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  1. Municipalities
  2. Okhahlamba

Local Municipality

Okhahlamba

KZN · BergvilleKZN235

uThukela District Municipality

No corruption incidents linked to this municipality on the 4FactSake archive yet. Live audit + finance data ships in Phase 2.

Category

Local Municipality

Province

KZN

Documented incidents

0

Seat

Bergville

  • Score
  • Leadership
  • Demographics
  • 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%
100/100no incidents linked

Missing components (capex) excluded; remaining weights renormalised.

Leadership

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

Mayor

Mr Vikizitha Richard Mlotshwa

mlotshwawabantu@gmail.com

Deputy Mayor

Mrs Nothile Ernel Tshabalala

nothile.tshabalala@gmail.com

Municipal Manager

Mr Nkosingiphile Service Malinga

nkosi.malinga@okhahlamba.gov.za

Chief Financial Officer

Mr Saziso Satisfaction Dlamini

sdlamini@okhahlamba.gov.za

Speaker

Mr Sithembiso Andries Zulu

Sithembiso.Zulu@okhahlamba.gov.za
Demographics — Census 2022

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

Population

143 132

Households

30 797

Unemployment

43.4%

Electricity94.7%
Piped water52.2%
Flush toilet26.1%
Refuse collected24.9%
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 uThukela 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

R104.1M

Actually spent

R70.8M

Unspent

R33.3M

Utilisation

68.0%Underspent

R71M spent
R33M unspent
68% spent32% 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
R158.6M 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.

R17MR34MR51MR68M2020 UIFW · R26M · irregular R23M · fruitless R43K · unauthorised R3M2021 UIFW · R4M · irregular R4M · fruitless R46K2022 UIFW · R3M · irregular R845K · fruitless R26K · unauthorised R2M2023 UIFW · R48M · irregular R39M · fruitless R8K · unauthorised R9M2024 UIFW · R68M · irregular R40M · fruitless R2M · unauthorised R27M2020 audit · Clean2021 audit · Clean2022 audit · Clean2023 audit · Clean2024 audit · Clean (with caveat)2020202120222023202420252026Clean auditQualifiedDisclaimer / adverseUIFW expenditure (bars)Documented incidentsSection 139 imposed

Audit opinion has degraded from Clean (2020) to Clean (with caveat) (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

R2.1M

Net assets

R493.4M

Operating cash flow

—

Repairs & maintenance

R7.0M

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
R39.7M
Fruitless
R1.9M
Unauthorised
R26.5M
AGSA report

Capital Spending — FY25/26

Original budgetR80.0M
Adjusted budgetR80.8M
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)

R87.7M

R67.2M (77%) over 1 year — effectively uncollectable

Water
R0
Electricity
R0
Property rates
R75.8M

Owed BY the muni (creditors)

R6.0M

Bulk electricity(Eskom)
R0
Bulk water
R0
Trade
R5.4M

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.