Under intervention
Section 139(5) — dissolution
FRP not being implemented
North West Provincial Government · since 01 Jul 2021 (62+ months) · source
Local Municipality
R0
Total value of 1 documented incidents
Composite 0–100 score (higher = better), from audit opinion, capex execution and linked incidents.
Missing components (capex) excluded; remaining weights renormalised.
Corruption incidents documented in the 4FactSake archive and linked to this municipality.
Current municipal officials accountable for governance and finance, sourced from National Treasury.
Per-capita normalisation lets us put the financial figures into human terms.
Population
164 176
Households
60 890
Unemployment
28.3%
DWS scores measure Water Service Authorities. This local muni delegates water services to its district.
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
R72.8M
Actually spent
R35.2M
Unspent
R37.7M
Utilisation
48.3%Severely underspent
Largest conditional grants — box size = budget, colour = utilisation
Equitable Share (unconditional)
ESG is not a conditional grant — it can be spent at the muni's discretion. Shown for scale only.
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.
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.
Cash position, solvency, and infrastructure-maintenance signal. Source: National Treasury cflow_v2 + financial_position_v2 + repmaint_v2.
Cash on hand
R867k
Net assets
R-216.2M
⚠ Technically insolvent
Operating cash flow
—
Repairs & maintenance
R12.6M
Public finance data ingested directly from National Treasury cubes (incexp_v2, capital_v2, audit_opinions, uifwexp).
Latest Audit Outcome — FY23/24
Disclaimer of opinion
Capital Spending — FY25/26
Treasury §71·76d agoTreasury MTREF·12d agoAGSA MFMA·today
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)
R1.34B
R1.15B (86%) over 1 year — effectively uncollectable
Owed BY the muni (creditors)
R898.3M
Section 4(3) MI register — specific findings the Auditor-General has flagged for active investigation, recommendations, or referral to law enforcement.
6 material irregularities on record
Substantial harm to public sector institution — notified 2021-06-11
ResolvedFY24/25
AGSA action:No longer pursued MI / Not pursued further
SourceMaterial financial loss — notified 2022-11-11
UnresolvedFY24/25
AGSA action:Appropriate action not taken - Decision on Invoking powers in process / Not appropriate action - submission to MIU in process
SourceLikely material financial loss — notified 2022-11-11
UnresolvedFY24/25
AGSA action:Appropriate action not taken - Decision on Invoking powers in process / Not appropriate action - submission to MIU in process
SourceLikely substantial harm to public sector institution — notified 2024-12-06
UnresolvedFY24/25
AGSA action:Appropriate action not taken - Decision on Invoking powers in process / Not appropriate action - submission to MIU in process
SourceLikely substantial harm to public sector institution — notified 2024-12-06
UnresolvedFY24/25
AGSA action:Appropriate action not taken - Decision on Invoking powers in process / Not appropriate action - submission to MIU in process
SourceSubstantial harm to public sector institution — notified 2022-11-11
ResolvedFY24/25
AGSA action:Resolved MI / Resolved
SourceMethodology & 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.