South Africa’s municipal finances, made public /Read our methodology
Municipality directory
Northern Cape / C / DC6

Namakwa

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

74,8 / 100Mixed resilience

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

Reported expenditureR 81,2M2024/25
Reported revenueR 85,7MRevenue is not necessarily cash collected
Maintenance ratio3,853%Repairs and maintenance relative to the asset base
Cash coverage10,384 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

Follow the financial trajectory.

Revenue & expenditure

Nominal ZAR · Financial-year end
View exact figures
Financial yearExpenditureRevenue
2022/23R 70,3MR 74,1M
2023/24R 69,8MR 74,7M
2024/25R 81,2MR 85,7M

Maintenance over time

View exact figures
Financial yearMaintenance ratio
2022/235,85%
2023/242,943%
2024/253,853%

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.

View exact figures
CategoryExpenditure
Administrative and Corporate SupportR 12 210 715,00
Project Management UnitR 10 616 250,00
Mayor and CouncilR 10 566 996,00
Municipal Manager, Town Secretary and Chief ExecutiveR 9 181 229,00
FinanceR 6 849 855,00
Health ServicesR 5 911 796,00
Fire Fighting and ProtectionR 3 771 282,00
Economic Development/PlanningR 3 464 098,00
Support to Local MunicipalitiesR 2 845 371,00
Human ResourcesR 2 594 868,00
Fleet ManagementR 2 589 796,00
Property ServicesR 1 875 825,00
TourismR 1 836 212,00
Indigenous ForestsR 1 561 507,00
Information TechnologyR 1 249 392,00
Governance FunctionR 1 167 127,00
Pollution ControlR 1 049 976,00
HousingR 1 009 486,00
Supply Chain ManagementR 939 317,00
Asset ManagementR 17 212,00
Roads-R 114 116,00
Reporting & compliance

The audit record.

2019/20

Unqualified - Emphasis of Matter items

Source link unavailable

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 maintenance3,853%Audited annual repairs divided by reported property, plant, equipment and investment property. Reference 8%; ratios outside 0–100% need source review.
Cash coverage10,384 monthsYear-end cash divided by one twelfth of audited annual operating expenditure. Reference 3 months.
Operating balance5,236%Revenue excluding capital transfers minus operating expenditure, divided by that revenue.