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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 1,4B2023/24
Reported revenueR 1,5BRevenue is not necessarily cash collected
Maintenance ratioNot reportedRepairs and maintenance relative to the asset base
Cash coverage3,067 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 1,4BR 1,2B
2023/24R 1,4BR 1,5B
2024/25R 1,8BR 1,7B

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
Water DistributionR 641 042 607,00
FinanceR 182 231 818,00
Project Management UnitR 121 226 483,00
Economic Development/PlanningR 86 088 828,00
Fleet ManagementR 77 582 210,00
SewerageR 62 921 830,00
Administrative and Corporate SupportR 58 573 930,00
Information TechnologyR 27 328 382,00
Water TreatmentR 24 803 368,00
Waste Water TreatmentR 24 630 870,00
Population DevelopmentR 18 064 868,00
Human ResourcesR 17 348 726,00
Health ServicesR 16 562 553,00
Mayor and CouncilR 14 440 265,00
Asset ManagementR 13 072 391,00
Supply Chain ManagementR 12 881 812,00
Risk ManagementR 10 786 111,00
Marketing, Customer Relations, Publicity and Media Co-ordinationR 9 357 201,00
Municipal Manager, Town Secretary and Chief ExecutiveR 7 677 818,00
Corporate Wide Strategic Planning (IDPs, LEDs)R 7 182 867,00
Disaster ManagementR 6 504 813,00
Governance FunctionR 4 843 670,00
Legal ServicesR 2 981 416,00
Cultural MattersR 907 170,00
Food ControlR 90 882,00
Health Surveillance and Prevention of Communicable Diseases including immunizationsR 88 168,00
Vector ControlR 83 203,00
Reporting & compliance

The audit record.

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 coverage3,067 monthsYear-end cash divided by one twelfth of audited annual operating expenditure. Reference 3 months.
Operating balance1,904%Revenue excluding capital transfers minus operating expenditure, divided by that revenue.