Local Municipality

Maluti-a-Phofung

Total value of 1 documented incidents

FS · PhuthaditjhabaFS194

Thabo Mofutsanyane District Municipality

Accountability IndexDraft

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

Functioning

Audit—: n/aaudit not finalised (outstanding)
Capex—: n/acapex data not yet available
Incidents100%: 80/1001 incident on record

Missing components (audit, capex) excluded; remaining weights renormalised.

Linked incidents

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

Municipal Collapse2004

Maluti-a-Phofung: The Harrismith Protest Killing

DocumentedMbeki EraNo Action

Leadership

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

Mayor

Mr Tumelo Thebe

mayoradmin@map.fs.gov.za

Municipal Manager

Adv Motswahae Methews Mofokeng

mzwakhemofokeng2@gmail.com

Chief Financial Officer

Mr Thuso Ronald Marumo

thuso93@gmail.com

Speaker

Mr TR Thebe

speaker@map.fs.gov.za

Demographics — Census 2022

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

Population

398 459

Households

119 249

Unemployment

41.8%

Electricity96.5%

Piped water91.1%

Flush toilet42.9%

Refuse collected31.1%

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 Thabo Mofutsanyane 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

R472.0M

Actually spent

R258.1M

Unspent

R213.8M

Utilisation

54.7%Severely underspent

R258M spent

R214M unspent

55% spent45% 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

R801.6M 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.

Audit opinion has degraded from Disclaimer (2020) to Not submitted (2024).

Financial Health — FY24/25[pre-audit]

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

Cash on hand

R85.0M

Net assets

R-10.10B

⚠ Technically insolvent

Operating cash flow

—

Repairs & maintenance

R33.8M

National Treasury & AGSA

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

Latest Audit Outcome — FY23/24

Outstanding

Irregular: R73.6M
Fruitless: R264.0M
Unauthorised: R99.2M

AGSA report

Capital Spending — FY25/26

Original budgetR504.7M

Adjusted budgetR556.2M

Actual—

Treasury §71·76d agoTreasury MTREF·12d agoAGSA MFMA·1d ago

Aged Balances — FY23/24[pre-audit]

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)

R2.64B

R2.25B (86%) over 1 year — effectively uncollectable

Water: R776.3M
Electricity: R331.2M
Property rates: R624.0M

Owed BY the muni (creditors)

R8.96B

Bulk electricity(Eskom): R8.30B
Bulk water: R473.0M
Trade: R188.0M

AGSA Material Irregularities

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

13 material irregularities on record

Likely substantial harm to public sector institution — notified 2024-03-28

Resolved

FY24/25

AGSA action:Resolved MI / Resolved in prior periods

Source

Likely substantial harm to public sector institution — notified 2021-06-11

Resolved

FY24/25

AGSA action:No longer pursued MI / Not pursued further

Source

Likely substantial harm to public sector institution — notified 2022-09-23

Resolved

FY24/25

AGSA action:Resolved MI / Resolved in prior periods

Source

Likely substantial harm to public sector institution — notified 2024-03-28

Resolved

FY24/25

AGSA action:Resolved MI / Resolved in prior periods

Source

Likely substantial harm to public sector institution — notified 2024-03-28

Resolved

FY24/25

AGSA action:Resolved MI / Resolved in prior periods

Source

Likely substantial harm to public sector institution — notified 2024-03-28

Resolved

FY24/25

AGSA action:Resolved MI / Resolved in prior periods

Source

Likely substantial harm to public sector institution — notified 2024-03-28

Resolved

FY24/25

AGSA action:Resolved MI / Resolved

Source

Likely substantial harm to public sector institution — notified 2024-05-17

Unresolved

FY24/25

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

Source

Likely substantial harm to public sector institution — notified 2025-09-15

Resolved

FY24/25

AGSA action:Resolved MI / Resolved

Source

Likely substantial harm to general public — notified 2022-03-15

Unresolved

FY24/25

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

Source

Likely substantial harm to general public — notified 2022-04-11

Unresolved

FY24/25

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

Source

Likely substantial harm to general public — notified 2022-04-11

Unresolved

FY24/25

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

Source

Likely substantial harm to general public — notified 2022-04-13

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); 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.