Local Municipality

Thaba Chweu

R300.0 million

Total value of 1 documented incidents

MP · LydenburgMP321

Ehlanzeni District Municipality

Accountability IndexDraft

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

Functioning

Audit—: n/aaudit not finalised (outstanding)
Capex—: n/acapex data not yet available
Incidents100%: 80/1001 incident on record

Missing components (audit, capex) excluded; remaining weights renormalised.

Linked incidents

Corruption incidents documented in the 4FactSake archive and linked to this municipality.

Tender Fraud / Procurement2020

Thaba Chweu (Pilgrim's Rest): R300M Looted, 8+ Consecutive Disclaimers, Payment for Road That Doesn't Exist

DocumentedRamaphosa EraNo Action

R300 million

Leadership

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

Mayor

Mrs Mogotle Friddah Nkadimeng

friddah.nkadimeng@tclm.gov.za

Municipal Manager

Mr Roy Steven Makwakwa

roy.makwakwa@tclm.gov.za

Chief Financial Officer

Mr Kgaugelo Patrick Mashego

kgaugelo.mashego@tclm.gov.za

Speaker

Mr J M Kock

jompuko1@gmail.com

Demographics — Census 2022

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

Population

109 223

Households

44 591

Unemployment

20.5%

Electricity87.0%

Piped water84.8%

Flush toilet71.1%

Refuse collected66.5%

Documented exposure: R3k 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 Ehlanzeni 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

R195.4M

Actually spent

R168.5M

Unspent

R26.9M

Utilisation

86.2%Mostly spent

R168M spent

86% spent14% 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

R208.0M 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.

Audit opinion has degraded from Qualified (2020) to Not submitted (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

R20.8M

Net assets

R428.9M

Operating cash flow

—

Repairs & maintenance

R82.7M

National Treasury & AGSA

Public finance data ingested directly from National Treasury cubes (incexp_v2, capital_v2, audit_opinions, uifwexp).

Latest Audit Outcome — FY23/24

Outstanding

Irregular: R73.3M
Fruitless: R74.2M
Unauthorised: R0

AGSA report

Capital Spending — FY25/26

Original budgetR277.0M

Adjusted budgetR277.0M

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)

R978.4M

R811.5M (83%) over 1 year — effectively uncollectable

Water: R207.8M
Electricity: R135.7M
Property rates: R231.5M

Owed BY the muni (creditors)

R1.95B

Bulk electricity(Eskom): R983.9M
Bulk water: R0
Trade: R968.7M

AGSA Material Irregularities

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

3 material irregularities on record

Likely substantial harm to general public — notified 2024-02-22

Unresolved

FY24/25

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

Source

Likely material financial loss — notified 2021-04-22

Resolved

FY24/25

AGSA action:Resolved MI / Resolved

Source

Likely material financial loss — notified 2021-11-24

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.