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  1. Municipalities
  2. Chris Hani

Under intervention

Section 139(5) — dissolution

FRP not completed due to municipal resistance

Eastern Cape Provincial Government · since 01 Jul 2021 (62+ months) · source

District Municipality

Chris Hani

R0

Total value of 1 documented incidents

EC · KomaniDC13

Category

District Municipality

Province

EC

Documented incidents

1

Seat

Komani

  • 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.

Emalahleni Local Municipality (EC)

EC136 · Lady Frere

Engcobo

EC137 · Ngcobo

Enoch Mgijima

EC139 · Komani

Intsika Yethu

EC135 · Cofimvaba

Inxuba Yethemba

EC131 · Cradock

Sakhisizwe

EC138 · Cala

Linked incidents

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

Municipal Collapse2014

Chris Hani District Water: "A 10-Year Anniversary of a Huge Balls-Up"

DocumentedZuma EraNo Action

Leadership

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

Mayor

Mr Wongama Gela

wgela@chrishanidm.gov.za

Deputy Mayor

Mrs Noncedo September

nseptember@chrishanidm.gov.za

Municipal Manager

Mr Gcobani Mashiyi

gmashiyi@chrishanidm.gov.za

Chief Financial Officer

Mr Christopher Lungelo Mapeyi

cmapeyi@chrishanidm.gov.za

Speaker

Mr M C Koyo

mckoyo@chrishanidm.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

R625.0M

Actually spent

R624.0M

Unspent

R1.1M

Utilisation

99.8%Fully spent

R624M spent
100% spent0% 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
R695.7M 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.

R129MR258MR387MR516M2020 UIFW · R162M · irregular R25M · fruitless R684K · unauthorised R136M2021 UIFW · R449M · irregular R57M · fruitless R456K · unauthorised R392M2022 UIFW · R346M · irregular R59M · fruitless R3M · unauthorised R284M2023 UIFW · R516M · irregular R171M · fruitless R492K · unauthorised R344M2024 UIFW · R253M · irregular R152M · fruitless R2M · unauthorised R99M2020 audit · Disclaimer2021 audit · Disclaimer2022 audit · Qualified2023 audit · Qualified2024 audit · QualifiedS1392021 · Section 139 imposed · FRP not completed due to municipal resistance2020202120222023202420252026Clean 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

R18.0M

Net assets

R6.32B

Operating cash flow

—

Repairs & maintenance

R90.7M

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
R152.5M
Fruitless
R2.2M
Unauthorised
R98.7M
AGSA report

Capital Spending — FY25/26

Original budgetR622.7M
Adjusted budgetR613.4M
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)

R1.70B

R1.30B (76%) over 1 year — effectively uncollectable

Water
R1.45B
Electricity
R0
Property rates
R0

Owed BY the muni (creditors)

R22.7M

Bulk electricity(Eskom)
R0
Bulk water
R0
Trade
R22.7M
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

Likely material financial loss — notified 2021-10-19

Unresolved

FY24/25

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

Source

Likely material financial loss — notified 2022-11-28

Unresolved

FY24/25

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

Source

Material financial loss — notified 2022-11-28

Resolved

FY24/25

AGSA action:Resolved MI / Resolved in prior periods

Source

Likely material financial loss — notified 2023-11-29

Resolved

FY24/25

AGSA action:Resolved MI / Resolved in prior periods

Source

Likely substantial harm to general public — notified 2024-01-25

Resolved

FY24/25

AGSA action:Resolved MI / Resolved

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.