Local Municipality
R14.0 billion
Total value of 1 documented incidents
Composite 0–100 score (higher = better), from audit opinion, capex execution and linked incidents.
Missing components (audit, capex) excluded; remaining weights renormalised.
Corruption incidents documented in the 4FactSake archive and linked to this municipality.
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
439 034
Households
161 118
Unemployment
37.0%
Documented exposure: R32k per resident
DWS scores measure Water Service Authorities. This local muni delegates water services to its district.
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
R399.7M
Actually spent
R173.3M
Unspent
R226.3M
Utilisation
43.4%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.
Audit opinion has degraded from Qualified (2020) to Not submitted (2024).
Cash position, solvency, and infrastructure-maintenance signal. Source: National Treasury cflow_v2 + financial_position_v2 + repmaint_v2.
Cash on hand
R23.6M
Net assets
R-4.92B
⚠ Technically insolvent
Operating cash flow
—
Repairs & maintenance
R88.9M
Public finance data ingested directly from National Treasury cubes (incexp_v2, capital_v2, audit_opinions, uifwexp).
Latest Audit Outcome — FY23/24
Outstanding
Capital Spending — FY25/26
Treasury §71·76d agoTreasury MTREF·12d agoAGSA 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)
R3.48B
Owed BY the muni (creditors)
R9.50B
Section 4(3) MI register — specific findings the Auditor-General has flagged for active investigation, recommendations, or referral to law enforcement.
7 material irregularities on record
Likely substantial harm to general public — notified 2022-12-07
UnresolvedFY24/25
AGSA action:Appropriate action not taken - invoked our powers / Not appropriate actions - Invoked our powers
SourceLikely material financial loss — notified 2024-10-28
Recommendations MadeFY24/25
AGSA action:Appropriate action being taken to resolve MI / Appropriate actions - follow-up not yet due
SourceLikely substantial harm to general public — notified 2022-12-07
UnresolvedFY24/25
AGSA action:Appropriate action not taken - invoked our powers / Not appropriate actions - Invoked our powers
SourceLikely substantial harm to general public — notified 2023-02-13
UnresolvedFY24/25
AGSA action:Appropriate action not taken - invoked our powers / Not appropriate actions - Invoked our powers
SourceMaterial financial loss — notified 2020-05-04
ResolvedFY24/25
AGSA action:Resolved MI / Resolved in prior periods
SourceMaterial financial loss — notified 2021-04-15
ResolvedFY24/25
AGSA action:Resolved MI / Resolved in prior periods
SourceMaterial financial loss — notified 2020-05-05
UnresolvedFY24/25
AGSA action:Appropriate action not taken - invoked our powers / Not appropriate actions - Invoked our powers
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) 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.