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  1. Municipalities
  2. Ramotshere Moiloa

Under intervention

Section 139(5) — dissolution

Lack of commitment to FRP implementation

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

Local Municipality

Ramotshere Moiloa

R0

Total value of 1 documented incidents

NW · ZeerustNW385

Ngaka Modiri Molema District Municipality

Category

Local Municipality

Province

NW

Documented incidents

1

Seat

Zeerust

  • 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 Collapse2024

Ramotshere Moiloa (Zeerust): Municipal Manager Arrested, Shooting at Municipal Offices

DocumentedRamaphosa EraProsecution

Leadership

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

Mayor

Cllr Dm Pitso

maselebogo17@gmail.com

Municipal Manager

Mr L.I Mokgatlhe

lekgetho.comet@gmail.com

Chief Financial Officer

Mr B.K.S Noke

kagisonb@gmail.com

Speaker

Cllr Alfred Nyamane

Selekad58@gmail.com
Demographics — Census 2022

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

Population

161 605

Households

53 769

Unemployment

36.2%

Electricity93.3%
Piped water66.4%
Flush toilet40.3%
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

R110.8M

Actually spent

R51.7M

Unspent

R59.0M

Utilisation

46.7%Severely underspent

R52M spent
R59M unspent
47% spent53% 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
R231.4M 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.

R41MR81MR122MR162M2020 UIFW · R66M · irregular R46M · fruitless R7M · unauthorised R13M2021 UIFW · R153M · irregular R149M · fruitless R2M · unauthorised R980K2022 UIFW · R57M · irregular R9M · fruitless R5M · unauthorised R42M2023 UIFW · R162M · irregular R61M · fruitless R8M · unauthorised R93M2024 UIFW · R44M · irregular R4M · fruitless R11M · unauthorised R29M2020 audit · Disclaimer2021 audit · Not submitted2022 audit · Qualified2023 audit · Qualified2024 audit · Qualified2024: incident #1S1392021 · Section 139 imposed · Lack of commitment to FRP implementation2020202120222023202420252026Clean auditQualifiedDisclaimer / adverseUIFW expenditure (bars)Documented incidentsSection 139 imposed

Audit opinion has improved over the period.

Financial Health — FY24/25

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

Cash on hand

R9.2M

Net assets

R527.8M

Operating cash flow

—

Repairs & maintenance

R3.7M

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
R4.3M
Fruitless
R10.6M
Unauthorised
R29.0M

Capital Spending — FY25/26

Original budgetR93.9M
Adjusted budgetR96.9M
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)

R321.2M

R239.9M (75%) over 1 year — effectively uncollectable

Water
R9.0M
Electricity
R16.1M
Property rates
R57.2M

Owed BY the muni (creditors)

R119.7M

Bulk electricity(Eskom)
R0
Bulk water
R0
Trade
R0
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

Likely material financial loss — notified 2023-01-18

Unresolved

FY24/25

AGSA action:Appropriate action not taken - Decision on Invoking powers in process / Not appropriate action - submission to MIU in process

Source

Substantial harm to public sector institution — notified 2021-08-25

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.