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Kgetlengrivier

 in Bojanala, North WestB3 local municipality

Population: 51 049 Size: 3 980.9 km² Density: 12.8 / km²

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Contacts Last updated October 2020

Municipal Building

C/O Smuts & De Wit Streets

Koster

0348

Secretary of Mayor/Executive Mayor

Mayor/Executive Mayor

Cllr Amogelang Selaledi

073 197 7481

[email protected]

Ms Bassie Hinaonye

014 543 2004

[email protected]

Secretary of Municipal Manager

Municipal Manager

Mr Ramokatane Joseph Mogale

014 543 2004

[email protected]

Ms Tsholofelo Molefe

014 543 2004

[email protected]

Secretary of Deputy Mayor/Executive Mayor

Deputy Mayor/Executive Mayor

Secretary of Financial Manager

Chief Financial O�cer

Mr Mr. Sipho Ngwenya

014 543 2004

[email protected]

Ms Kaebetswe Abel

014 543 2004

[email protected]

014 543 2004/5/6

Email municipality

http://www.kgetlengrivier.gov.

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Financial Performance

Audit Outcomes

Cash Balance 2018-2019

Cash balance at the end of the �nancial year.

2015-2016 2016-2017 2017-2018 2018-2019R 0

R10m

R20m

R30m

R40m

R50m

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2018-2019

Disclaimer of opinion

Read report

2017-2018

Disclaimer of opinion

Read report

2016-2017

Unquali�ed - Emphasis of

Matter items

Read report

2015-2016

Unquali�ed - Emphasis of

Matter items

Read report

What do di�erent audit outcomes mean?

Unquali�ed Opinion

No Findings

Same as an Unquali�ed Opinion with no �ndings, but the

Auditor-General wants to bring something particular to the

attention of the reader.

Unquali�ed Opinion

Emphasis of Matter Items

Same as an Unquali�ed Opinion with no �ndings, but the

Auditor-General wants to bring something particular to the

attention of the reader.

Quali�ed Opinion

The Auditor-General expresses reservations about the fair

presentation of the �nancial statements. There is some

departure from the Generally Recognised Accounting Practices

(GRAP) but is not su�ciently serious as to warrant an adverse

opinion or disclaimer of opinion.

Adverse Opinion

This is expressed when the auditor concludes that the annual

�nancial statements do not present the municipality’s �nancial

position, results of operations and cash �ows in line with

Generally Recognised Accounting Practices (GRAP).

Disclaimer of Opinion

The Auditor-General does not have all of the underlying

documentation needed to determine an opinion. For example,

the lack of underlying documentation and the amounts in

question may be so great so that it is impossible to give any

opinion on all.

An Outstanding Opinion

Means that the Auditor General raised queries with the

municipality and therefore has not submitted another opinion.

R59 155 263

A municipality's cash balance refers to the money

it has in the bank that it can access easily. If a

municipality's bank account is in overdraft it has a

negative cash balance. Negative cash balances

are a sign of serious �nancial management

problems. A municipality should have enough cash

on hand from month to month so that it can pay

salaries, suppliers and so on.

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in North West nationally

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Cash Coverage 2018-2019

Months of operating expenses can be paid for

with the cash available.

2015-2016 2016-2017 2017-2018 2018-20190

0.5

1

1.5

2

2.5

3

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How is performance measured?

Good Positive balance

Bad Negative balance

Reference:

State of Local Government Finances

Formula:

= Cash available at year end

= [Cash Flow] item code 4200, Audited Actual

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3.2 months

Cash coverage measures the length of time, in

months, that a municipality could manage to pay

for its day-to-day expenses using just its cash

reserves. So, if a municipality had to rely on its

cash reserves to pay all short-term bills, how long

could it last? Ideally, a municipality should have at

least three months' of cash cover.

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How is performance measured?

Good > 3 months

Average 1-3 months

Bad < 1 month

Reference:

State of Local Government Finances

Formula:

= Cash available at year end / Operating

Expenditure per month

= [Cash Flow] item code 4200 Audited

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in North West nationally

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Spending of Operating Budget 2018-2019

Di�erence between budgeted operating

expenditure and what was actually spent.

