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Mpumalanga / C / DC30

Gert Sibande

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

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Reported expenditureR 684,9M2024/25
Reported revenueR 695,1MRevenue is not necessarily cash collected
Maintenance ratio8,301%Repairs and maintenance relative to the asset base
Cash coverage14,767 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 789,1MR 814,9M
2023/24R 826,3MR 844,7M
2024/25R 684,9MR 695,1M

Maintenance over time

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Financial yearMaintenance ratio
2022/238,018%
2023/2425,369%
2024/258,301%

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
Town Planning, Building Regulations and Enforcement, and City EngineerR 305 108 717,00
Administrative and Corporate SupportR 42 832 035,00
Mayor and CouncilR 38 450 460,00
Property ServicesR 32 062 371,00
Health ServicesR 31 871 456,00
Economic Development/PlanningR 31 661 975,00
FinanceR 28 782 405,00
Asset ManagementR 23 049 733,00
Information TechnologyR 21 390 191,00
Community Halls and FacilitiesR 20 232 281,00
Water TreatmentR 19 379 923,00
Security ServicesR 18 297 922,00
Human ResourcesR 13 769 550,00
Governance FunctionR 11 415 920,00
Municipal Manager, Town Secretary and Chief ExecutiveR 11 327 031,00
Legal ServicesR 10 766 049,00
Disaster ManagementR 5 622 638,00
Supply Chain ManagementR 5 470 715,00
Marketing, Customer Relations, Publicity and Media Co-ordinationR 4 554 571,00
Corporate Wide Strategic Planning (IDPs, LEDs)R 4 172 271,00
Support to Local MunicipalitiesR 3 145 042,00
Project Management UnitR 1 584 457,00
Reporting & compliance

The audit record.

2015/16

Qualified

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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 maintenance8,301%Audited annual repairs divided by reported property, plant, equipment and investment property. Reference 8%; ratios outside 0–100% need source review.
Cash coverage14,767 monthsYear-end cash divided by one twelfth of audited annual operating expenditure. Reference 3 months.
Operating balance1,46%Revenue excluding capital transfers minus operating expenditure, divided by that revenue.