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Cape Winelands DM

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 462,1M2024/25
Reported revenueR 512,5MRevenue is not necessarily cash collected
Maintenance ratioNot reportedRepairs and maintenance relative to the asset base
Cash coverage5,831 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.

Historical context

Follow the financial trajectory.

Revenue & expenditure

Nominal ZAR · Financial-year end
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Financial yearExpenditureRevenue
2022/23R 400,6MR 450,3M
2023/24R 463,7MR 486,1M
2024/25R 462,1MR 512,5M

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
RoadsR 125 927 294,00
Fire Fighting and ProtectionR 67 652 450,00
Mayor and CouncilR 51 194 899,00
Health ServicesR 43 061 028,00
FinanceR 19 853 536,00
Property ServicesR 17 947 217,00
Population DevelopmentR 16 148 831,00
Administrative and Corporate SupportR 13 774 616,00
Information TechnologyR 13 079 120,00
Human ResourcesR 12 575 860,00
Corporate Wide Strategic Planning (IDPs, LEDs)R 11 333 982,00
Supply Chain ManagementR 9 914 686,00
Central City Improvement DistrictR 9 380 600,00
TourismR 9 369 182,00
Town Planning, Building Regulations and Enforcement, and City EngineerR 8 968 905,00
Public TransportR 6 621 731,00
Municipal Manager, Town Secretary and Chief ExecutiveR 5 450 019,00
Disaster ManagementR 5 036 927,00
Marketing, Customer Relations, Publicity and Media Co-ordinationR 4 967 535,00
Governance FunctionR 3 518 203,00
Regional Planning and DevelopmentR 3 323 523,00
Fleet ManagementR 2 978 946,00
Solid Waste Disposal (Landfill Sites)R 31 645,00
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 coverage5,831 monthsYear-end cash divided by one twelfth of audited annual operating expenditure. Reference 3 months.
Operating balance9,833%Revenue excluding capital transfers minus operating expenditure, divided by that revenue.