2015-2016 2016-2017 2017-2018 2018-20190%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

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Spending of Capital Budget 2018-2019

Di�erence between budgeted capital

expenditure and what was actually spent.

80%

= [Cash Flow] item code 4200, Audited

Actual / ( [Income & Expenditure] item code 4600,

Adjusted Budget / 12 )

This indicator is about how much more a

municipalty spent on its operating expenses, than

was planned and budgeted for. It is important that

a municipality controls its day-to-day expenses in

order to avoid cash shortages. If a municipality

sigi�cantly overspends its operating budget this is

a sign of poor operating controls or something

more sinister.

Overspending by up to 5 percent is usually

condoned; overspending in excess of 15 percent is

a sign of high risk.

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About this indicator

How is performance measured?

Good 0% - 5%

Average 5% - 15%

Bad > 15%

Reference:

Over and under spending reports to parliament

Formula:

= ((Actual Operating Expenditure - Budget

Operating Expenditure) / Budgeted Operating

Expenditure) * 100

= ( ( [Income & Expenditure] item code 4600,

Audited Actual - [Income & Expenditure] item

code 4600, Adjusted Budget ) / [Income &

Expenditure] item code 4600, Adjusted

Budget ) * 100

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in North West nationally

Capital spending includes spending on

infrastructure projects like new water pipes or

building a library. Underspending on a capital

budget can lead to an under-delivery of basic

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2015-2016 2016-2017 2017-2018 2018-2019

0%

20%

40%

60%

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Spending on Capital Projects 2019-2020

Spending on Repairs and Maintenance 2018-2019

Spending on Repairs and Maintenance as a

percentage of Property, Plant and Equipment.

4%

services. This indicator looks at the percentage by

which actual spending falls short of the budget for

capital expenses. Persistent underspending may

be due to underresourced municipalities which

cannot manage large projects on time.

Municipalities should aim to spend at least 95

percent of their capital budgets. Failure to spend

even 85 percent is a clear warning sign.

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How is performance measured?

Good 0% - 5%

Average 5% - 15%

Bad > 15%

Reference:

Over and under spending reports to parliament

Formula:

= ((Actual Capital Expenditure - Budgeted Capital

Expenditure) / Budgeted Capital Expenditure) *

100

= ( ( [unde�ned] item code 4100, Audited

Actual - [Capital] item code 4100, Adjusted

Budget ) / [Capital] item code 4100, Adjusted

Budget ) * 100

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in North West nationally

Project description Budget

Water reticulation R1 927 608

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2.5%

Infrastructure must be maintained so that service

delivery is not a�ected. This indicator looks at how

much money was budgeted for repairs and

maintenance, as a percentage of total �xed assets

(property, plant and equipment). For every R10

spent on building/replacing infrastructure, R0.80

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2015-2016 2016-2017 2017-2018 2018-20190%

1%

2%

3%

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Fruitless and Wasteful Expenditure 2018-2019

Unauthorised, Irregular, Fruitless and Wasteful

Expenditure as a percentage of operating

expenditure.

2015-2016 2016-2017 2017-2018 2018-20190%

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20%

30%

40%

50%

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should be spent every year on repairs and

maintenance.

This translates into a Repairs and Maintenance

budget that should be 8 percent of the value of

property, plant and equipment.

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How is performance measured?

Good > 8%

Bad < 8%

Reference:

Circular 71

Formula:

= (Repairs and maintenance expenditure /

(Property, Plant and Equipment + Investment

Property)) * 100

= ( [Capital] item code 4100, Audited

Actual / ( [Balance Sheet] item code 1300,

Audited Actual + [Balance Sheet] item code 1401,

Audited Actual ) ) * 100

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in North West nationally

57.8%

Unauthorised expenditure means any spending

that was not budgeted for or that is unrelated to

the municpal department's function. An example is

using municipal funds to pay for unbudgeted

projects. Irregular expenditure is spending that

goes against the relevant legislation, municipal

policies or by-laws. An example is awarding a

contract that did not go through tender

procedures. Fruitless and wasteful expenditure

concerns spending which was made in vain and

would have been avoided had reasonable care

been exercised. An example of such expenditure

would include paying a deposit for a venue and

not using it and losing the deposit.

