Local municipality · Western Cape
Breede Valley
41councillors in office
21wards
DAlargest party, 2026 · 20 of 41 seats
Council now, and the council coming in
41 seats now · 41 in the incoming council. Majority is 21. No party reaches it on the declared result: a coalition will be needed.
PartySeats · now, then incomingChange
now, 2021 termincoming, 2026│ majority line
Ward councillors
21 wards- Ward 1 Russel Theoneel Johnson2026 result → ANC
- Ward 2 Cynthia Tyukie Nyithana2026 result → ANC
- Ward 3 Oscar Ralehoko2026 result → ANC
- Ward 4 Felicity Vaughan2026 result → DA
- Ward 5 Jan Juben von Willingh2026 result → DA
- Ward 6 Esmé van der Westhuizen2026 result → DA
- Ward 7 Julian Paul Kritzinger2026 result → DA
- Ward 8 Miemie Thandiwe Williams2026 result → ANC
- Ward 9 Glenda Lilian Daames2026 result → DA
- Ward 10 Margaret Swartz2026 result → BO
- Ward 11 Margaret Sampson2026 result → DA
- Ward 12 Vernon Anthony Bedworth2026 result → DA
- Ward 13 Reginald Farao2026 result → DA
- Ward 14 Joffrey Rumark Jack2026 result → DA
- Ward 15 Johan Pieters2026 result → DA
- Ward 16 Zwelinzima Moses Mangali2026 result → ANC
- Ward 17 Tombecinci Pretty Sibozo2026 result → ANC
- Ward 18 Luthando Ricardo Yayi2026 result → ANC
- Ward 19 Megann Angelique Goedeman2026 result → DA
- Ward 20 Aron Pietersen2026 result → DA
- Ward 21 Desiree Judge2026 result → ANC
PR councillors now
20 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.
- PRTony Samuel ManuelACDP
- PRElize Nontombizanele IsaacsANC
- PRMargaret Nobantu BushwanaANC
- PRCeraj IsmailBO
- PRColin Frederick WilskutBO
- PRNikita Jon WullschlegerBO
- PRAntoinette SteynDA
- PRJohannes Ferdinand van ZylDA
- PRLuwellyn Gregory WillemseDA
- PRPalesa Cleopatra RamokhabiDA
- PRSiziwe Joyce MeiDA
- PRWillem Mathys BlomDA
- PRWouter Ryk MeiringDA
- PRJohn Mosimanegape MokgosiEFF
- PRSamuel Kholisile MadloloEFF
- PRNaomi NelFF Plus
- PRPieter Human MaraisFF Plus
- PRHubert Clement TitusGOOD
- PRIna Johanneze JosephGOOD
- PRSonja Samantha Tiny SteenbergPA
PR councillors from 2026 · expected
20 of 20 named20 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.
- List 1Tony Samuel ManuelACDP
- List 1Eusewes Jacobus Stefanus PrinsANC
- List 3Oscar RalehokoANC
- List 1Nikita Jon WullschlegerBO
- List 2Colin Frederick WilskutBO
- List 1Jacobus Hermanus Phillipus SteynDA
- List 3Palesa Cleopatra MosoDA
- List 4Margaret SampsonDA
- List 5Willem Mathys BlomDA
- List 6Johannes Ferdinand van ZylDA
- List 1Avuyile BonakeleEFF
- List 1Pieter Human MaraisFF Plus
- List 2Naomi NelFF Plus
- List 3Arthur Claude GoodgerFF Plus
- List 1Hubert Clement TitusGOOD
- List 1Sonja Samantha Tiny SteenbergPA
- List 2Jan Josef SpeelmanPA
- List 3Harris Gunikhaya SibekoPA
- List 4Samanthia Gainor SmartPA
- List 5Giovanni Dominic FriskinPA
How Breede Valley measures up
How we judgeBreede Valley 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
Breede Valley's last audit was clean: the Auditor-General found nothing to report.
2023/24→ steady
Money in the bank?
✓Meets the norm 4.7 months
norm 3.0 months
Breede Valley could keep running for 4.7 months on the cash it holds. Treasury asks for three.
best in Western Cape13 of 25worst
2024/25 · was 5.2 months↘ slipping
Collects what it bills?
~Short of it 93%
norm 95%
For every R100 Breede Valley bills, it collects R93. Treasury expects R95.
best in Western Cape16 of 25worst
2024/25 · was 98%↘ slipping
Looks after what it owns?
!Well short 3.3%
norm 8.0%
Breede Valley spends 3.3% of what its roads, pipes and buildings are worth on repairs. Treasury's norm is 8%.
best in Western Cape14 of 25worst
2024/25 · was 3.1%↗ improving
Spends the building budget?
~Short of it -20%
norm 0%
Breede Valley left 20% of its building budget unspent: projects planned but not delivered.
best in Western Cape13 of 23worst
2023/24 · was -30%↗ improving
Wastes money?
✓Meets the norm 0.0%
norm 0.0%
0.0% of Breede Valley's spending was unauthorised, irregular or wasteful: close to Treasury's target of none.
best in Western Cape1 of 25worst
2023/24 · was 0.0%→ steady
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
4.7 mo2024/25
province median 2.9 mo · Treasury: good
Debtor collection
93.4%2024/25
province median 97.6% · Treasury: bad
Repairs and maintenance
3.3%2024/25
province median 3.4% · Treasury: bad
Capital budget spent
-20.0%2023/24
province median -24.1% · Treasury: bad
Wasteful expenditure
0.0%2023/24
province median 2.0% · Treasury: good
Current ratio
1.262024/25
province median 1.78 · Treasury: average
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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