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Find municipal financial records, audit outcomes and reported service provision in Eastern Cape. Open a municipality for its source evidence and reporting periods.

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Municipal finances in Eastern Cape

Financial resilience is Pothole Portal’s experimental financial indicator. It does not measure service quality, corruption or political performance. The audit column below is the Treasury record; separately sourced AGSA audit evidence is available in each municipality’s Accountability tab.

39 municipal records · financial year 2023/2420 have sufficient inputs for Financial resilience

This directory uses the data service’s latest default financial year. A missing value does not mean zero, and this list does not establish complete source coverage.

Eastern Cape municipal financial records for 2023/24; audit opinions from Treasury
MunicipalityTypeFinancial yearFinancial resilienceTreasury audit opinion
Alfred NzoDC44District2023/24Review source valuesUnqualified - No findings
AmahlathiEC124Local2023/2436,9 / 100Unqualified - Emphasis of Matter items
AmatholeDC12District2023/2456,5 / 100Qualified
Blue Crane RouteEC102Local2023/24Review source valuesQualified
Buffalo CityBUFMetropolitan2023/2439,9 / 100Qualified
Chris HaniDC13District2023/24Insufficient evidenceQualified
Dr Beyers NaudeEC101Local2023/2447,4 / 100Unqualified - Emphasis of Matter items
Dr. A.B. XumaEC137Local2023/24Review source valuesUnqualified - Emphasis of Matter items
ElundiniEC141Local2023/2439,3 / 100Unqualified - Emphasis of Matter items
Emalahleni (EC)EC136Local2023/2482,9 / 100Qualified
Enoch MgijimaEC139Local2023/2464,8 / 100Qualified
Great KeiEC123Local2023/24Review source valuesUnqualified - Emphasis of Matter items
Inxuba YethembaEC131Local2023/24Review source valuesUnqualified - Emphasis of Matter items
Joe GqabiDC14District2023/2470,6 / 100Unqualified - No findings
King Sabata DalindyeboEC157Local2023/24Review source valuesUnqualified - Emphasis of Matter items
Kou-KammaEC109Local2023/24Insufficient evidenceAdverse opinion
KougaEC108Local2023/2446,1 / 100Unqualified - No findings
Kumkani MhlontloEC156Local2023/2466,7 / 100Qualified
MakanaEC104Local2023/24Review source valuesDisclaimer of opinion
MatatieleEC441Local2023/2440,6 / 100Qualified
MbhasheEC121Local2023/24Insufficient evidenceUnqualified - Emphasis of Matter items
MnqumaEC122Local2023/24Review source valuesUnqualified - No findings
NdlambeEC105Local2023/2434,6 / 100Unqualified - Emphasis of Matter items
Nelson Mandela BayNMAMetropolitan2023/2442,6 / 100Qualified
NgqushwaEC126Local2023/24Review source valuesUnqualified - Emphasis of Matter items
Ngquza HillsEC153Local2023/24Insufficient evidenceQualified
NtabankuluEC444Local2023/2421,5 / 100Unqualified - Emphasis of Matter items
NyandeniEC155Local2023/2482,8 / 100Qualified
O R TamboDC15District2023/24Insufficient evidenceUnqualified - Emphasis of Matter items
Port St JohnsEC154Local2023/2440 / 100Qualified
Raymond MhlabaEC129Local2023/24Review source valuesQualified
SakhisizweEC138Local2023/24Review source valuesQualified
Sarah BaartmanDC10District2023/2445,4 / 100Unqualified - Emphasis of Matter items
SenquEC142Local2023/2470,9 / 100Unqualified - No findings
Sundays River ValleyEC106Local2023/24Review source valuesDisclaimer of opinion
UmzimvubuEC442Local2023/24Review source valuesUnqualified - No findings
Vuyisile MiniEC135Local2023/2420,5 / 100Qualified
Walter SisuluEC145Local2023/24Review source valuesQualified
Winnie Madikizela-MandelaEC443Local2023/2476,1 / 100Unqualified - Emphasis of Matter items

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Eastern Cape · Other public sources

Oversight and services. Beside the money.

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

2

Disclaimer

17

Qualified

12

Unqualified with findings

8

Unqualified with no findings

39 reported audit opinions / 39 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
1 667 482
Observed free basic domestic units
293 627
Official source total · served
1 667 482
Official source total · free basic
293 627

Served count: 39 / 39 eligible codes. Free basic: 39 / 39. 14 explicit municipal providers.

Electricity

Observed served consumer units
1 467 367
Observed free basic domestic units
241 557
Official source total · served
1 467 367
Official source total · free basic
241 557

Served count: 39 / 39 eligible codes. Free basic: 39 / 39. 24 explicit municipal providers.

Sewerage and sanitation

Observed served consumer units
1 744 529
Observed free basic domestic units
269 900
Official source total · served
1 744 529
Official source total · free basic
269 900

Served count: 39 / 39 eligible codes. Free basic: 39 / 39. 14 explicit municipal providers.

Solid waste management

Observed served consumer units
836 302
Observed free basic domestic units
167 131
Official source total · served
836 302
Official source total · free basic
167 131

Served count: 39 / 39 eligible codes. Free basic: 39 / 39. 33 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 182,4M · 39 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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Municipal records do not describe the provincial government’s own spending. Municipal categories have different functions, and a district can share a geographic area with local municipalities. Do not add overlapping areas as if they represented separate populations.

Service records describe municipal provision and consumer units, rather than household access, reliability or water safety. Each evidence summary shows its own period and reporting coverage. Use provincial trends and coverage, the comparison tool and our comparison guide to understand changes.

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