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in North West nationally

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Current Ratio 2018-2019

The value of a municipality's short-term assets

as a multiple of its short-term liabilities.

2015-2016 2016-2017 2017-2018 2018-20190

0.2

0.4

0.6

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How is performance measured?

Good 0%

Bad > 0%

Reference:

Circular 71

Formula:

= (Unauthorised, Irregular, Fruitless and Wasteful

Expenditure / Actual Operating Expenditure) * 100

= ( [Unauthorised, Irregular, Fruitless and Wasteful

Expenditure] item code

irregular,fruitless,unauthorised / [Income &

Expenditure] item code 4600, Audited

Actual ) * 100

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0.67

The current ratio compares the value of a

municipality's short-term assets (cash, bank

deposits, etc) compared with its short-term

liabilities (creditors, loans due and so on). The

higher the ratio, the better. The normal range of

the current ratio is 1.5 to 2 (the municipality has

assets more than 1.5 to 2 times its current debts).

Anything less than that and the municipality may

struggle to keep up with its payments.

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How is performance measured?

Good > 1.5

Average 1 - 1.5

Bad < 1

Reference:

Circular 71

Formula:

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in North West nationally

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Liquidity Ratio 2018-2019

The municipality's immediate ability to pay its

current liabilities.

2015-2016 2016-2017 2017-2018 2018-20190

0.1

0.1

0.2

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Current Debtors Collection Rate 2018-2019

The percentage of new revenue (generated

within the �nancial year) that a municipality

actually collects.

= Current Assets / Current Liabilities

= [Balance Sheet] item code 2150, Audited

Actual / [Balance Sheet] item code 1600, Audited

Actual

0.19

Liquidity ratios show the ability of a municipality to

pay its current liabilities (monies it owes

immediately such as rent and salaries) as they

become due, and their long-term liabilities (such

as loans) as they become current.

These ratios also show the level of cash the

municipality has and / or the ability it has to turn

other assets into cash to pay o� liabilities and

other current obligations.

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About this indicator

How is performance measured?

Good > 1

Bad < 1

Reference:

Municipal Budget and Reporting Regulations

Formula:

= (Cash + Call Investment Deposits) / Current

Liabilities

= [Balance Sheet] item code 1800,2200, Audited

Actual / [Balance Sheet] item code 1600, Audited

Actual

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in North West nationally

50.6%

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2015-2016 2016-2017 2017-2018 2018-20190%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

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Municipalities don't manage to collect all of the

money they earn through rates and service

charges. This measure looks at the percentage of

new revenue that a municipality collects. It is also

referred to as the Current Debtors Collection

Ratio.

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How is performance measured?

Good > 95%

Bad < 95%

Reference:

Municipal Budget and Reporting Regulations

Formula:

= (Collected Revenue / Billed Revenue) * 100

= ( [Cash Flow] item code

3010,3030,3040,3050,3060,3070,3100, Audited

Actual / [Income & Expenditure] item code

0200,0300,0400,0500,0600,0800,0900,1000,

Audited Actual ) * 100

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in North West nationally

Income

Where does the municipality get money from?

Total income for this municipality

R212 885 012

This shows how much of this municipality's income

is from its own activities that it bills for, and how

much is paid to it by national and provincial

government.

Municipalities are supposed to be able to support

themselves �nancially - to fund the services they

provide from the rates paid by the local residents.

A heavy reliance on outside funding is a cause for

concern.

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42.7%R90 876 810

57.3%R122 008 202

Locally generated

From residents paying for water &

electricity, rates, licenses & �nes, and

from interest and investments.

Transfers

From the Equitable Share of taxes,

and Grants from national and

provincial Government.

Financial year: 2018-2019 Audited actual

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Local income sources

Total locally-generated income

R7 325 475

R49 220 848

R56 647

R14 883 397

R7 208 000

R11 941 164

R0

R241 279

Legend:

Types of transfers

Total transfers to this municipality

Data not available yet.

Equitable share

Total equitable share allocated to this

municipality

Data not available yet.

R90 876 810

This shows how much income this municipality

receives from each local source.

