Local Municipality

Sol Plaatje

R177.0 million

Total value of 1 documented incidents

NC · KimberleyNC091

Frances Baard District Municipality

Accountability IndexDraft

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

Strained

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 Collapse2020

Sol Plaatje Municipality Collapse: Kimberley Loses 67% of Water, R177M Revenue Shortfall

DocumentedRamaphosa EraNo Action

R177 million

Leadership

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

Mayor

Ms Martha Barbara Bartlett

mbartlett@solplaatje.org.za

Municipal Manager

Mr Bartholomew Matlala

bmatlala@solplaatje.org.za

Chief Financial Officer

Ms Euphonia Lehlohonolo Rapodile

lrapodile@solplaatje.org.za

Speaker

Mrs Ingrit Koopman

ikoopman@solplaatje.org.za

Demographics — Census 2022

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

Population

270 078

Households

79 576

Unemployment

31.9%

Electricity91.7%

Piped water91.0%

Flush toilet86.9%

Refuse collected84.9%

Documented exposure: R655 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 Frances Baard 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

R278.1M

Actually spent

R162.3M

Unspent

R115.9M

Utilisation

58.3%Severely underspent

R162M spent

R116M unspent

58% spent42% 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

R263.1M 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.

Financial Health — FY24/25

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

Cash on hand

R163.9M

Net assets

R3.31B

Operating cash flow

—

Repairs & maintenance

R410.7M

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: R64.6M
Fruitless: R40.7M
Unauthorised: R29.3M

AGSA report

Capital Spending — FY25/26

Original budgetR1.10B

Adjusted budgetR1.15B

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)

R4.25B

R3.11B (73%) over 1 year — effectively uncollectable

Water: R830.4M
Electricity: R336.3M
Property rates: R899.7M

Owed BY the muni (creditors)

R1.41B

Bulk electricity(Eskom): R1.17B
Bulk water: R128.7M
Trade: R29.1M

AGSA Material Irregularities

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

Substantial harm to general public — notified 2023-10-27

Unresolved

FY24/25

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

Source

Likely material financial loss — notified 2025-10-31

Under Investigation

FY24/25

AGSA action:Notification response received - in process of assessing actions / Notification response received - Assessing actions

Source

Likely material financial loss — notified 2025-10-31

Unresolved

FY24/25

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

Source

Likely material financial loss — notified 2025-11-25

Unresolved

FY24/25

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

Source

Likely material financial loss — notified 2025-11-25

Unresolved

FY24/25

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

Source

Material financial loss — notified 2022-08-30

Resolved

FY24/25

AGSA action:Resolved MI / Resolved in prior periods

Source

Likely material financial loss — notified 2024-03-20

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) 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.