Local municipality · Western Cape

Beaufort West

13councillors in office
7wards
DAlargest party, 2026 · 4 of 13 seats
Hands over · first council sitting

Council now, and the council coming in

13 seats now · 13 in the incoming council. Majority is 7. No party reaches it on the declared result: a coalition will be needed.

PartySeats · now, then incomingChange
DA
7 → 4 (-3)
ANC
3 → 3
KDF
1 → 1
PA
1 → 1
PIKGRAAF
0 → 1 (+1)
PMC
0 → 1 (+1)
ActionSA
0 → 1 (+1)
ARK
0 → 1 (+1)
GOOD
1 → 0 (-1)
now, 2021 termincoming, 2026│ majority line

Ward councillors

7 wards

PR councillors now

6 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 6 named

6 proportional seats in the council elected on 4 November 2026. 5 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.

How Beaufort West measures up

How we judge

Beaufort West meets 1 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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