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  1. Municipalities
  2. Walter Sisulu

Under intervention

Section 139(5) — dissolution

FRP implementation showing good progress

Eastern Cape Provincial Government · since 01 Jul 2021 (62+ months) · source

Local Municipality

Walter Sisulu

EC · Aliwal NorthEC145

Joe Gqabi District Municipality

No corruption incidents linked to this municipality on the 4FactSake archive yet. Live audit + finance data ships in Phase 2.

Category

Local Municipality

Province

EC

Documented incidents

0

Seat

Aliwal North

  • Score
  • 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%
100/100no incidents linked

Missing components (capex) excluded; remaining weights renormalised.

Leadership

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

Mayor

Ms V. Davids

davolenedavids@gmail.com

Deputy Mayor

Ms Vania Davolene Davids

davolenedavids@gmail.com

Municipal Manager

Mr Khaya Gashi

khaya.gashi@wslm.gov.za

Chief Financial Officer

Ms Tembisa Kahla

tkahla52@gmail.com

Speaker

Mr NS Mathetha

nalisile.mathetha@gmail.com
Demographics — Census 2022

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

Population

104 213

Households

25 690

Unemployment

25.8%

Electricity94.7%
Piped water94.2%
Flush toilet89.7%
Refuse collected85.3%
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 Joe Gqabi 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

R51.7M

Actually spent

R35.5M

Unspent

R16.2M

Utilisation

68.6%Underspent

R35M spent
R16M unspent
69% spent31% 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
R76.3M 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.

R38MR76MR115MR153M2020 UIFW · R153M · irregular R53M · fruitless R23M · unauthorised R77M2021 UIFW · R142M · irregular R25M · fruitless R241K · unauthorised R116M2022 UIFW · R78M · irregular R18M · fruitless R34M · unauthorised R26M2023 UIFW · R102M · irregular R11M · fruitless R40M · unauthorised R51M2024 UIFW · R130M · irregular R22M · fruitless R8M · unauthorised R99M2020 audit · Qualified2021 audit · Disclaimer2022 audit · Adverse2023 audit · Qualified2024 audit · QualifiedS1392021 · Section 139 imposed · FRP implementation showing good progress2020202120222023202420252026Clean auditQualifiedDisclaimer / adverseUIFW expenditure (bars)Documented incidentsSection 139 imposed
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

R296.4M

Operating cash flow

—

Repairs & maintenance

R11.3M

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
R21.8M
Fruitless
R8.5M
Unauthorised
R99.4M
AGSA report

Capital Spending — FY25/26

Original budgetR81.6M
Adjusted budgetR105.4M
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)

R462.0M

R164.7M (36%) over 1 year — effectively uncollectable

Water
R0
Electricity
R128.4M
Property rates
R106.2M

Owed BY the muni (creditors)

R819.8M

Bulk electricity(Eskom)
R790.2M
Bulk water
R0
Trade
R29.6M
AGSA Material Irregularities

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

2 material irregularities on record

Likely material financial loss — notified 2022-06-06

Resolved

FY24/25

AGSA action:Resolved MI / Resolved in prior periods

Source

Substantial harm to general public — notified 2022-08-04

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.