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Municipality directory
Eastern Cape / B / EC139

Enoch Mgijima

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

56,4 / 100Mixed resilience

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

Reported expenditureR 1,6B2024/25
Reported revenueR 1,1BRevenue is not necessarily cash collected
Maintenance ratio5,537%Repairs and maintenance relative to the asset base
Cash coverage5,442 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.

Evidence note 02

Operating deficit

Reported annual operating expenditure exceeded revenue excluding capital transfers. This financial pressure is distinct from proof of service failure.

Historical context

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Revenue & expenditure

Nominal ZAR · Financial-year end
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Financial yearExpenditureRevenue
2022/23R 1,3BR 826,2M
2023/24R 1,5BR 1,1B
2024/25R 1,6BR 1,1B

Maintenance over time

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Financial yearMaintenance ratio
2022/234,941%
2023/247,555%
2024/255,537%

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 643 735 433,00
Administrative and Corporate SupportR 363 477 355,00
RoadsR 142 466 565,00
Solid Waste RemovalR 142 275 795,00
Mayor and CouncilR 64 898 869,00
Property ServicesR 45 712 793,00
Municipal Manager, Town Secretary and Chief ExecutiveR 41 238 066,00
Community Parks (including Nurseries)R 30 820 961,00
Security ServicesR 29 897 397,00
Police Forces, Traffic and Street Parking ControlR 25 078 446,00
Economic Development/PlanningR 14 598 315,00
Street CleaningR 13 859 778,00
Libraries and ArchivesR 11 319 437,00
Fire Fighting and ProtectionR 6 451 119,00
Information TechnologyR 6 445 592,00
Solid Waste Disposal (Landfill Sites)R 4 794 225,00
Fleet ManagementR 4 060 233,00
PoundsR 2 911 465,00
Community Halls and FacilitiesR 2 759 204,00
Sports Grounds and StadiumsR 2 374 367,00
Cemeteries, Funeral Parlours and CrematoriumsR 1 640 162,00
CleansingR 1 203 350,00
Nature ConservationR 784 407,00
Marketing, Customer Relations, Publicity and Media Co-ordinationR 395 259,00
Disaster ManagementR 46 646,00
Finance-R 38 758 169,00
Reporting & compliance

The audit record.

2021/22

Qualified

Source link unavailable
2018/19

Outstanding

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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 maintenance5,537%Audited annual repairs divided by reported property, plant, equipment and investment property. Reference 8%; ratios outside 0–100% need source review.
Cash coverage5,442 monthsYear-end cash divided by one twelfth of audited annual operating expenditure. Reference 3 months.
Operating balance-47,502%Revenue excluding capital transfers minus operating expenditure, divided by that revenue.