South Africa’s municipal finances, made public /Read our methodology
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MDB boundaries · 2016. Drag to move · use + / − to zoom · select an area or use the list. Colours show one measure for 2023/24; they are not a combined municipality score.

Municipal Demarcation Board boundaries · 2016

Published through the government’s National Spatial Planning Data Repository. Boundaries are simplified for display; location matching uses the original geometry. This edition may differ from current legal boundaries. Location accuracy can affect matches, particularly near borders.

Financial resilience is a finance measure, not service quality or political responsibility. Treasury audit colours preserve individual opinions in the selected municipality panel; unrecognised and missing outcomes remain grey.

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