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

Insufficient evidence

Financial resilience: a transparent indicator of financial position. Understand the calculation

Reported expenditureR 172,6M2023/24
Reported revenueR 190,4MRevenue is not necessarily cash collected
Maintenance ratioNot reportedRepairs and maintenance relative to the asset base
Cash coverage1,531 monthsLiquidity indicator
Evidence note 01

Evidence has limits

A resilience score requires all three comparable financial inputs and a source-quality check. Missing or flagged values stay unavailable.

Historical context

Follow the financial trajectory.

Revenue & expenditure

Nominal ZAR · Financial-year end
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Financial yearExpenditureRevenue
2022/23R 175MR 188,5M
2023/24R 172,6MR 190,4M
2024/25R 233,9MR 199,3M

Maintenance over time

No reported values are available for this chart.

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
Administrative and Corporate SupportR 87 229 973,00
Mayor and CouncilR 37 671 340,00
Asset ManagementR 22 653 472,00
Fire Fighting and ProtectionR 11 168 604,00
Information TechnologyR 3 759 801,00
Municipal Manager, Town Secretary and Chief ExecutiveR 2 290 254,00
Pollution ControlR 2 044 852,00
Project Management UnitR 1 941 304,00
TourismR 1 575 444,00
Health ServicesR 1 542 435,00
FinanceR 731 589,00
Reporting & compliance

The audit record.

2019/20

Qualified

Source link unavailable
2018/19

Disclaimer of opinion

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2017/18

Qualified

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2016/17

Adverse opinion

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2015/16

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 maintenanceNot reportedAudited annual repairs divided by reported property, plant, equipment and investment property. Reference 8%; ratios outside 0–100% need source review.
Cash coverage1,531 monthsYear-end cash divided by one twelfth of audited annual operating expenditure. Reference 3 months.
Operating balance9,322%Revenue excluding capital transfers minus operating expenditure, divided by that revenue.