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Property rates

Service Charges

Rental income

Interest and investments

Fines

Licenses and Permits

Agency services

Other

Amount received

Not available

Transfers is income that the municipality receives

from other parts of government.

This shows how much income this municipality

receives from each type of transfer.

Each type of transfer is intended for an express

purpose, and should not be used for anything else.

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Not available

This shows how much income this municipality

receives as their equitable share.

Equitable share comes from the taxes paid to

national government, and is intended to ensure

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Financial year:

Financial year:

Financial year:

2018-2019 Audited actual

Not available

Not available

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National conditional grants

Total income from conditional grants from

national departments for this municipality.

R268 000

R2 880 000

R150 000

R25 847 000

R1 800 000

R1 800 000

R1 461 000

R40 000 000

Legend:

Provincial transfers

Total transfers from provincial government to

this municipality.

Data not available yet.

Legend:

that no one in South Africa shall go without their

basic needs being met.

Provincial and national government also receive

equitable share to fund the services that are

provided by those spheres of government.

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R74 206 000

Conditional grants are money paid to

municipalities and provinces to achieve speci�c

outcomes.

This might be to ensure money is available for

building infrastructure, or ensuring sta� at the

municipality receive the training needed to

perform their job.

This shows how much money has been allocated

to the municipality for each grant that they are

receiving, how much has been paid to the

municipality so far, and how much they have

spent.

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Municipal Disaster Grant

Local Government Financial …

Integrated National Electri�…

Municipal Infrastructure Gra…

Municipal Systems Improve…

Municipal Systems Improve…

Expanded Public Works Prog…

Regional Bulk Infrastructure…

Allocations Amount transferred up to 2020 Q4 Amount spent up to 2020 Q4

Not available

Provincial transfers are income from the

government of the province where this

municipality is located.

This income could be for services that are

provided by the municipality under an agreement

with the province, when it is actually the

provincial government's responsibility. This can

happen when the municipality is better-placed to

provide that service.

It could also be for conditional grants paid by the

province for disaster relief or other purposes.

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Amount budgeted

Financial year:

Financial year:

2019-2020 Allocations

Not available

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Planned and actual income over time

How much income is planned for, and how

much is actually received?

2015-2016 2016-2017 2017-2018 2018-2019

R0

R50.0m

R100.0m

R150.0m

R200.0m

R250.0m

R300.0m

Legend:

Where did the di�erences in planned income occur? 2018-2019

Which sources provided more or less income

than planned?

Legend:

This shows how much income the municipality

receives from each provincial department.

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Municipalities must plan for the income they can

realistically receive.

Unrealistic plans result in disappointing service

delivery.

On the time series we can see whether the

municipality regularly over- or under-estimates

how much money it will receive.

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Original budget Adjusted budget Audited actual Forecast budget

By looking at where the di�erences in planned

and actual income occurred, we can start seeing

whether it was bad planning on unforeseeable

circumstances.

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Original Budget

Original to adjusted budget Original budget to audited outcome

Change within category

Fines

Government Transfers

Interest and investments

Licenses and Permits

Other

Property rates

Rental income

Service Charges

N/A N/A

−R27.8m -79.41%

N/A N/A

−R23.5m -16.13%

N/A N/A

−R3.2m -17.54%

N/A N/A

29.1%

N/A N/A

−R21.4m -98.89%

N/A N/A

−R674.5k -8.43%

N/A N/A

−R133.6k -70.23%

N/A N/A

−R11.8m -19.35%

%

Spending

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Sta� Wages and Salaries 2018-2019

Sta� salaries and wages as a percentage of

operating expenditure.

2015-2016 2016-2017 2017-2018 2018-20190%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

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Contractor Services 2018-2019

Costs of contractor services as a percentage of

operating expenditure.

2015-2016 2016-2017 2017-2018 2018-2019

0%

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What is money spent on?

Municipalities spend money on providing

services and maintaining facilities for their

residents.

Community & Social Services

25.8%

Employee-related costs are typically the largest

portion of operating expenditure, but they should

not grow so large that they threaten the

sustainability of the operating budget.

The normal range for this indicator is between 25%

- 40% of total operating expenditure.

Municipalities must guard against spending too

much on sta� while also making sure they have

the people they need to deliver services

e�ectively.

