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

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Municipal finances in KwaZulu-Natal

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.

54 municipal records · financial year 2023/2430 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.

KwaZulu-Natal municipal financial records for 2023/24; audit opinions from Treasury
MunicipalityTypeFinancial yearFinancial resilienceTreasury audit opinion
AbaqulusiKZN263Local2023/2461,9 / 100Unqualified - Emphasis of Matter items
Alfred DumaKZN238Local2023/2479,2 / 100Unqualified - Emphasis of Matter items
AmajubaDC25District2023/24Review source valuesQualified
DannhauserKZN254Local2023/24Review source valuesUnqualified - Emphasis of Matter items
Dr Nkosazana Dlamini ZumaKZN436Local2023/2455,2 / 100Unqualified - Emphasis of Matter items
eDumbeKZN261Local2023/24Review source valuesUnqualified - Emphasis of Matter items
EmadlangeniKZN253Local2023/2418,2 / 100Unqualified - Emphasis of Matter items
EndumeniKZN241Local2023/2446,6 / 100Disclaimer of opinion
eThekwiniETHMetropolitan2023/24Review source valuesUnqualified - Emphasis of Matter items
Greater KokstadKZN433Local2023/2463,6 / 100Unqualified - Emphasis of Matter items
Harry GwalaDC43District2023/24Insufficient evidenceUnqualified - Emphasis of Matter items
Hlabisa Big FiveKZN276Local2023/2467,2 / 100Unqualified - Emphasis of Matter items
iLembeDC29District2023/24Insufficient evidenceUnqualified - Emphasis of Matter items
ImpendleKZN224Local2023/2437,7 / 100Unqualified - Emphasis of Matter items
Inkosi LangalibaleleKZN237Local2023/2447,8 / 100Qualified
Johannes Phumani PhungulaKZN434Local2023/2471,4 / 100Unqualified - Emphasis of Matter items
JoziniKZN272Local2023/2436,3 / 100Unqualified - Emphasis of Matter items
King CetshwayoDC28District2023/24Insufficient evidenceUnqualified - No findings
KwaDukuzaKZN292Local2023/2463,5 / 100Unqualified - Emphasis of Matter items
MandeniKZN291Local2023/2472,7 / 100Unqualified - Emphasis of Matter items
MaphumuloKZN294Local2023/2450,5 / 100Unqualified - Emphasis of Matter items
MfoloziKZN281Local2023/24Insufficient evidenceUnqualified - Emphasis of Matter items
MkhambathiniKZN226Local2023/2454,6 / 100Unqualified - Emphasis of Matter items
MpofanaKZN223Local2023/2466,7 / 100Unqualified - Emphasis of Matter items
MsingaKZN244Local2023/24Insufficient evidenceUnqualified - No findings
MsunduziKZN225Local2023/24Insufficient evidenceOutstanding
MthonjaneniKZN285Local2023/24Review source valuesUnqualified - Emphasis of Matter items
MtubatubaKZN275Local2023/2443 / 100Qualified
NdwedweKZN293Local2023/24Insufficient evidenceUnqualified - Emphasis of Matter items
NewcastleKZN252Local2023/2437,2 / 100Unqualified - Emphasis of Matter items
NkandlaKZN286Local2023/2456,9 / 100Unqualified - Emphasis of Matter items
NongomaKZN265Local2023/24Insufficient evidenceQualified
NquthuKZN242Local2023/24Review source valuesUnqualified - Emphasis of Matter items
OkhahlambaKZN235Local2023/24Insufficient evidenceUnqualified - Emphasis of Matter items
Ray NkonyeniKZN216Local2023/2452,5 / 100Unqualified - Emphasis of Matter items
RichmondKZN227Local2023/2448,3 / 100Unqualified - No findings
UguDC21District2023/2448,2 / 100Unqualified - Emphasis of Matter items
UlundiKZN266Local2023/2441,8 / 100Unqualified - Emphasis of Matter items
UmdoniKZN212Local2023/2466,2 / 100Qualified
uMgungundlovuDC22District2023/24Insufficient evidenceUnqualified - Emphasis of Matter items
UmhlabuyalinganaKZN271Local2023/24Insufficient evidenceUnqualified - Emphasis of Matter items
uMhlathuzeKZN282Local2023/2431,7 / 100Unqualified - No findings
UmkhanyakudeDC27District2023/24Insufficient evidenceQualified
uMlalaziKZN284Local2023/24Review source valuesUnqualified - No findings
uMngeniKZN222Local2023/2458,6 / 100Unqualified - Emphasis of Matter items
uMshwathiKZN221Local2023/24Review source valuesUnqualified - No findings
uMuziwabantuKZN214Local2023/2450,6 / 100Unqualified - Emphasis of Matter items
UmvotiKZN245Local2023/2441,6 / 100Unqualified - No findings
UmzimkhuluKZN435Local2023/2442 / 100Unqualified - Emphasis of Matter items
UmzinyathiDC24District2023/2446,9 / 100Adverse opinion
UmzumbeKZN213Local2023/24Review source valuesAdverse opinion
uPhongoloKZN262Local2023/24Review source valuesUnqualified - Emphasis of Matter items
UthukelaDC23District2023/24Insufficient evidenceQualified
ZululandDC26District2023/24Insufficient evidenceUnqualified - Emphasis of Matter items

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KwaZulu-Natal · 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

1

Adverse

7

Qualified

42

Unqualified with findings

4

Unqualified with no findings

54 reported audit opinions / 54 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
2 927 844
Observed free basic domestic units
651 232
Official source total · served
2 927 844
Official source total · free basic
651 232

Served count: 54 / 54 eligible codes. Free basic: 54 / 54. 15 explicit municipal providers.

Electricity

Observed served consumer units
2 079 545
Observed free basic domestic units
323 029
Official source total · served
2 079 545
Official source total · free basic
323 029

Served count: 54 / 54 eligible codes. Free basic: 54 / 54. 29 explicit municipal providers.

Sewerage and sanitation

Observed served consumer units
2 508 636
Observed free basic domestic units
479 582
Official source total · served
2 508 636
Official source total · free basic
479 582

Served count: 54 / 54 eligible codes. Free basic: 54 / 54. 15 explicit municipal providers.

Solid waste management

Observed served consumer units
1 854 550
Observed free basic domestic units
379 440
Official source total · served
1 854 550
Official source total · free basic
379 440

Served count: 54 / 54 eligible codes. Free basic: 54 / 54. 43 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 215,6M · 54 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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Read the provincial picture with care

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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