Local municipality · Western Cape

Mossel Bay

29councillors in office
15wards · 17 from 2026
DAlargest party, 2026 · 21 of 33 seats
Hands over · first council sitting

Council now, and the council coming in

29 seats now · 33 in the incoming council. Majority is 17. DA reaches it on the official count.

PartySeats · now, then incomingChange
DA
18 → 21 (+3)
ANC
5 → 4 (-1)
FF Plus
2 → 3 (+1)
PA
2 → 3 (+1)
SACP
0 → 1 (+1)
EFF
0 → 1 (+1)
ACDP
1 → 0 (-1)
IND
1 → 0 (-1)
now, 2021 termincoming, 2026│ majority line

Ward councillors

15 wards

PR councillors now

14 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

16 of 16 named

16 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 Mossel Bay measures up

How we judge

Mossel Bay 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.

Treasury and Auditor-General detail

by financial year

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