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Phokwane

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

57 / 100Mixed resilience

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

Reported expenditureR 808,7M2024/25
Reported revenueR 475,2MRevenue is not necessarily cash collected
Maintenance ratio5,675%Repairs and maintenance relative to the asset base
Cash coverage5,142 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 634,4MR 325,5M
2023/24Not reportedNot reported
2024/25R 808,7MR 475,2M

Maintenance over time

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Financial yearMaintenance ratio
2022/235,432%
2023/24Not reported
2024/255,675%

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 181 330 218,00
Water DistributionR 167 058 854,00
ElectricityR 153 417 795,00
SewerageR 84 054 165,00
RoadsR 71 325 821,00
Solid Waste RemovalR 41 939 219,00
Community Halls and FacilitiesR 22 248 999,00
Municipal Manager, Town Secretary and Chief ExecutiveR 18 741 153,00
Mayor and CouncilR 17 776 950,00
Police Forces, Traffic and Street Parking ControlR 15 085 851,00
Administrative and Corporate SupportR 11 394 677,00
Population DevelopmentR 8 307 119,00
Cemeteries, Funeral Parlours and CrematoriumsR 7 037 767,00
Libraries and ArchivesR 2 793 848,00
Economic Development/PlanningR 2 096 279,00
Information TechnologyR 1 544 157,00
Human ResourcesR 1 510 433,00
Marketing, Customer Relations, Publicity and Media Co-ordinationR 627 184,00
Pollution ControlR 432 705,00
Reporting & compliance

The audit record.

2019/20

Disclaimer of opinion

Source link unavailable
2018/19

Outstanding

Source link unavailable
2017/18

Outstanding

Source link unavailable
2013/14

Disclaimer of opinion

Source link unavailable

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 maintenance5,675%Audited annual repairs divided by reported property, plant, equipment and investment property. Reference 8%; ratios outside 0–100% need source review.
Cash coverage5,142 monthsYear-end cash divided by one twelfth of audited annual operating expenditure. Reference 3 months.
Operating balance-70,177%Revenue excluding capital transfers minus operating expenditure, divided by that revenue.