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. DA reaches it on the official count.

PartySeats · now, then incomingChange

8 → 9 (+1)

1 → 2 (+1)

ANC

3 → 1 (-2)

FF Plus

0 → 1 (+1)

GOOD

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.

How Bergrivier measures up

How we judge

Bergrivier 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?

Meets the norm

Clean

An unqualified audit with no findings

Bergrivier's last audit was clean: the Auditor-General found nothing to report.

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

best in Western Cape20 of 25worst

2024/25 · was 16.8 months↘ slipping

Collects what it bills?

Short of it

92%

norm 95%

For every R100 Bergrivier bills, it collects R92. Treasury expects R95.

best in Western Cape17 of 25worst

2024/25 · was 97%↘ slipping

Looks after what it owns?

Short of it

5.2%

norm 8.0%

Bergrivier spends 5.2% of what its roads, pipes and buildings are worth on repairs. Treasury's norm is 8%.

best in Western Cape8 of 25worst

2024/25 · was 4.5%↗ improving

Spends the building budget?

Well short

-100%

norm 0%

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

best in Western Cape23 of 23worst

2023/24 · was -100%→ steady

2.4% of Bergrivier's spending was unauthorised, irregular, fruitless or wasteful. Treasury's target is none.

best in Western Cape10 of 25worst

2023/24 · was 0.3%↘ 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

2021/22clean 2022/23clean 2023/24clean

Cash coverage

0.0 mo2024/25

province median 2.1 mo · Treasury: bad

Debtor collection

92.2%2024/25

province median 92.2% · Treasury: bad

Repairs and maintenance

5.2%2024/25

province median 4.5% · Treasury: bad

Capital budget spent

-100.0%2023/24

province median -19.0% · Treasury: bad

Wasteful expenditure

2.4%2023/24

province median 6.9% · Treasury: bad

Current ratio

2.602024/25

province median 1.55 · Treasury: good

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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