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  1. Municipalities
  2. iLembe

District Municipality

iLembe

R100.0 million

Total value of 1 documented incidents

KZN · KwaDukuzaDC29

Category

District Municipality

Province

KZN

Documented incidents

1

Seat

KwaDukuza

  • Score
  • Incidents
  • Leadership
  • Water
  • Politics
  • Grants
  • Tenders
  • Trajectory
  • Financials
  • Budget
  • Debtors
Accountability IndexDraft

Composite 0–100 score (higher = better), from audit opinion, capex execution and linked incidents.

0/ 100Functioning
Audit67%
80/100unqualified emphasis of matter
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.

KwaDukuza

KZN292 · KwaDukuza

Mandeni

KZN291 · Mandeni

Maphumulo

KZN294 · Maphumulo

Ndwedwe

KZN293 · Ndwedwe

Linked incidents

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

Municipal Collapse2024

iLembe District: R100M+ Lost to Water Leaks Annually, 40% Lack Reliable Water

DocumentedRamaphosa EraNo Action

R100 million+/year

Leadership

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

Mayor

Cllr Thobani Philani Shandu

philani.shandu@ilembe.gov.za

Deputy Mayor

Cllr Gabangane James Van Whye

james.vanwhye@ilembe.gov.za

Municipal Manager

Mr Sazi Mbhele

sazi.mbhele@ilembe.gov.za

Chief Financial Officer

Mr Dumisani Dlamini

dumisani.dlamini@ilembe.gov.za

Speaker

Cllr Sphesihle Zulu

sphesihle.zulu@ilembe.gov.za
Water — Blue / Green / No Drop (DWS)

Department of Water and Sanitation incentive-based regulation. Each drop is graded Excellent → Critical (fuller drop = better); a numeric 0–100 score shows once DWS publishes one.

Blue Drop

Drinking water

Excellent

2023

Green Drop

Wastewater

Awaiting assessment

No Drop

Water loss (NRW)

Awaiting assessment

Source · DWS Blue / Green / No Drop reports — see methodology & sources panel below.

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

R384.6M

Actually spent

R324.1M

Unspent

R60.5M

Utilisation

84.3%Mostly spent

R324M spent
R60M unspent
84% spent16% 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
R743.7M 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.

R38MR75MR113MR150M2020 UIFW · R150M · irregular R150M2021 UIFW · R43M · irregular R38M · fruitless R4M2022 UIFW · R55M · irregular R48M · fruitless R7M2023 UIFW · R6M · irregular R6M2024 UIFW · R496K · irregular R496K2020 audit · Clean (with caveat)2021 audit · Clean (with caveat)2022 audit · Clean (with caveat)2023 audit · Clean (with caveat)2024 audit · Clean (with caveat)2024: 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

R213.9M

Net assets

R3.54B

Operating cash flow

—

Repairs & maintenance

R101.4M

National Treasury & AGSA

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

Irregular
R496k
Fruitless
R0
Unauthorised
R0
AGSA report

Capital Spending — FY25/26

Original budgetR631.8M
Adjusted budgetR630.2M
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)

R1.14B

R895.3M (78%) over 1 year — effectively uncollectable

Water
R707.0M
Electricity
R0
Property rates
R878k

Owed BY the muni (creditors)

R82.7M

Bulk electricity(Eskom)
R0
Bulk water
R37.0M
Trade
R45.7M

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.