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How is performance measured?

Good 25% - 40%

Bad < 25% or > 40%

in North West nationally

0.0%

Private contractors are sometimes needed for

certain work, but they are usually more expensive

than municipal sta�. This should be kept to a

minimum and e�orts should be made to provide

services in-house, where possible.

This measure is normally between 2 percent and 5

percent of total operating expenditure.

About this indicator

How is performance measured?

Good 0% - 5%

Bad > 5%

in North West nationally

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y

Electricity

Governance, Administration,Planning and Development

Road Transport

Waste Management

Waste Water Management

Water

2019

2018

2017

2016

Planned and actual spending over time

How much did the municipality plan on

spending, and how much did they actually

spend?

2015-2016 2016-2017 2017-2018 2018-2019

R0

R50.0m

R100.0m

R150.0m

R200.0m

R250.0m

R300.0m

Legend:

Where did the changes to planned spending occur? 2018-2019

What did the municipality spend more on, and

where did they spend less than planned?

Legend:

Running a municipality and delivering services

costs money.

By looking at how much money a municipality

planned to spend, and how much they actually

spent, we can understand more of what happened

during the year and what challenges they might

have had.

A municipality might underspend - spend less than

planned - if they did not get as much income as

they planned, or if they did not manage their work

properly. There might also have been other

external disruptions.

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Original budget Adjusted budget Audited actual Forecast budget

By looking at which items the municipality spent

more on, and which they spent less on, we can get

a sense of which services might have had funding

challenges, or disruptions that slowed work in that

area.

Some kinds of spending is also more �exible than

others - if the municipality has less money than

planned and has payment that can not be adapted

to circumstances, the more �exible spending

areas will have to su�er.

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Original Budget

Original to adjusted budget Original budget to audited outcome

Change within category

Bulk purchases

Contracted services

Employee related costs

Finance charges

Other

Remuneration of councillors

Transfers and subsidies

N/A N/A

R1.4m 4.72%

N/A N/A

−R6.4m -100%

N/A N/A

R6.6m 13.01%

N/A N/A

R7.6m 761.68%

N/A N/A

−R17.6m -12.92%

N/A N/A

R1.7m 31.1%

N/A N/A

R0 0%

%

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Household Bills

Monthly Total for Income Levels Over Time

Monthly Bills for Middle Income Over Time

Average increase over the �nancial years

Monthly Bills for A�ordable Income Over Time

Average increase over the �nancial years

Your municipal bill is made up of property rates,

basic electricity levy, electricity consumption

charge, basic water levy, water consumption

charge, sanitation, refuse removal and ‘other’.

The property values, water consumption and

electricity consumption of a household in an

income category may di�er from municipality to

municipality.

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2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/220

500

1000

1500

2000

2500Affordable Range

Indigent HH receiving FBS

Middle Income Range

8.43%

A middle income household use as base a property

value of R700 000, consumption of 1 000 kWh

electricity and 30kl water.

The bill is made up of property rates, service

charges for electricity, water, sanitation and

refuse removal and various other charges which

are typically small.

Minimum service standards may di�er between

municipalities. These standards form part of the

municipality’s budget which is consulted with

citizens in the period 1 April to 31 May each year.

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N/A6.4 %

21.09 %5.2 %

5.4 %5.4 %

2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/220

500

1000

1500

2000

Property rates

Refuse removal

Sanitation

Water: Consumption

Water: Basic levy

Electricity: Consumption

Electricity: Basic levy

8.43%

5.4 %5.4 %

1400 Property rates

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Monthly Bills for Indigent Income Over Time

Average increase over the �nancial years

The statistical standard set for a�ordable income

households is a base property value of between

R500 000 and R700 000, consumption of 500 kWh

electricity and 25kl water.

A basic levy is a �xed monthly charge that does

not change with the amount of service consumed.

Not all municipalities use basic levies.

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N/A6.4 %

21.08 %5.2 %

2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/220

200

400

600

800

1000

1200

p y

Refuse removal

Sanitation

Water: Consumption

Water: Basic levy

Electricity: Consumption

Electricity: Basic levy

5.35%

Free basic service (FBS) is de�ned as the minimum

amount of basic levels of services, provided on a

day to day basis, su�cient to cover or cater for

the basic needs of the poor households.

