Evidence has limits
A resilience score requires all three comparable financial inputs and a source-quality check. Missing or flagged values stay unavailable.
A closer look at the financial evidence behind your local government.
A resilience score requires all three comparable financial inputs and a source-quality check. Missing or flagged values stay unavailable.
The local dataset contains no audit opinion for 2025. This does not mean a clean audit or a failed audit.
| Financial year | Expenditure | Revenue |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | R 902,9M | R 969,3M |
| 2023/24 | R 992,5M | R 990,4M |
| 2024/25 | R 1B | R 1B |
Eight largest reported categories are shown individually. All remaining reported categories are summed as “Other”; the exact data table lists each source category.
| Category | Expenditure |
|---|---|
| Water Distribution | R 338 692 453,00 |
| Finance | R 215 289 525,00 |
| Administrative and Corporate Support | R 74 120 229,00 |
| Human Resources | R 58 920 237,00 |
| Risk Management | R 49 491 920,00 |
| Fire Fighting and Protection | R 47 721 787,00 |
| Mayor and Council | R 35 697 508,00 |
| Water Treatment | R 23 282 129,00 |
| Sewerage | R 20 381 491,00 |
| Information Technology | R 20 225 412,00 |
| Health Services | R 19 429 522,00 |
| Supply Chain Management | R 18 298 190,00 |
| Legal Services | R 18 109 039,00 |
| Disaster Management | R 16 812 988,00 |
| Municipal Manager, Town Secretary and Chief Executive | R 14 321 679,00 |
| Corporate Wide Strategic Planning (IDPs, LEDs) | R 12 926 424,00 |
| Marketing, Customer Relations, Publicity and Media Co-ordination | R 10 106 847,00 |
| Governance Function | R 8 139 036,00 |
| Public Transport | R 7 860 999,00 |
| Project Management Unit | R 6 996 995,00 |
| Pollution Control | R 6 863 557,00 |
| Recreational Facilities | R 4 396 187,00 |
An audit opinion assesses financial reporting and compliance. It does not certify service delivery or rule out all wrongdoing.
| Indicator | Reported value | What it tells you | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Repairs and maintenance | Not reported | Audited annual repairs divided by reported property, plant, equipment and investment property. Reference 8%; ratios outside 0–100% need source review. | |
| Cash coverage | 7,783 months | Year-end cash divided by one twelfth of audited annual operating expenditure. Reference 3 months. | |
| Operating balance | 1,948% | Revenue excluding capital transfers minus operating expenditure, divided by that revenue. |