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Metropolitan Municipality
R100.9 billion
Total value of 5 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.
Not disclosed (R318m budgeted for guards in 2026/27)
R500 million
R100 billion (annual economic cost)
R430 million
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
4 239 901
Households
1 278 375
Unemployment
30.2%
Documented exposure: R24k per resident
Who is currently running this municipality, and what the most recent council election produced.
Currently running
ANC
Status
Minority government
Since
22 Nov 2021
ANC largest party but lost outright majority in 2021 LGE. OPERATOR: confirm current arrangement.
Local Government Elections 2021
Turnout: 42.1%
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
R4.36B
Actually spent
R1.93B
Unspent
R2.43B
Utilisation
44.2%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
R5.62B
Net assets
R52.52B
Operating cash flow
—
Repairs & maintenance
R4.76B
Public finance data ingested directly from National Treasury cubes (incexp_v2, capital_v2, audit_opinions, uifwexp).
Latest Audit Outcome — FY23/24
Unqualified - Emphasis of Matter items
Capital Spending — FY25/26
Treasury §71·77d agoTreasury MTREF·todayAGSA 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)
R44.56B
R29.00B (65%) over 1 year — effectively uncollectable
Owed BY the muni (creditors)
R768.2M
Section 4(3) MI register — specific findings the Auditor-General has flagged for active investigation, recommendations, or referral to law enforcement.
9 material irregularities on record
Likely material financial loss — notified 2021-11-24
ResolvedFY24/25
AGSA action:Resolved MI / Resolved in prior periods
SourceMaterial financial loss — notified 2022-12-13
UnresolvedFY24/25
AGSA action:Appropriate action not taken - invoked our powers / Not appropriate actions - Invoked our powers
SourceLikely substantial harm to general public — notified 2025-11-25
Under InvestigationFY24/25
AGSA action:Notification response received - in process of assessing actions / Notification response received - Assessing actions
SourceLikely material financial loss — notified 2025-12-12
IdentifiedFY24/25
AGSA action:Notified and awaiting response / Notified - Awaiting response
SourceSubstantial harm to general public — notified 2023-04-14
UnresolvedFY24/25
AGSA action:Appropriate action not taken - invoked our powers / Not appropriate actions - Invoked our powers
SourceLikely substantial harm to general public — notified 2024-04-18
UnresolvedFY24/25
AGSA action:Appropriate action not taken - invoked our powers / Not appropriate actions - Invoked our powers
SourceMaterial financial loss — notified 2021-12-15
ResolvedFY24/25
AGSA action:Resolved MI / Resolved in prior periods
SourceLikely substantial harm to general public — notified 2024-11-19
Recommendations MadeFY24/25
AGSA action:Appropriate action being taken to resolve MI / Appropriate actions - follow-up not yet due
SourceMaterial financial loss — notified 2025-07-08
Recommendations MadeFY24/25
AGSA action:Appropriate action being taken to resolve MI / Appropriate actions - follow-up not yet due
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); AGSA Section 4(3) Material Irregularities and Stats SA Census 2022 demographics as published on the Auditor-General’s MFMA 2024-25 results portal (status and notification date per irregularity; AGSA does not publish amounts per irregularity there); and operator-curated 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.