Public money · district municipality
West Coast
Budgets, audited spending, grants, reported unauthorised and irregular expenditure and audit opinions, by financial year, as National Treasury publishes them for West Coast District 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 606 729 160 | R 602 885 885 | — |
| Total Expenditure | R 609 032 140 | R 665 236 090 | — | |
| Surplus/(Deficit) | −R 2 302 980 | −R 62 350 205 | — | |
| 2024/25 | Total Revenue (excluding capital transfers and contributions) | — | — | R 562 164 699 |
| Total Expenditure | — | — | R 556 548 601 | |
| Surplus/(Deficit) | — | — | R 5 616 098 | |
| 2023/24 | Total Revenue (excluding capital transfers and contributions) | — | — | R 555 014 996 |
| Total Expenditure | — | — | R 546 463 401 | |
| Surplus/(Deficit) | — | — | R 8 551 595 | |
| 2022/23 | Total Revenue (excluding capital transfers and contributions) | — | — | R 577 830 966 |
| Total Expenditure | — | — | R 541 361 344 | |
| Surplus/(Deficit) | — | — | R 36 469 622 |
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 423 085 | R 116 292 |
| 2022/23 | R 0 | R 6,1 million | R 15 622 |
| 2021/22 | R 0 | R 13 million | R 27 781 |
| 2020/21 | R 0 | R 8,7 million | R 315 879 |
| 2019/20 | R 0 | R 11 million | R 692 724 |
| 2018/19 | R 0 | R 4,5 million | R 21 513 |
| 2017/18 | R 0 | R 1,1 million | R 380 275 |
| 2016/17 | — | R 233 883 | R 21 366 |
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 - No findings | Audit report (external site) |
| 2019/20 | Unqualified - No findings | not linked |
| 2018/19 | Unqualified - No findings | Audit report (external site) |
| 2017/18 | Unqualified - No findings | Audit report (external site) |
| 2016/17 | Unqualified - No findings | 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 - No findings | Audit report (external site) |
| 2010/11 | Unqualified - No findings | 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 11 million | — | R 13 million |
| New | R 10 million | — | R 59 million |
| Repairs and maintenance | R 10 million | — | R 14 million |
| Upgrading | R 100 000 | — | R 255 456 |
Conditional grants
Largest grant budgets in the latest year published (Treasury publishes budgets, not audited receipts, here)
| Grant | Adjusted budget |
|---|---|
| Other Departments | R 640 000 |
| Rural Road Assets Management Systems Grant | R 2,6 million |
| Public Works, Roads and Transport | R 16 000 |
| Housing and Local Government | R 1,5 million |
| Expanded Public Works Programme Integrated Grant (Municipality) | R 1,0 million |
| Local Government Financial Management Grant | R 1,0 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.