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Ngaka Modiri Molema

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

69,2 / 100Mixed resilience

Financial resilience: a transparent indicator of financial position. Understand the calculation

Reported expenditureR 815,1M2024/25
Reported revenueR 1,3BRevenue is not necessarily cash collected
Maintenance ratio0,596%Repairs and maintenance relative to the asset base
Cash coverage32,809 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 1,6BR 1B
2023/24R 1,3BR 1B
2024/25R 815,1MR 1,3B

Maintenance over time

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Financial yearMaintenance ratio
2022/239,958%
2023/241,768%
2024/250,596%

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
FinanceR 224 029 913,00
Fire Fighting and ProtectionR 154 914 406,00
Administrative and Corporate SupportR 134 182 375,00
Public ToiletsR 63 439 708,00
Mayor and CouncilR 41 793 225,00
Security ServicesR 36 118 452,00
Disaster ManagementR 34 783 974,00
Economic Development/PlanningR 29 360 120,00
Pollution ControlR 22 555 382,00
Water DistributionR 21 594 297,00
Municipal Manager, Town Secretary and Chief ExecutiveR 19 082 979,00
Governance FunctionR 11 189 489,00
Project Management UnitR 9 439 243,00
RoadsR 7 633 832,00
Water StorageR 4 960 696,00
Reporting & compliance

The audit record.

2021/22

Adverse opinion

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2012/13

Disclaimer of opinion

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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 maintenance0,596%Audited annual repairs divided by reported property, plant, equipment and investment property. Reference 8%; ratios outside 0–100% need source review.
Cash coverage32,809 monthsYear-end cash divided by one twelfth of audited annual operating expenditure. Reference 3 months.
Operating balance38,477%Revenue excluding capital transfers minus operating expenditure, divided by that revenue.