Public money · district municipality
Amathole
Budgets, audited spending, grants, reported unauthorised and irregular expenditure and audit opinions, by financial year, as National Treasury publishes them for Amathole 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 2 007 873 576 | R 2 009 606 924 | — |
| Total Expenditure | R 2 149 423 595 | R 2 180 842 537 | — | |
| Surplus/(Deficit) | −R 141 550 019 | −R 171 235 613 | — | |
| 2023/24 | Total Revenue (excluding capital transfers and contributions) | — | — | R 1 827 195 279 |
| Total Expenditure | — | — | R 1 721 939 853 | |
| Surplus/(Deficit) | — | — | R 105 255 426 | |
| 2022/23 | Total Revenue (excluding capital transfers and contributions) | — | — | R 1 602 661 267 |
| Total Expenditure | — | — | R 1 473 100 412 | |
| Surplus/(Deficit) | — | — | R 129 560 855 |
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 189 million | R 639 million | R 28 million |
| 2022/23 | R 37 million | R 223 million | R 22 million |
| 2021/22 | R 0 | R 47 million | R 61 million |
| 2020/21 | R 0 | R 39 million | R 7,0 million |
| 2019/20 | R 203 million | R 104 million | R 1,9 million |
| 2018/19 | R 155 million | R 125 million | R 727 747 |
| 2017/18 | R 51 million | R 100 million | R 1,8 million |
| 2016/17 | R 60 million | R 16 million | R 2,2 million |
Audit opinions
The Auditor-General's opinion on the annual financial statements, per year
| Year | Opinion | Report |
|---|---|---|
| 2023/24 | Qualified | Audit report (external site) |
| 2022/23 | Disclaimer of opinion | Audit report (external site) |
| 2021/22 | Disclaimer of opinion | Audit report (external site) |
| 2020/21 | Adverse opinion | not linked |
| 2019/20 | Adverse opinion | Audit report (external site) |
| 2018/19 | Disclaimer of opinion | Audit report (external site) |
| 2017/18 | Qualified | Audit report (external site) |
| 2016/17 | Qualified | Audit report (external site) |
| 2015/16 | Unqualified - Emphasis of Matter items | not linked |
| 2014/15 | Unqualified - Emphasis of Matter items | Audit report (external site) |
| 2013/14 | Unqualified - Emphasis of Matter items | Audit report (external site) |
| 2012/13 | Unqualified - Emphasis of Matter items | 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 105 million | R 105 million | R 44 million |
| New | R 489 million | R 338 million | R 437 million |
| Renewal | R 29 million | R 31 million | R 33 million |
| Repairs and maintenance | R 42 million | R 149 million | R 47 million |
| Upgrading | R 94 million | R 82 million | −R 40 million |
Conditional grants
Largest grant budgets in the latest year published (Treasury publishes budgets, not audited receipts, here)
| Grant | Adjusted budget |
|---|---|
| Health | R 950 000 |
| Neighbourhood Development Partnership (Schedule 5B) | R 8,0 million |
| Public Works, Roads and Transport | R 6,6 million |
| Municipal Infrastructure Grant | R 399 million |
| Rural Road Assets Management Systems Grant | R 2,9 million |
| Expanded Public Works Programme Integrated Grant (Municipality) | R 2,4 million |
| Regional Bulk Infrastructure Grant | R 112 million |
| Local Government Financial Management Grant | R 1,0 million |
- capital
- 2018/19 – 2025/26
- conditional grant
- 2012/13 – 2018/19
- income expenditure
- 2018/19 – 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.