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  1. Municipalities
  2. Emfuleni

Local Municipality

Emfuleni

R4.0 billion

Total value of 2 documented incidents

GP · VanderbijlparkGT421

Sedibeng District Municipality

Category

Local Municipality

Province

GP

Documented incidents

2

Seat

Vanderbijlpark

  • Score
  • Incidents
  • Leadership
  • Demographics
  • 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%
60/1002 incidents on record

Missing components (capex) excluded; remaining weights renormalised.

Linked incidents

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

Tender Fraud / Procurement2026

Emfuleni "Ghost Fleet": R16m Paid for 18 Vehicles, Seven Delivered — Supplier Arrested After the Whistleblower Was Murdered

AllegedRamaphosa EraProsecution

R16 million (fleet tender; R34m+ total dealings)

Municipal Collapse2017

Emfuleni: 150ML Raw Sewage Daily Into the Vaal River

DocumentedZuma EraNo Action

R4 billion+

Leadership

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

Mayor

Mr Cllr Sipho Radebe

shimim@emfuleni.gov.za

Municipal Manager

Mr April Ntuli

AprilN@emfuleni.gov.za

Chief Financial Officer

Mr Mpfareleni Maseanoka

Mpfareleni@emfuleni.gov.za

Speaker

Mrs M Tsokodibane

Mmatshepom@emfuleni.gov.za
Demographics — Census 2022

Per-capita normalisation lets us put the financial figures into human terms.

Population

945 650

Households

277 896

Unemployment

34.7%

Electricity92.3%
Piped water97.1%
Flush toilet95.2%
Refuse collected51.1%

Documented exposure: R4k per resident

Water — Blue / Green / No Drop

DWS scores measure Water Service Authorities. This local muni delegates water services to its district.

Water service is provided by Sedibeng District Municipality. See that page for Blue / Green / No Drop scores.
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

R875.2M

Actually spent

R67.6M

Unspent

R807.5M

Utilisation

7.7%Critical underspend

R808M unspent
8% spent92% 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
R1.07B 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.

R942MR1.9BR2.8BR3.8B2020 UIFW · R2.2B · irregular R310M · fruitless R225M · unauthorised R1.7B2021 UIFW · R1.6B · irregular R80M · fruitless R400M · unauthorised R1.2B2022 UIFW · R3.8B · irregular R232M · fruitless R828M · unauthorised R2.7B2023 UIFW · R2.9B · irregular R92M · fruitless R598M · unauthorised R2.2B2024 UIFW · R1.9B · irregular R49M · fruitless R208M · unauthorised R1.7B2020 audit · Qualified2021 audit · Clean (with caveat)2022 audit · Qualified2023 audit · Qualified2024 audit · Qualified2026: incident #12020202120222023202420252026Clean auditQualifiedDisclaimer / adverseUIFW expenditure (bars)Documented incidentsSection 139 imposed
Financial Health — FY24/25

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

Cash on hand

R217.3M

Net assets

R3.16B

Operating cash flow

—

Repairs & maintenance

R459.3M

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
R49.3M
Fruitless
R208.5M
Unauthorised
R1.65B
AGSA report

Capital Spending — FY25/26

Original budgetR1.32B
Adjusted budgetR1.34B
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)

R11.61B

R7.53B (65%) over 1 year — effectively uncollectable

Water
R4.12B
Electricity
R2.87B
Property rates
R1.54B

Owed BY the muni (creditors)

R11.77B

Bulk electricity(Eskom)
R8.86B
Bulk water
R1.90B
Trade
R1.01B
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 2021-12-15

Resolved

FY24/25

AGSA action:Resolved MI / Resolved in prior periods

Source

Material financial loss — notified 2022-07-15

Resolved

FY24/25

AGSA action:Resolved MI / Resolved in prior periods

Source

Material financial loss — notified 2022-07-15

Resolved

FY24/25

AGSA action:Resolved MI / Resolved in prior periods

Source

Likely material financial loss — notified 2024-11-15

Resolved

FY24/25

AGSA action:Resolved MI / Resolved

Source

Likely material financial loss — notified 2024-11-15

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.