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  1. Municipalities
  2. Amajuba

District Municipality

Amajuba

KZN · NewcastleDC25

No corruption incidents linked to this municipality on the 4FactSake archive yet. Live audit + finance data ships in Phase 2.

Category

District Municipality

Province

KZN

Documented incidents

0

Seat

Newcastle

  • Score
  • Leadership
  • Water
  • Politics
  • Grants
  • Tenders
  • Trajectory
  • Financials
  • Budget
  • Debtors
  • Irregularities
Accountability IndexDraft

Composite 0–100 score (higher = better), from audit opinion, capex execution and linked incidents.

0/ 100Strained
Audit67%
50/100qualified
Capex—
n/acapex data not yet available
Incidents33%
100/100no incidents linked

Missing components (capex) excluded; remaining weights renormalised.

Local municipalities in this district

Each Category B local municipality below sits under this district.

Dannhauser

KZN254 · Dannhauser

eMadlangeni

KZN253 · Utrecht

Newcastle

KZN252 · Newcastle

Leadership

Current municipal officials accountable for governance and finance, sourced from National Treasury.

Mayor

Cllr Thembelihle Elvis Mthembu

thembelihlem@amajuba.gov.za

Deputy Mayor

Cllr Isaac Shaka Sithole

shakas@amajuba.gov.za

Municipal Manager

Mrs Charity B Mkhize

charitym@amajuba.gov.za

Chief Financial Officer

Mr Zakhele Ndlovu

cfo@amajuba.gov.za

Speaker

Cllr PS Mgcina

phumzilem@amajuba.gov.za
Conditional grants (Treasury)

National + provincial grants flowing to this muni. Conditional grants are tied to specific outcomes — underspend is a red flag for delivery, not a saving.

Latest year

23/24

Adjusted budget

R140.8M

Actually spent

R129.9M

Unspent

R10.9M

Utilisation

92.3%Mostly spent

R130M spent
92% spent8% unspent

Largest conditional grants — box size = budget, colour = utilisation

Box size = budget · colour = utilisation (green = spent, red = underspent, hollow = no data). Hover a grant.

Equitable Share (unconditional)

ESG·Local Government Equitable Share
no data
R214.0M budgeted·— spent

ESG is not a conditional grant — it can be spent at the muni's discretion. Shown for scale only.

Tender awards (eTender Publication Portal)

Cross-referenced against the Restricted Suppliers List on the award date.

No award notices on file for this municipality yet. Coverage expands as the operator transcribes from eTenders.gov.za.

Once awards are loaded, this panel surfaces every published contract awarded by the muni, with B-BBEE level, supplier registration, and a flag for any awards made to suppliers on the National Restricted Suppliers List.

Accountability trajectory · 2020 – 2026

The line traces the audit opinion (higher = cleaner); bars are irregular/fruitless/unauthorised expenditure, dots are documented incidents, and dashed markers are Section 139 interventions. Sustained decline rarely happens in a single bad year.

R67MR134MR201MR268M2020 UIFW · R102M · irregular R101M · fruitless R51K · unauthorised R1M2021 UIFW · R268M · irregular R200M · fruitless R3M · unauthorised R65M2022 UIFW · R168M · irregular R62M · fruitless R212K · unauthorised R105M2023 UIFW · R147M · irregular R59M · fruitless R3M · unauthorised R84M2024 UIFW · R84M · irregular R26M · fruitless R3M · unauthorised R54M2020 audit · Disclaimer2021 audit · Qualified2022 audit · Qualified2023 audit · Qualified2024 audit · Qualified2020202120222023202420252026Clean auditQualifiedDisclaimer / adverseUIFW expenditure (bars)Documented incidentsSection 139 imposed

Audit opinion has improved over the period.

Financial Health — FY24/25

Cash position, solvency, and infrastructure-maintenance signal. Source: National Treasury cflow_v2 + financial_position_v2 + repmaint_v2.

Cash on hand

R40.3M

Net assets

R709.7M

Operating cash flow

—

Repairs & maintenance

R42.5M

National Treasury & AGSA

Public finance data ingested directly from National Treasury cubes (incexp_v2, capital_v2, audit_opinions, uifwexp).

Latest Audit Outcome — FY23/24

Qualified

Irregular
R26.4M
Fruitless
R3.3M
Unauthorised
R53.9M
AGSA report

Capital Spending — FY25/26

Original budgetR151.8M
Adjusted budgetR152.0M
Actual—

Treasury §71·76d agoTreasury MTREF·12d agoAGSA MFMA·today

Aged Balances — FY24/25

Receivables from ratepayers (debtors) and amounts owed to suppliers (creditors). Source: National Treasury aged_debtor_v2 + aged_creditor_v2 cubes.

Owed TO the muni (receivables)

R83.8M

R32.2M (38%) over 1 year — effectively uncollectable

Water
R43.6M
Electricity
R0
Property rates
R0

Owed BY the muni (creditors)

R156.1M

Bulk electricity(Eskom)
R0
Bulk water
R79.7M
Trade
R15.5M
AGSA Material Irregularities

Section 4(3) MI register — specific findings the Auditor-General has flagged for active investigation, recommendations, or referral to law enforcement.

3 material irregularities on record

Likely material financial loss — notified 2022-02-10

Unresolved

FY24/25

AGSA action:Appropriate action not taken - invoked our powers / Not appropriate actions - Invoked our powers

Source

Material financial loss — notified 2022-02-11

Resolved

FY24/25

AGSA action:Resolved MI / Resolved in prior periods

Source

Material financial loss — notified 2022-02-17

Resolved

FY24/25

AGSA action:Resolved MI / Resolved in prior periods

Source

Methodology & sources

Live data from National Treasury cubes (incexp_v2, capital_v2, audit_opinions, uifwexp, aged_debtor_v2, aged_creditor_v2, cflow_v2, financial_position_v2, repmaint_v2, officials) and operator-curated AGSA Section 4(3) Material Irregularities, Stats SA Census, Cogta Section 139 intervention records, DWS Blue / Green / No Drop water-services audits, IEC Local Government Election results + political control history, and Treasury conditional grants (grants_v2) — allocation versus actual spend per grant. The Accountability Index methodology is a draft pending sensitivity testing — treat the score as a working signal, not a final verdict. It currently weighs three of four intended signals — audit opinion (50%), capital-budget execution (25%) and linked corruption incidents (25%); a fourth pillar, service delivery (Stats SA non-financial census), is not yet wired in. Where a signal is missing for a municipality, its weight is renormalised across the rest.