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Ngquza Hills

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

65 / 100Mixed resilience

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

Reported expenditureR 472,5M2024/25
Reported revenueR 497MRevenue is not necessarily cash collected
Maintenance ratio1,631%Repairs and maintenance relative to the asset base
Cash coverage10,558 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 396,1MR 379,9M
2023/24R 436,5MNot reported
2024/25R 472,5MR 497M

Maintenance over time

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Financial yearMaintenance ratio
2022/232,242%
2023/241,616%
2024/251,631%

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
Solid Waste RemovalR 95 035 485,00
RoadsR 73 788 554,00
FinanceR 62 302 690,00
Administrative and Corporate SupportR 48 222 822,00
Mayor and CouncilR 46 639 383,00
Municipal Manager, Town Secretary and Chief ExecutiveR 40 259 844,00
Street Lighting and Signal SystemsR 32 749 836,00
Economic Development/PlanningR 21 572 824,00
Fleet ManagementR 15 357 800,00
Information TechnologyR 9 484 816,00
Legal ServicesR 6 993 806,00
Human ResourcesR 6 125 916,00
Town Planning, Building Regulations and Enforcement, and City EngineerR 5 051 024,00
Project Management UnitR 4 094 920,00
Governance FunctionR 3 601 211,00
Risk ManagementR 1 059 656,00
Community Halls and FacilitiesR 130 723,00
Reporting & compliance

The audit record.

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 maintenance1,631%Audited annual repairs divided by reported property, plant, equipment and investment property. Reference 8%; ratios outside 0–100% need source review.
Cash coverage10,558 monthsYear-end cash divided by one twelfth of audited annual operating expenditure. Reference 3 months.
Operating balance4,937%Revenue excluding capital transfers minus operating expenditure, divided by that revenue.