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  1. Municipalities
  2. Mahikeng

Under intervention

Section 139(5) — dissolution

FRP preparation underway

North West Provincial Government · since 01 Jul 2021 (62+ months) · source

Local Municipality

Mahikeng

R0

Total value of 1 documented incidents

NW · MahikengNW383

Ngaka Modiri Molema District Municipality

Category

Local Municipality

Province

NW

Documented incidents

1

Seat

Mahikeng

  • 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%
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 Collapse2018

Mahikeng Municipal Collapse: Provincial Capital Reduced to 2 Hours Water/Day, Residents Run Services for 4 Months

DocumentedRamaphosa EraNo Action

Leadership

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

Mayor

Mr Tshepiso Mphehlo

Tshepisoliza@yahoo.com

Municipal Manager

Adv Dineo Innocentia Mongwaaketse

sebecod@gmail.com

Chief Financial Officer

Mr Eric Khesa

e.khesa@mahikeng.gov.za

Speaker

Cllr Bafana Thedeous Nebe

bafabanebe@gmail.com
Demographics — Census 2022

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

Population

354 504

Households

118 031

Unemployment

35.7%

Electricity97.0%
Piped water67.9%
Flush toilet50.8%
Refuse collected34.6%
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 Ngaka Modiri Molema 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

R355.6M

Actually spent

R121.8M

Unspent

R233.8M

Utilisation

34.3%Severely underspent

R122M spent
R234M unspent
34% spent66% 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
R357.8M 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.

R117MR233MR350MR467M2020 UIFW · R385M · irregular R220M · fruitless R22M · unauthorised R144M2021 UIFW · R331M · irregular R210M · fruitless R560K · unauthorised R121M2022 UIFW · R412M · irregular R223M · fruitless R1M · unauthorised R188M2023 UIFW · R390M · irregular R226M · fruitless R228K · unauthorised R164M2024 UIFW · R467M · irregular R311M · fruitless R15M · unauthorised R141M2020 audit · Qualified2021 audit · Qualified2022 audit · Qualified2023 audit · Qualified2024 audit · QualifiedS1392021 · Section 139 imposed · FRP preparation underway2020202120222023202420252026Clean 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

R154.1M

Net assets

R1.81B

Operating cash flow

—

Repairs & maintenance

R45.7M

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
R311.2M
Fruitless
R14.9M
Unauthorised
R140.9M
AGSA report

Capital Spending — FY25/26

Original budgetR271.4M
Adjusted budgetR311.2M
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)

R2.48B

R2.13B (86%) over 1 year — effectively uncollectable

Water
R573.2M
Electricity
R0
Property rates
R819.7M

Owed BY the muni (creditors)

R174.3M

Bulk electricity(Eskom)
R0
Bulk water
R0
Trade
R174.3M
AGSA Material Irregularities

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

2 material irregularities on record

Material financial loss — notified 2021-02-24

Resolved

FY24/25

AGSA action:Resolved MI / Resolved in prior periods

Source

Material financial loss — notified 44251

Resolved

FY24/25

AGSA action:Resolved MI / Resolved in prior periods

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.