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  1. Municipalities
  2. Ugu

District Municipality

Ugu

R0

Total value of 1 documented incidents

KZN · Port ShepstoneDC21

Category

District Municipality

Province

KZN

Documented incidents

1

Seat

Port Shepstone

  • Score
  • Incidents
  • Leadership
  • 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/ 100Functioning
Audit67%
80/100unqualified emphasis of matter
Capex—
n/acapex data not yet available
Incidents33%
80/1001 incident on record

Missing components (capex) excluded; remaining weights renormalised.

Local municipalities in this district

Each Category B local municipality below sits under this district.

Ray Nkonyeni

KZN216 · Port Shepstone

uMdoni

KZN212 · Scottburgh

uMuziwabantu

KZN214 · Harding

uMzumbe

KZN213 · Mthwalume

Linked incidents

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

Municipal Collapse2023

Ugu District: 0 of 19 Sewage Plants Working, Beaches Polluted, 103 Days Without Water

DocumentedRamaphosa EraNo Action

Leadership

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

Mayor

Cllr Isaac Sikhumbuzo Mqadi

zero.mqadi@ugu.gov.za

Deputy Mayor

Cllr Dixie Nciki

dixie.nciki@ugu.gov.za

Municipal Manager

Mr Vela Owen Mazibuko

vela.mazibuko@ugu.gov.za

Chief Financial Officer

Mr Kushi Audan

kushi.audan@ugu.gov.za

Speaker

Cllr N.H Gumede

khaya.matanzima@ugu.gov.za
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

R568.0M

Actually spent

R425.2M

Unspent

R142.8M

Utilisation

74.9%Underspent

R425M spent
R143M unspent
75% spent25% 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
R630.1M 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.

R308MR615MR923MR1.2B2020 UIFW · R601M · irregular R295M · fruitless R11M · unauthorised R295M2021 UIFW · R444M · irregular R178M · fruitless R14M · unauthorised R252M2022 UIFW · R568M · irregular R325M · fruitless R19M · unauthorised R224M2023 UIFW · R678M · irregular R242M · fruitless R5M · unauthorised R432M2024 UIFW · R1.2B · irregular R107M · fruitless R23M · unauthorised R1.1B2020 audit · Qualified2021 audit · Qualified2022 audit · Clean (with caveat)2023 audit · Clean (with caveat)2024 audit · Clean (with caveat)2023: 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

R7.6M

Net assets

R2.52B

Operating cash flow

—

Repairs & maintenance

R64.5M

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
R107.1M
Fruitless
R23.5M
Unauthorised
R1.10B
AGSA report

Capital Spending — FY25/26

Original budgetR721.1M
Adjusted budgetR1.08B
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)

R1.68B

R1.20B (71%) over 1 year — effectively uncollectable

Water
R1.49B
Electricity
R0
Property rates
R0

Owed BY the muni (creditors)

R1.09B

Bulk electricity(Eskom)
R0
Bulk water
R647.0M
Trade
R373.4M
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 substantial harm to general public — notified 2025-05-14

Recommendations Made

FY24/25

AGSA action:Appropriate action being taken to resolve MI / Appropriate actions - follow-up not yet due

Source

Material financial loss — notified 2022-01-17

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.