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  1. Municipalities
  2. Rustenburg

Local Municipality

Rustenburg

R500.0 million

Total value of 1 documented incidents

NW · RustenburgNW373

Bojanala Platinum District Municipality

Category

Local Municipality

Province

NW

Documented incidents

1

Seat

Rustenburg

  • 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 Collapse2023

Rustenburg Water Infrastructure Collapse: R300M Annual Losses from Illegal Connections

DocumentedRamaphosa EraNo Action

R500 million

Leadership

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

Mayor

Cllr Sheila Mabale-Huma

executive.mayor@rustenburg.gov.za

Municipal Manager

Adv Ashmar Khuduge

akhuduge@rustenburg.gov.za

Chief Financial Officer

Mr Godfrey Ditsele

gditsele@rustenburg.gov.za

Speaker

Ms Sheila Mabale-Huma

speaker@rustenburg.gov.za
Demographics — Census 2022

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

Population

562 315

Households

339 412

Unemployment

26.4%

Electricity94.5%
Piped water91.1%
Flush toilet72.8%
Refuse collected76.4%

Documented exposure: R889 per resident

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 Bojanala Platinum 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

R977.7M

Actually spent

R950.2M

Unspent

R27.4M

Utilisation

97.2%Fully spent

R950M spent
97% spent3% 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
R1.07B 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.

R155MR310MR464MR619M2020 UIFW · R597M · irregular R571M · fruitless R26M2021 UIFW · R619M · irregular R615M · fruitless R4M2022 UIFW · R497M · irregular R326M · fruitless R3M · unauthorised R168M2023 UIFW · R430M · irregular R379M · fruitless R3M · unauthorised R48M2024 UIFW · R329M · irregular R318M · fruitless R118K · unauthorised R10M2020 audit · Disclaimer2021 audit · Qualified2022 audit · Qualified2023 audit · Qualified2024 audit · Qualified2023: incident #12020202120222023202420252026Clean 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

R670.3M

Net assets

R7.35B

Operating cash flow

—

Repairs & maintenance

R188.3M

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
R318.3M
Fruitless
R118k
Unauthorised
R10.4M
AGSA report

Capital Spending — FY25/26

Original budgetR1.38B
Adjusted budgetR1.43B
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)

R8.89B

R6.70B (75%) over 1 year — effectively uncollectable

Water
R1.98B
Electricity
R752.5M
Property rates
R803.8M

Owed BY the muni (creditors)

R1.14B

Bulk electricity(Eskom)
R20k
Bulk water
R220.5M
Trade
R895.6M
AGSA Material Irregularities

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

6 material irregularities on record

Substantial harm to public sector institution — notified 2023-10-06

Unresolved

FY24/25

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

Source

Likely material financial loss — notified 2021-11-22

Resolved

FY24/25

AGSA action:Resolved MI / Resolved in prior periods

Source

Likely material financial loss — notified 2021-12-08

Resolved

FY24/25

AGSA action:Resolved MI / Resolved in prior periods

Source

Likely material financial loss — notified 2023-04-12

Unresolved

FY24/25

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

Source

Likely material financial loss — notified 2023-04-12

Resolved

FY24/25

AGSA action:Resolved MI / Resolved

Source

Likely material financial loss — notified 2021-03-16

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.