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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 85,7M2022/23
Reported revenueR 87,6MRevenue is not necessarily cash collected
Maintenance ratioNot reportedRepairs and maintenance relative to the asset base
Cash coverage10,126 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.

Historical context

Follow the financial trajectory.

Revenue & expenditure

Nominal ZAR · Financial-year end
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Financial yearExpenditureRevenue
2022/23R 85,7MR 87,6M
2023/24R 95MR 91,5M
2024/25R 96,9MR 92,1M

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
Mayor and CouncilR 14 958 097,00
FinanceR 9 593 707,00
Health ServicesR 6 915 225,00
Human ResourcesR 6 756 191,00
Administrative and Corporate SupportR 6 566 697,00
Project Management UnitR 6 533 032,00
Information TechnologyR 4 305 098,00
Asset ManagementR 4 176 794,00
Municipal Manager, Town Secretary and Chief ExecutiveR 3 926 987,00
Governance FunctionR 3 660 966,00
Supply Chain ManagementR 3 539 614,00
Fire Fighting and ProtectionR 3 050 843,00
Regional Planning and DevelopmentR 2 706 317,00
Security ServicesR 2 642 607,00
Corporate Wide Strategic Planning (IDPs, LEDs)R 1 834 494,00
Risk ManagementR 1 372 175,00
TourismR 1 226 416,00
Marketing, Customer Relations, Publicity and Media Co-ordinationR 960 687,00
Economic Development/PlanningR 960 127,00
Reporting & compliance

The audit record.

2016/17

Unqualified - No findings

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2012/13

Unqualified - No findings

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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 maintenanceNot reportedAudited annual repairs divided by reported property, plant, equipment and investment property. Reference 8%; ratios outside 0–100% need source review.
Cash coverage10,126 monthsYear-end cash divided by one twelfth of audited annual operating expenditure. Reference 3 months.
Operating balance2,141%Revenue excluding capital transfers minus operating expenditure, divided by that revenue.