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  1. Municipalities
  2. West Rand

District Municipality

West Rand

GP · RandfonteinDC48

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

Category

District Municipality

Province

GP

Documented incidents

0

Seat

Randfontein

  • Score
  • 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%
100/100unqualified
Capex—
n/acapex data not yet available
Incidents33%
100/100no incidents linked

Missing components (capex) excluded; remaining weights renormalised.

Local municipalities in this district

Each Category B local municipality below sits under this district.

Merafong City

GT484 · Carletonville

Mogale City

GT481 · Krugersdorp

Rand West City

GT485 · Randfontein

Leadership

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

Mayor

Cllr Dennis Thabe

dthabe@wrdm.gov.za

Deputy Mayor

Ms Mama Mnisi

mmnisi@wrdm.gov.za

Municipal Manager

Mr Elias Koloi

ekoloi@wrdm.gov.za

Chief Financial Officer

Mr Samuel Ramaele

sramaele@wrdm.gov.za

Speaker

Cllr N Tundzi

ntundzihawu@wrdm.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

R114.3M

Actually spent

R78.6M

Unspent

R35.7M

Utilisation

68.8%Underspent

R79M spent
R36M 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
R238.4M 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.

R16MR32MR48MR64M2020 UIFW · R56M · irregular R21M · fruitless R4M · unauthorised R31M2021 UIFW · R64M · irregular R49M · fruitless R12K · unauthorised R15M2022 UIFW · R31M · irregular R17M · fruitless R366K · unauthorised R14M2023 UIFW · R6M · fruitless R583K · unauthorised R5M2024 UIFW · R716K · fruitless R716K2020 audit · Clean (with caveat)2021 audit · Clean (with caveat)2022 audit · Clean (with caveat)2023 audit · Clean (with caveat)2024 audit · Clean2020202120222023202420252026Clean 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

R4.8M

Net assets

R-106.0M

⚠ Technically insolvent

Operating cash flow

—

Repairs & maintenance

R644k

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 - No findings

Irregular
R0
Fruitless
R716k
Unauthorised
R0
AGSA report

Capital Spending — FY25/26

Original budgetR13.9M
Adjusted budgetR16.3M
Actual—

Treasury §71·76d agoTreasury MTREF·12d agoAGSA MFMA·today

Aged Balances — FY23/24

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)

R12.6M

R11.1M (88%) over 1 year — effectively uncollectable

Water
R0
Electricity
R2.1M
Property rates
R2.3M

Owed BY the muni (creditors)

R31.8M

Bulk electricity(Eskom)
R0
Bulk water
R0
Trade
R31.8M
AGSA Material Irregularities

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

1 material irregularity on record

Likely material financial loss — notified 2021-12-15

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.