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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 233,9M2024/25
Reported revenueR 199,3MRevenue is not necessarily cash collected
Maintenance ratioNot reportedRepairs and maintenance relative to the asset base
Cash coverage9,262 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.

Evidence note 02

Audit not available

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

Evidence note 03

Operating deficit

Reported annual operating expenditure exceeded revenue excluding capital transfers. This financial pressure is distinct from proof of service failure.

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 93 023 507,00
Mayor and CouncilR 68 349 358,00
Project Management UnitR 24 661 434,00
Asset ManagementR 23 883 367,00
Fire Fighting and ProtectionR 9 752 410,00
Information TechnologyR 4 056 205,00
Municipal Manager, Town Secretary and Chief ExecutiveR 2 523 429,00
FinanceR 2 470 107,00
TourismR 1 963 258,00
Health ServicesR 1 955 374,00
Pollution ControlR 1 244 177,00
Reporting & compliance

The audit record.

2019/20

Qualified

Source link unavailable
2018/19

Disclaimer of opinion

Source link unavailable
2017/18

Qualified

Source link unavailable
2016/17

Adverse opinion

Source link unavailable
2015/16

Unqualified - No findings

Source link unavailable

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 coverage9,262 monthsYear-end cash divided by one twelfth of audited annual operating expenditure. Reference 3 months.
Operating balance-17,358%Revenue excluding capital transfers minus operating expenditure, divided by that revenue.