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A closer look at the financial evidence behind your local government.

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Reported expenditureR 556,5M2024/25
Reported revenueR 562,2MRevenue is not necessarily cash collected
Maintenance ratio7,174%Repairs and maintenance relative to the asset base
Cash coverage5,894 monthsLiquidity indicator
Evidence note 01

Audit not available

The local dataset contains no audit opinion for 2025. This does not mean a clean audit or a failed audit.

Historical context

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Revenue & expenditure

Nominal ZAR · Financial-year end
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Financial yearExpenditureRevenue
2022/23R 541,4MR 577,8M
2023/24R 546,5MR 555M
2024/25R 556,5MR 562,2M

Maintenance over time

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Financial yearMaintenance ratio
2022/2315,344%
2023/249,523%
2024/257,174%

Where expenditure goes

Eight largest reported categories are shown individually. All remaining reported categories are summed as “Other”; the exact data table lists each source category.

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CategoryExpenditure
RoadsR 200 428 632,00
Water TreatmentR 107 754 665,00
Fire Fighting and ProtectionR 55 260 740,00
Water DistributionR 47 902 737,00
Health ServicesR 31 990 680,00
FinanceR 25 963 070,00
Solid Waste Disposal (Landfill Sites)R 12 781 661,00
Mayor and CouncilR 12 226 546,00
Administrative and Corporate SupportR 8 904 576,00
Information TechnologyR 8 600 030,00
Human ResourcesR 8 221 527,00
Recreational FacilitiesR 7 935 841,00
Property ServicesR 5 518 628,00
Municipal Manager, Town Secretary and Chief ExecutiveR 5 073 522,00
Disaster ManagementR 4 376 402,00
Economic Development/PlanningR 3 798 394,00
Governance FunctionR 2 787 928,00
TourismR 2 670 946,00
Corporate Wide Strategic Planning (IDPs, LEDs)R 2 530 602,00
Town Planning, Building Regulations and Enforcement, and City EngineerR 1 649 244,00
Risk ManagementR 172 230,00
Reporting & compliance

The audit record.

2019/20

Unqualified - No findings

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An audit opinion assesses financial reporting and compliance. It does not certify service delivery or rule out all wrongdoing.

Trace each indicator

The evidence behind the view.

IndicatorReported valueWhat it tells youEvidence
Repairs and maintenance7,174%Audited annual repairs divided by reported property, plant, equipment and investment property. Reference 8%; ratios outside 0–100% need source review.
Cash coverage5,894 monthsYear-end cash divided by one twelfth of audited annual operating expenditure. Reference 3 months.
Operating balance0,999%Revenue excluding capital transfers minus operating expenditure, divided by that revenue.