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Limpopo / B / LIM355

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

77,1 / 100Stronger resilience

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

Reported expenditureR 392,7M2024/25
Reported revenueR 536,2MRevenue is not necessarily cash collected
Maintenance ratio2,505%Repairs and maintenance relative to the asset base
Cash coverage31,144 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
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Financial yearExpenditureRevenue
2022/23R 370,9MR 446,4M
2023/24R 359,6MR 487,3M
2024/25R 392,7MR 536,2M

Maintenance over time

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Financial yearMaintenance ratio
2022/230,986%
2023/240,55%
2024/252,505%

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
FinanceR 90 506 222,00
Administrative and Corporate SupportR 52 340 734,00
Mayor and CouncilR 32 982 079,00
RoadsR 29 000 185,00
Community Halls and FacilitiesR 24 822 500,00
Solid Waste RemovalR 23 322 749,00
Fleet ManagementR 21 668 513,00
ElectricityR 17 816 860,00
Legal ServicesR 13 950 286,00
Police Forces, Traffic and Street Parking ControlR 9 930 493,00
Governance FunctionR 9 357 713,00
Human ResourcesR 9 233 080,00
Road and Traffic RegulationR 7 721 367,00
Property ServicesR 7 588 444,00
Asset ManagementR 7 129 919,00
Information TechnologyR 6 926 565,00
Town Planning, Building Regulations and Enforcement, and City EngineerR 6 498 953,00
Project Management UnitR 4 972 822,00
Economic Development/PlanningR 3 143 765,00
Corporate Wide Strategic Planning (IDPs, LEDs)R 2 956 816,00
Supply Chain ManagementR 2 501 500,00
Marketing, Customer Relations, Publicity and Media Co-ordinationR 2 337 371,00
Risk ManagementR 2 068 913,00
Pollution ControlR 956 142,00
Disaster ManagementR 916 925,00
Libraries and ArchivesR 830 234,00
Municipal Manager, Town Secretary and Chief ExecutiveR 791 184,00
PoundsR 404 457,00
Security ServicesR 43 941,00
Reporting & compliance

The audit record.

2022/23

Unqualified - Emphasis of Matter items

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2021/22

Qualified

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2020/21

Unqualified - Emphasis of Matter items

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2019/20

Unqualified - Emphasis of Matter items

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2017/18

Qualified

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2015/16

Qualified

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2014/15

Qualified

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2010/11

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 maintenance2,505%Audited annual repairs divided by reported property, plant, equipment and investment property. Reference 8%; ratios outside 0–100% need source review.
Cash coverage31,144 monthsYear-end cash divided by one twelfth of audited annual operating expenditure. Reference 3 months.
Operating balance26,753%Revenue excluding capital transfers minus operating expenditure, divided by that revenue.