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  1. Municipalities
  2. Amathole

Under intervention

Section 139(5) — dissolution

FRP implementation showing good progress

Eastern Cape Provincial Government · since 01 Jul 2020 (74+ months) · source

District Municipality

Amathole

R0

Total value of 1 documented incidents

EC · East LondonDC12

Category

District Municipality

Province

EC

Documented incidents

1

Seat

East London

  • Score
  • Incidents
  • 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%
80/1001 incident on record

Missing components (capex) excluded; remaining weights renormalised.

Local municipalities in this district

Each Category B local municipality below sits under this district.

Amahlathi

EC124 · Stutterheim

Great Kei

EC123 · Komga

Mbhashe

EC121 · Dutywa

Mnquma

EC122 · Butterworth

Ngqushwa

EC126 · Peddie

Raymond Mhlaba

EC129 · Fort Beaufort

Linked incidents

Corruption incidents documented in the 4FactSake archive and linked to this municipality.

Municipal Collapse2022

Amathole District Municipality: Told Court Water Shortage Was "God's Problem"

DocumentedRamaphosa EraNo Action

Leadership

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

Mayor

Mr Anele Ntsangani

anelentsangani@gmail.com

Deputy Mayor

Nomfusi Winnie Nxawe

winnien@amathole.gov.za

Municipal Manager

Dr Bhekisisa Mthembu

bhekisisam@amathole.gov.za

Chief Financial Officer

Mr Ncedile Zengethwa

ncedileze@amathole.gov.za

Speaker

Mr Zibuthe Mnqwazi

mazibuthem@amathole.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

R649.0M

Actually spent

R571.7M

Unspent

R77.3M

Utilisation

88.1%Mostly spent

R572M spent
88% spent12% 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
R1.09B 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.

R214MR428MR642MR856M2020 UIFW · R309M · irregular R104M · fruitless R2M · unauthorised R203M2021 UIFW · R46M · irregular R39M · fruitless R7M2022 UIFW · R108M · irregular R47M · fruitless R61M2023 UIFW · R282M · irregular R223M · fruitless R22M · unauthorised R37M2024 UIFW · R856M · irregular R639M · fruitless R28M · unauthorised R189M2020 audit · Adverse2021 audit · Adverse2022 audit · Disclaimer2023 audit · Disclaimer2024 audit · Qualified2022: incident #1S1392020 · Section 139 imposed · FRP implementation showing good progress2020202120222023202420252026Clean auditQualifiedDisclaimer / adverseUIFW expenditure (bars)Documented incidentsSection 139 imposed

Audit opinion has improved over the period.

Financial Health — FY24/25[pre-audit]

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

Cash on hand

R184.2M

Net assets

R9.94B

Operating cash flow

—

Repairs & maintenance

R245.2M

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
R639.3M
Fruitless
R28.2M
Unauthorised
R188.6M
AGSA report

Capital Spending — FY25/26

Original budgetR712.9M
Adjusted budgetR764.7M
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)

R2.35B

R1.30B (55%) over 1 year — effectively uncollectable

Water
R1.40B
Electricity
R0
Property rates
R0

Owed BY the muni (creditors)

R528.5M

Bulk electricity(Eskom)
R7.1M
Bulk water
R343.5M
Trade
R173.9M
AGSA Material Irregularities

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

5 material irregularities on record

Substantial harm to public sector institution — notified 2022-11-03

Resolved

FY24/25

AGSA action:Resolved MI / Resolved in prior periods

Source

Likely material financial loss — notified 2022-12-13

Unresolved

FY24/25

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

Source

Material financial loss — notified 2023-08-10

Under Investigation

FY24/25

AGSA action:Notification response received - in process of assessing actions / Notification response received - Assessing actions

Source

Material financial loss — notified 2021-11-02

Resolved

FY24/25

AGSA action:Resolved MI / Resolved in prior periods

Source

Likely material financial loss — notified 2022-03-31

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.