South Africa’s municipal finances, made public /Read our methodology
Trends & history

Each source has its own timeline.

Follow exact AGSA audit opinions. Latest-only financial-health and consultant indicators remain gaps in earlier years.

Verified source years: 2017/18, 2018/19, 2019/20, 2020/21, 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24, 2024/25. Other selected years appear as gaps.

Current municipality geography is used for national and provincial views. A consistent cohort requires every selected metric in every selected year; sparse SCM flags and latest-only AGSA indicators can produce an empty cohort. Missing records are never converted to zero.