Local municipality · Western Cape

Prince Albert

7councillors in office

4wards · 5 from 2026

PAlargest party, 2026 · 5 of 10 seats

Hands over · first council sitting

Council now, and the council coming in

7 seats now · 10 in the incoming council. Majority is 6. No party reaches it on the declared result: a coalition will be needed.

PartySeats · now, then incomingChange

1 → 5 (+4)

3 → 4 (+1)

ANC

1 → 1

KGP

2 → 0 (-2)

now, 2021 termincoming, 2026│ majority line

Ward councillors

4 wards

PR councillors now

3 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

5 of 5 named

5 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 Prince Albert measures up

How we judge

Prince Albert 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?

Short of it

Findings

An unqualified audit with no findings

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

Prince Albert could keep running for 18.9 months on the cash it holds. Treasury asks for three.

best in Western Cape4 of 25worst

2024/25 · was 25.1 months↘ slipping

Collects what it bills?

Meets the norm

101%

norm 95%

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

best in Western Cape10 of 25worst

2024/25 · was 86%↗ improving

Looks after what it owns?

Meets the norm

11.2%

norm 8.0%

Prince Albert spends 11.2% of what its roads, pipes and buildings are worth on repairs. Treasury's norm is 8%.

best in Western Cape2 of 25worst

2024/25 · was 10.1%↗ improving

Spends the building budget?

Well short

-30%

norm 0%

Prince Albert left 30% of its building budget unspent: projects planned but not delivered.

best in Western Cape17 of 23worst

2023/24 · was -42%↗ improving

23.2% of Prince Albert's spending was unauthorised, irregular, fruitless or wasteful. Treasury's target is none.

best in Western Cape22 of 25worst

2023/24 · was 9.9%↘ 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 2022/23Emphasis of Matter 2023/24Emphasis of Matter

Cash coverage

18.9 mo2024/25

province median 2.1 mo · Treasury: good

Debtor collection

100.5%2024/25

province median 92.2% · Treasury: good

Repairs and maintenance

11.2%2024/25

province median 4.5% · Treasury: good

Capital budget spent

-29.8%2023/24

province median -19.0% · Treasury: bad

Wasteful expenditure

23.2%2023/24

province median 6.9% · Treasury: bad

Current ratio

1.942024/25

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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