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Sundays River Valley

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

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

Reported expenditureR 258,3M2024/25
Reported revenueR 282,9MRevenue is not necessarily cash collected
Maintenance ratio0,758%Repairs and maintenance relative to the asset base
Cash coverage-5,569 monthsLiquidity indicator
Evidence note 01

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Reported asset values, cash or the repairs-to-asset ratio triggered a quality check. An unusual asset base or a source classification change may explain this. Raw arithmetic remains visible; the resilience score is withheld.

Evidence note 02

Evidence has limits

A resilience score requires all three comparable financial inputs and a source-quality check. Missing or flagged values stay unavailable.

Evidence note 03

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
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Financial yearExpenditureRevenue
2022/23R 213,4MR 244,5M
2023/24R 339,5MR 251,4M
2024/25R 258,3MR 282,9M

Maintenance over time

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Financial yearMaintenance ratio
2022/230,435%
2023/241,96%
2024/250,758%

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
ElectricityR 57 482 559,00
Water DistributionR 34 571 327,00
Human ResourcesR 25 303 722,00
Community Halls and FacilitiesR 24 990 208,00
Municipal Manager, Town Secretary and Chief ExecutiveR 19 803 342,00
RoadsR 18 037 255,00
SewerageR 15 461 643,00
Mayor and CouncilR 11 251 132,00
Police Forces, Traffic and Street Parking ControlR 10 787 706,00
FinanceR 9 737 550,00
Libraries and ArchivesR 6 306 003,00
Solid Waste RemovalR 4 682 599,00
Information TechnologyR 4 596 558,00
Fire Fighting and ProtectionR 4 498 162,00
Project Management UnitR 2 863 155,00
Administrative and Corporate SupportR 2 577 675,00
HousingR 1 935 790,00
Town Planning, Building Regulations and Enforcement, and City EngineerR 1 934 628,00
Corporate Wide Strategic Planning (IDPs, LEDs)R 1 251 284,00
Licensing and RegulationR 210 853,00
Reporting & compliance

The audit record.

2021/22

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 maintenance0,758%Audited annual repairs divided by reported property, plant, equipment and investment property. Reference 8%; ratios outside 0–100% need source review.
Cash coverage-5,569 monthsYear-end cash divided by one twelfth of audited annual operating expenditure. Reference 3 months.
Operating balance8,715%Revenue excluding capital transfers minus operating expenditure, divided by that revenue.