Local municipality · Western Cape
Stellenbosch
45councillors in office
23wards
DAlargest party, 2026 · 28 of 45 seats
Council now, and the council coming in
45 seats now · 45 in the incoming council. Majority is 23. DA reaches it on the official count.
PartySeats · now, then incomingChange
now, 2021 termincoming, 2026│ majority line
Ward councillors
23 wards- Ward 1 Reginald Oliver Pheiffer2026 result → DA
- Ward 2 Wilhelmina Christina Petersen2026 result → DA
- Ward 3 Charles Manuel2026 result → DA
- Ward 4 Ralphton Antony Adams2026 result → DA
- Ward 5 Roy Benjamin van Rooyen2026 result → DA
- Ward 6 Nateshia Eleanor Mc Ombring2026 result → DA
- Ward 7 Annemarie Ferns2026 result → DA
- Ward 8 Tamryn Olivia Kumm2026 result → DA
- Ward 9 Isabelle de Taillefer2026 result → DA
- Ward 10 Rozette du Toit2026 result → DA
- Ward 11 Johanna Petronella Serdyn2026 result → DA
- Ward 12 Ayanda Tomose2026 result → ANC
- Ward 13 Mary Nkopane2026 result → ANC
- Ward 14 Maxwell Masomelele Danana2026 result → ANC
- Ward 15 Elliot Phakamisa Masimini2026 result → ANC
- Ward 16 Elsabe Vermeulen2026 result → DA
- Ward 17 Jeremy Shaun Fasser2026 result → DA
- Ward 18 John Cornelius Anthony2026 result → DA
- Ward 19 James Williams2026 result → DA
- Ward 20 Joseph Joon2026 result → DA
- Ward 21 Mynard Jacobus Slabbert2026 result → DA
- Ward 22 Esther Groenewald2026 result → DA
- Ward 23 Lwando Nkamisa2026 result → DA
PR councillors now
22 seatsProportional 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.
- PROtniel Linden JoosteACDP
- PRMonwabisi Gregory RatazaANC
- PRNokuthula Mananga-GugusheANC
- PRNombulelo NtsunguziANC
- PRRonalda Schivonne NalumangoANC
- PRAlwyn Jacobus Nicolaas HanekomDA
- PRAnsaaf CrombieDA
- PRGesina Maria Magdalena van DeventerDA
- PRJeremy Shaun FasserDA
- PRNdipiwe OlayiDA
- PRPatricia Rose CrawleyDA
- PRQuintin SmitDA
- PRXolile KalipaDA
- PRXoliswa Leonora MdemkaDA
- PRNomonde Monica MkhontwanaEFF
- PRZola Rudolph NdalasiEFF
- PRIsabelle de TailleferFF Plus
- PRChristie Deon NobleGOOD
- PRMarius van StadeGOOD
- PRRobin Bonnita HendrikseGOOD
- PRJohannes AndrewsPA
- PRWilfred Fredrick PietersenPDM
PR councillors from 2026 · expected
21 of 22 named22 proportional seats in the council elected on 4 November 2026. 21 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 1Otniel Linden JoosteACDP
- List 1Nombulelo NtsunguziANC
- List 1Yondela TyawaATM
- List 1Jeremy Shaun FasserDA
- List 2Ndipiwe OlayiDA
- List 5Albertus Johannes WeidemanDA
- List 6Patricia Rose CrawleyDA
- List 7Xoliswa Leonora MdemkaDA
- List 8Zintle OlayiDA
- List 9Rashaad CupidoDA
- List 10Quintin SmitDA
- List 12Oleander OakesDA
- List 1Inathi NgcwembeEFF
- List 1Jacobus Carolus Jc MacfarlaneFF Plus
- List 2Cheswill Shelwin GroenewaldFF Plus
- List 1Marius van StadeGOOD
- List 1Sylvia Christina BellPA
- List 2Charles Johannes Donavan BooysenPA
- List 3Hajiera ArnoldsPA
- List 4Elroy Johnifer LindoorPA
- List 1Thamsanqa NdabeniMK
How Stellenbosch measures up
How we judgeStellenbosch meets 4 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
Stellenbosch's last audit was clean: the Auditor-General found nothing to report.
2023/24→ steady
Money in the bank?
✓Meets the norm 5.4 months
norm 3.0 months
Stellenbosch could keep running for 5.4 months on the cash it holds. Treasury asks for three.
best in Western Cape12 of 25worst
2024/25 · was 11.2 months↘ slipping
Collects what it bills?
✓Meets the norm 115%
norm 95%
For every R100 Stellenbosch bills, it collects R115. Treasury expects R95.
best in Western Cape4 of 25worst
2024/25 · was 128%↘ slipping
Looks after what it owns?
!Well short 1.6%
norm 8.0%
Stellenbosch spends 1.6% of what its roads, pipes and buildings are worth on repairs. Treasury's norm is 8%.
best in Western Cape20 of 25worst
2024/25 · was 2.0%↘ slipping
Spends the building budget?
~Short of it -13%
norm 0%
Stellenbosch left 13% of its building budget unspent: projects planned but not delivered.
best in Western Cape9 of 23worst
2023/24 · was -15%↗ improving
Wastes money?
✓Meets the norm 0.6%
norm 0.0%
0.6% of Stellenbosch's spending was unauthorised, irregular or wasteful: close to Treasury's target of none.
best in Western Cape4 of 25worst
2023/24 · was 2.0%↗ 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
Cash coverage
5.4 mo2024/25
province median 11.9 mo · Treasury: good
Debtor collection
115.4%2024/25
province median 115.4% · Treasury: good
Repairs and maintenance
1.6%2024/25
province median 4.5% · Treasury: bad
Capital budget spent
-13.1%2023/24
province median -13.1% · Treasury: average
Wasteful expenditure
0.6%2023/24
province median 2.4% · Treasury: bad
Current ratio
1.872024/25
province median 1.87 · 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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