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  1. Municipalities
  2. Kannaland

Under intervention

Section 139(5) — dissolution

FRP not prepared until political intervention; new FRP Jan 2025

Western Cape Provincial Government · since 01 Jul 2020 (74+ months) · source

Local Municipality

Kannaland

R0

Total value of 1 documented incidents

WC · LadismithWC041

Garden Route District Municipality

Category

Local Municipality

Province

WC

Documented incidents

1

Seat

Ladismith

  • 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/ 100Decaying
Audit67%
0/100disclaimer
Capex—
n/acapex data not yet available
Incidents33%
80/1001 incident on record

Missing components (capex) excluded; remaining weights renormalised.

Linked incidents

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

Municipal Collapse2016

Kannaland Municipality: Under Administration Since 2016, First Intervention Declared Unlawful

DocumentedZuma EraInquiry

Leadership

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

Mayor

Mr Jeffrey Donson

mayor@kannaland.gov.za

Deputy Mayor

Mr Hyrin Ruiters

hyrin@kannaland.gov.za

Municipal Manager

Mr Mr Dillo Sereo

mm@kannaland.gov.za

Chief Financial Officer

Mr Lucky Steenkamp

cfo@kannaland.gov.za

Speaker

Ms A Theron(Allete)

alettatheron68@gmail.com
Demographics — Census 2022

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

Population

31 986

Households

6 333

Unemployment

17.3%

Electricity94.1%
Piped water95.3%
Flush toilet86.9%
Refuse collected81.4%
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 Garden Route 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

R33.5M

Actually spent

R23.8M

Unspent

R9.8M

Utilisation

70.9%Underspent

R24M spent
R10M unspent
71% spent29% 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
R35.3M 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.

R11MR22MR33MR45M2020 UIFW · R32M · irregular R18M · fruitless R2M · unauthorised R12M2021 UIFW · R32M · irregular R21M · fruitless R3M · unauthorised R7M2022 UIFW · R45M · irregular R5M · fruitless R3M · unauthorised R37M2023 UIFW · R22M · irregular R7M · fruitless R3M · unauthorised R12M2024 UIFW · R20M · irregular R20M2020 audit · Qualified2021 audit · Not submitted2022 audit · Disclaimer2023 audit · Not submitted2024 audit · DisclaimerS1392020 · Section 139 imposed · FRP not prepared until political intervention; new FRP Jan 20252020202120222023202420252026Clean auditQualifiedDisclaimer / adverseUIFW expenditure (bars)Documented incidentsSection 139 imposed

Audit opinion has degraded from Qualified (2020) to Disclaimer (2024).

Financial Health — FY24/25

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

Cash on hand

R34.7M

Net assets

R429.1M

Operating cash flow

—

Repairs & maintenance

R29.3M

National Treasury & AGSA

Public finance data ingested directly from National Treasury cubes (incexp_v2, capital_v2, audit_opinions, uifwexp).

Latest Audit Outcome — FY23/24

Disclaimer of opinion

Irregular
R20.1M
Fruitless
R0
Unauthorised
R0
AGSA report

Capital Spending — FY25/26

Original budgetR34.3M
Adjusted budgetR37.9M
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)

R163.5M

R126.8M (78%) over 1 year — effectively uncollectable

Water
R34.1M
Electricity
R4.3M
Property rates
R34.7M

Owed BY the muni (creditors)

R100.6M

Bulk electricity(Eskom)
R65.5M
Bulk water
R0
Trade
R2.2M
AGSA Material Irregularities

Section 4(3) MI register — specific findings the Auditor-General has flagged for active investigation, recommendations, or referral to law enforcement.

1 material irregularity on record

Likely substantial harm to public sector institution — notified 2024-09-12

Unresolved

FY24/25

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

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.