Various sector departments have set minimum

standards outlining basic amount of services or

quantity to be supplied to the indigents with

regards to water, energy, sanitation and refuse

removal.

Only indigent households qualify for FBS and the

programme is solely intended to assist them.

Municipalities subject all applications to means

tests to determine whether households applying

meet the criteria set by their municipality to

qualify for indigent status.

There are di�erent categories of subsidies as set

out by the various indigent by-laws/policies of the

municipalities. In some municipalities, households

qualify for 100% subsidies while other qualify for

less that 100% depending on the criteria set.

The bill represented in the graph re�ects what it

costs the municipality to render the services to

indigent households, not what each indigent

household needs to pay as these costs are

covered by the Equitable Share grant allocation to

the municipality.

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About this indicator

N/A8.48 %

5.2 %5.4 %

5.4 %

2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/220

100

200

300

400

500Property rates

Refuse removal

Sanitation

Water: Consumption

Water: Basic levy

Electricity: Consumption

Electricity: Basic levy

Resources

Understanding MunicipalFinance

Financial reports

Read more about Local Government Finances and

learn about how your money is spent

Further reading

Resources from the South African and international

community

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Treasury, which has collected extensive

municipal �nancial data over several years

and would like to share this information with

the public.

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Treasury's Municipal Finance website is �lled

with resources on municipal �nance.

Circular 71 explains many of the �nancial norms

and indicators used to gauge the �nancial

performance of Municipalities.

MFMA Return Forms submitted by

Municipalities to National Treasury.

Understanding these forms can help you

understand the information on Municipal

Money.

A Million Bags of a Million Rand - a video by the

Auditor General's o�ce which simpli�es audit

outcomes.

Understanding the Standard Chart of Accounts

- a video by the National Treasury on mSCOA.

Understanding the Public Finance Management

Act & Municipal Finance Management Act - a

video by the National Treasury on irregular

expenditure and material irregularity.

learn about how your money is spent.

Annual Financial Statements of municipalities

since 2002-2003. These include the Notes to

the Annual Financial Statements where you

can �nd explanations of speci�c accounting

practises and calculations used by the

municipality in its �nancial reporting and some

decision making.

State of Local Government Finances reports

are published every year by National Treasury

and describe in detail how Municipalities are

performing.

In-year Management, Monitoring and

Evaluation of Municipal Finances . Annual and

quarterly PDF and Excel reports on Municipal

�nances since 2007.

community.

Local Government in South Africa – Part 5,

Finances, 19 March 2014 by Corruption Watch

Engaging with Government Budgets. An

Activist’s Guide to South African Government

Budgets at Local, Provincial and National Level

produced in 2012 by Ndifuna Ukwazi and the

Social Justice Coalition

Infographic: South Africa: Public Participation

Mechanisms in Fiscal Matters, 01 July 2015 by

Global Initiative for Fiscal Transparency (GIFT)

Infographic: High Level Principles on Fiscal

Transparency, 04 July 2015 by Global Initiative

for Fiscal Transparency (GIFT)

A Guide to Conducting Social Audits in South

Africa, November 2015 by International Budget

Partnership (IBP)

Infographic: Open Budget Survey 2015 by

International Budget Partnership (IBP)

Open Budget Survey 2015 by International

Budget Partnership (IBP)

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Local income sources R100 million

Municipal Money is

an initiative of the

National Treasury,

which hosts

extensive amounts of

municipal �nancial

data, submitted by

municipalities. In

order to share this

data with the public,

National Treasury has

enlisted the help of

an external partner,

Code for South Africa

– an NGO that

promotes informed

public decision-

making using

technology.

Municipal Money is a

free, impartial,

politically neutral,

online tool to �nd out

about how municipal

funds are spent. Our

aim is to help citizens

understand where

public money is spent

and whether this is

within acceptable

norms, not to

comment on how it is

spent. In doing so we

hope to empower our

citizens, strengthen

civic oversight and

promote

accountability. We

hope that Municipal

Money will be a

useful tool for

everyone, regardless

of their political

persuasion and their

views on public

spending.

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Transfers

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