Public money · municipality
City of Cape Town
Budgets, audited spending, grants, reported unauthorised and irregular expenditure and audit opinions, by financial year, as National Treasury publishes them for City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality Council.
Income statement, headline items
Original budget, adjusted budget and audited actual side by side; each is its own figure
| Financial year | Item | Original budget | Adjusted budget | Audited actual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Total Revenue (excluding capital transfers and contributions) | R 71 161 511 559 | R 71 830 364 714 | — |
| Total Expenditure | R 71 183 940 671 | R 71 335 904 641 | — | |
| Surplus/(Deficit) | −R 22 429 112 | R 494 460 073 | — | |
| 2024/25 | Total Revenue (excluding capital transfers and contributions) | — | — | R 67 471 823 761 |
| Total Expenditure | — | — | R 63 938 772 101 | |
| Surplus/(Deficit) | — | — | R 3 533 051 660 | |
| 2023/24 | Total Revenue (excluding capital transfers and contributions) | — | — | R 61 841 487 486 |
| Total Expenditure | — | — | R 58 313 923 784 | |
| Surplus/(Deficit) | — | — | R 3 527 563 702 | |
| 2022/23 | Total Revenue (excluding capital transfers and contributions) | — | — | R 54 414 470 221 |
| Total Expenditure | — | — | R 52 445 477 103 | |
| Surplus/(Deficit) | — | — | R 1 968 993 118 |
Unauthorised, irregular, fruitless and wasteful expenditure
As the municipality reported it; not a finding of wrongdoing by itself
| Year | Unauthorised | Irregular | Fruitless and wasteful |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023/24 | R 0 | R 634 million | R 0 |
| 2022/23 | R 0 | R 12 million | R 593 000 |
| 2021/22 | R 0 | R 33 million | R 4,3 million |
| 2020/21 | R 0 | R 762 million | R 12 million |
| 2019/20 | R 6,6 million | R 669 million | R 28 000 |
| 2018/19 | R 0 | R 950 million | R 20 million |
| 2017/18 | R 0 | R 236 million | R 309 000 |
| 2016/17 | — | R 47 million | R 24 000 |
Audit opinions
The Auditor-General's opinion on the annual financial statements, per year
| Year | Opinion | Report |
|---|---|---|
| 2023/24 | Unqualified - No findings | Audit report (external site) |
| 2022/23 | Unqualified - No findings | Audit report (external site) |
| 2021/22 | Unqualified - No findings | Audit report (external site) |
| 2020/21 | Unqualified - Emphasis of Matter items | Audit report (external site) |
| 2019/20 | Unqualified - Emphasis of Matter items | not linked |
| 2018/19 | Unqualified - Emphasis of Matter items | Audit report (external site) |
| 2017/18 | Unqualified - Emphasis of Matter items | Audit report (external site) |
| 2016/17 | Unqualified - Emphasis of Matter items | Audit report (external site) |
| 2015/16 | Unqualified - No findings | Audit report (external site) |
| 2014/15 | Unqualified - No findings | Audit report (external site) |
| 2013/14 | Unqualified - No findings | Audit report (external site) |
| 2012/13 | Unqualified - No findings | Audit report (external site) |
| 2011/12 | Unqualified - Emphasis of Matter items | Audit report (external site) |
| 2010/11 | Unqualified - Emphasis of Matter items | Audit report (external site) |
Capital expenditure by type
Latest audited year with figures; original and adjusted budgets beside the audited actual
| Type | Original budget | Adjusted budget | Audited actual |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deprecation | R 3,8 billion | — | R 3,8 billion |
| New | R 5,0 billion | — | R 3,6 billion |
| Renewal | R 3,4 billion | — | R 2,7 billion |
| Repairs and maintenance | R 5,7 billion | — | R 805 million |
| Upgrading | R 3,6 billion | — | R 3,0 billion |
Conditional grants
Largest grant budgets in the latest year published (Treasury publishes budgets, not audited receipts, here)
| Grant | Adjusted budget |
|---|---|
| Integrated National Electrification Programme (Allocation in-kind) Grant | R 95 million |
| Neighbourhood Development Partnership (Schedule 5B) | R 7,3 million |
| Integrated City Development Grant | R 64 million |
| Sport, Arts and Culture | R 64 million |
| Municipal Disaster Recovery Grant | R 553 million |
| Health | R 550 million |
| Public Works, Roads and Transport | R 508 million |
| Other Departments | R 4,9 million |
- capital
- 2017/18 – 2025/26
- conditional grant
- 2012/13 – 2018/19
- income expenditure
- 2017/18 – 2025/26
- uifw expenditure
- 2011/12 – 2023/24
Tender notices by the municipality
Where the municipality publishes on the eTender portal under its demarcation name
Why no ward figures
National Treasury reports municipal finance for the municipality as a whole. Mandate SA shows it at that level and never divides it across wards; a ward’s page links here instead.