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

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Municipal finances in Free State

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.

23 municipal records · financial year 2023/249 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.

Free State municipal financial records for 2023/24; audit opinions from Treasury
MunicipalityTypeFinancial yearFinancial resilienceTreasury audit opinion
DihlabengFS192Local2023/2425,6 / 100Qualified
Fezile DabiDC20District2023/24Insufficient evidenceQualified
KopanongFS162Local2023/24Review source valuesOutstanding
LejweleputswaDC18District2023/24Insufficient evidenceUnqualified - Emphasis of Matter items
LetsemengFS161Local2023/2434,7 / 100Qualified
MafubeFS205Local2023/24Insufficient evidenceOutstanding
Maluti-a-PhofungFS194Local2023/24Review source valuesOutstanding
MangaungMANMetropolitan2023/2446,2 / 100Qualified
MantsopaFS196Local2023/24Insufficient evidenceQualified
MasilonyanaFS181Local2023/24Insufficient evidenceOutstanding
MatjhabengFS184Local2023/24Review source valuesOutstanding
MetsimaholoFS204Local2023/2432,6 / 100Qualified
MohokareFS163Local2023/2434,3 / 100Outstanding
MoqhakaFS201Local2023/24Review source valuesQualified
NalaFS185Local2023/24Insufficient evidenceQualified
NgwatheFS203Local2023/24Review source valuesQualified
NketoanaFS193Local2023/2429,9 / 100Disclaimer of opinion
PhumelelaFS195Local2023/24Review source valuesUnqualified - Emphasis of Matter items
SetsotoFS191Local2023/2436,6 / 100Unqualified - Emphasis of Matter items
Thabo MofutsanyanaDC19District2023/24Review source valuesUnqualified - Emphasis of Matter items
TokologoFS182Local2023/2435,3 / 100Qualified
TswelopeleFS183Local2023/2442,6 / 100Unqualified - Emphasis of Matter items
XhariepDC16District2023/24Insufficient evidenceUnqualified - Emphasis of Matter items

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Free State · 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

Audit not finalised at legislated date

3

Disclaimer

11

Qualified

7

Unqualified with findings

23 reported audit opinions / 23 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
951 883
Observed free basic domestic units
171 468
Official source total · served
951 883
Official source total · free basic
171 468

Served count: 23 / 23 eligible codes. Free basic: 23 / 23. 19 explicit municipal providers.

Electricity

Observed served consumer units
901 626
Observed free basic domestic units
171 513
Official source total · served
901 626
Official source total · free basic
171 513

Served count: 23 / 23 eligible codes. Free basic: 23 / 23. 19 explicit municipal providers.

Sewerage and sanitation

Observed served consumer units
949 943
Observed free basic domestic units
171 682
Official source total · served
949 943
Official source total · free basic
171 682

Served count: 23 / 23 eligible codes. Free basic: 23 / 23. 19 explicit municipal providers.

Solid waste management

Observed served consumer units
781 953
Observed free basic domestic units
171 662
Official source total · served
781 953
Official source total · free basic
171 662

Served count: 23 / 23 eligible codes. Free basic: 23 / 23. 19 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 91,5M · 23 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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