Local municipality · Western Cape

Oudtshoorn

25councillors in office

13wards

DAlargest party, 2026 · 10 of 25 seats

Hands over · first council sitting

Council now, and the council coming in

25 seats now · 25 in the incoming council. Majority is 13. No party reaches it on the declared result: a coalition will be needed.

PartySeats · now, then incomingChange

7 → 10 (+3)

ANC

6 → 5 (-1)

FF Plus

3 → 3

ADVIESKANTOOR

1 → 1

RAM

0 → 1 (+1)

BCA

0 → 1 (+1)

IND

1 → 0 (-1)

GOOD

1 → 0 (-1)

OGI

1 → 0 (-1)

now, 2021 termincoming, 2026│ majority line

Ward councillors

13 wards

PR councillors now

12 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.

List 1Leon CampherADVIESKANTOOR
List 1Caroline Estelle Wagner-WindvogelANC
List 2Bulelani Sbusiso BlaauwANC
List 1Angeline LekayBCA
List 1Johannes Jacobus AllersFF Plus
List 2Henriëtta Cecilia PretoriusFF Plus
List 3Christo VermaakFF Plus
List 1Suzane Anestine JansenPA
List 2Colan Francois SylvesterPA
List 3Abraham TiemiePA
List 1Mandilakhe Danson MatikaRAM

How Oudtshoorn measures up

How we judge

Oudtshoorn meets 1 of 5 yardsticks

Judged against National Treasury's and the Auditor-General's own norms, latest figures, 2023/24. Not a rating: 5 separate answers. How we judge.

Clean books?

Short of it

Findings

An unqualified audit with no findings

Oudtshoorn's books were unqualified, but the Auditor-General raised findings.

Oudtshoorn holds 1.1 months of running costs in cash, below Treasury's three-month norm.

best in Western Cape17 of 25worst

2024/25 · was 0.8 months↗ improving

Collects what it bills?

Meets the norm

101%

norm 95%

For every R100 Oudtshoorn bills, it collects R101. Treasury expects R95.

best in Western Cape7 of 25worst

2024/25 · was 100%→ steady

Looks after what it owns?

Well short

1.9%

norm 8.0%

Oudtshoorn spends 1.9% of what its roads, pipes and buildings are worth on repairs. Treasury's norm is 8%.

best in Western Cape19 of 25worst

2024/25 · was 4.4%↘ slipping

Spends the building budget?

No data

—

norm 0%

No spends the building budget data for Oudtshoorn yet.

3.2% of Oudtshoorn's spending was unauthorised, irregular, fruitless or wasteful. Treasury's target is none.

best in Western Cape13 of 25worst

2023/24 · was 0.7%↘ 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

2021/22Emphasis of Matter 2022/23clean 2023/24Emphasis of Matter

Cash coverage

1.1 mo2024/25

province median 2.9 mo · Treasury: average

Debtor collection

101.2%2024/25

province median 97.6% · Treasury: good

Repairs and maintenance

1.9%2024/25

province median 3.4% · Treasury: bad

Wasteful expenditure

3.2%2023/24

province median 2.0% · Treasury: bad

Current ratio

1.902024/25

province median 1.78 · 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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