Local municipality · Western Cape

Swartland

23councillors in office

12wards

DAlargest party, 2026 · 14 of 23 seats

Hands over · first council sitting

Council now, and the council coming in

23 seats now · 23 in the incoming council. Majority is 12. DA reaches it on the official count.

PartySeats · now, then incomingChange

13 → 14 (+1)

1 → 4 (+3)

ANC

5 → 3 (-2)

FF Plus

2 → 2

EFF

1 → 0 (-1)

GOOD

1 → 0 (-1)

now, 2021 termincoming, 2026│ majority line

Ward councillors

12 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

11 of 11 named

11 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 Swartland measures up

How we judge

Swartland meets 3 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

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

Swartland could keep running for 22.6 months on the cash it holds. Treasury asks for three.

best in Western Cape3 of 25worst

2024/25 · was 13.7 months↗ improving

Collects what it bills?

Meets the norm

180%

norm 95%

For every R100 Swartland bills, it collects R180. Treasury expects R95.

best in Western Cape3 of 25worst

2024/25 · was 159%↗ improving

Looks after what it owns?

Well short

2.8%

norm 8.0%

Swartland spends 2.8% of what its roads, pipes and buildings are worth on repairs. Treasury's norm is 8%.

best in Western Cape16 of 25worst

2024/25 · was 2.9%→ steady

Spends the building budget?

Well short

+26%

norm 0%

Swartland overspent its building budget by 26%.

best in Western Cape3 of 23worst

2023/24 · was -8%↘ slipping

1.4% of Swartland's spending was unauthorised, irregular, fruitless or wasteful. Treasury's target is none.

best in Western Cape8 of 25worst

2023/24 · was 0.6%↘ 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

22.6 mo2024/25

province median 2.1 mo · Treasury: good

Debtor collection

179.8%2024/25

province median 92.2% · Treasury: good

Repairs and maintenance

2.8%2024/25

province median 4.5% · Treasury: bad

Capital budget spent

26.3%2023/24

province median -19.0% · Treasury: bad

Wasteful expenditure

1.4%2023/24

province median 6.9% · Treasury: bad

Current ratio

4.802024/25

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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