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Northern Cape · Other public sources

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Current geography · all municipality types. Each source uses its latest independent period. Local and district responsibilities overlap; observed municipal sums and official source totals are shown separately.

AGSA · 2024/25

Audit outcomes among reported municipalities

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18

Qualified

11

Unqualified with findings

1

Unqualified with no findings

31 reported audit opinions / 31 eligible municipalities. Missing audit opinions are separate from outcomes.

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Stats SA P9115 · 2023 service reference year

Served consumer units and free basic domestic provision.

Water

Observed served consumer units
332 811
Observed free basic domestic units
68 696
Official source total · served
332 811
Official source total · free basic
68 696

Served count: 31 / 31 eligible codes. Free basic: 31 / 31. 26 explicit municipal providers.

Electricity

Observed served consumer units
337 949
Observed free basic domestic units
71 484
Official source total · served
337 949
Official source total · free basic
71 484

Served count: 31 / 31 eligible codes. Free basic: 31 / 31. 26 explicit municipal providers.

Sewerage and sanitation

Observed served consumer units
321 189
Observed free basic domestic units
62 352
Official source total · served
321 189
Official source total · free basic
62 352

Served count: 31 / 31 eligible codes. Free basic: 31 / 31. 26 explicit municipal providers.

Solid waste management

Observed served consumer units
257 025
Observed free basic domestic units
64 568
Official source total · served
257 025
Official source total · free basic
64 568

Served count: 31 / 31 eligible codes. Free basic: 31 / 31. 26 explicit municipal providers.

Consumer units combine domestic and non-domestic units; free basic units are domestic. These counts do not measure resident access, service reliability or quality. The source’s 2023 figures are preliminary; 2022 figures are revised.

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Observed financial-reporting consultant costs: R 180,7M · 31 reporting municipalities. Creditor days are not added across municipalities.

Source coverage and qualification notes
  • Public AGSA website JSON is an undocumented source contract; refresh failures preserve the last verified publication.
  • 66 municipality-service-year records have positive served counts and false municipal provider flags; source values are preserved separately, without attributing an alternative provider.
  • Only 2022 revised and 2023 preliminary municipal provider data is captured. Consumer units are not household access or service quality.
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Municipality financial indicators for 2023/24
MunicipalityFinancial resilienceExpenditureMaintenanceAudit opinion
Z F MgcawuNorthern Cape · DC8Insufficient evidenceR 95MNot reportedUnqualified - Emphasis of Matter items