Public money · district municipality
O.R.Tambo
Budgets, audited spending, grants, reported unauthorised and irregular expenditure and audit opinions, by financial year, as National Treasury publishes them for O.R.Tambo 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 1 893 036 410 | R 1 905 836 410 | — |
| Total Expenditure | R 1 820 693 732 | R 1 843 443 732 | — | |
| Surplus/(Deficit) | R 72 342 678 | R 62 392 678 | — | |
| 2024/25 | Total Revenue (excluding capital transfers and contributions) | — | — | R 1 750 646 384 |
| Total Expenditure | — | — | R 1 982 874 982 | |
| Surplus/(Deficit) | — | — | −R 232 228 598 | |
| 2023/24 | Total Revenue (excluding capital transfers and contributions) | — | — | R 1 553 302 131 |
| Total Expenditure | — | — | R 1 995 323 343 | |
| Surplus/(Deficit) | — | — | −R 442 021 212 | |
| 2022/23 | Total Revenue (excluding capital transfers and contributions) | — | — | R 1 437 027 202 |
| Total Expenditure | — | — | R 1 611 216 942 | |
| Surplus/(Deficit) | — | — | −R 174 189 740 |
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 265 million | R 182 million | R 3,7 million |
| 2022/23 | R 71 million | R 172 million | R 15 million |
| 2021/22 | R 32 million | R 124 million | R 21 million |
| 2020/21 | R 1,2 million | R 250 million | R 8,3 million |
| 2019/20 | R 5,1 million | R 696 million | R 9,0 million |
| 2018/19 | R 15 million | R 981 million | R 965 486 |
| 2017/18 | R 0 | R 1,4 billion | R 3,1 million |
| 2016/17 | R 1,0 million | R 3,1 billion | R 5,9 million |
Audit opinions
The Auditor-General's opinion on the annual financial statements, per year
| Year | Opinion | Report |
|---|---|---|
| 2023/24 | Unqualified - Emphasis of Matter items | Audit report (external site) |
| 2022/23 | Unqualified - Emphasis of Matter items | Audit report (external site) |
| 2021/22 | Qualified | Audit report (external site) |
| 2020/21 | Qualified | Audit report (external site) |
| 2019/20 | Qualified | Audit report (external site) |
| 2018/19 | Qualified | Audit report (external site) |
| 2017/18 | Qualified | Audit report (external site) |
| 2016/17 | Qualified | Audit report (external site) |
| 2015/16 | Qualified | Audit report (external site) |
| 2014/15 | Qualified | Audit report (external site) |
| 2013/14 | Disclaimer of opinion | Audit report (external site) |
| 2012/13 | Disclaimer of opinion | Audit report (external site) |
| 2011/12 | Disclaimer of opinion | not linked |
| 2010/11 | Adverse opinion | 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 173 million | — | R 314 million |
| New | R 1,4 billion | — | R 114 million |
| Renewal | R 2,5 million | — | R 171 000 |
| Repairs and maintenance | R 42 million | — | R 128 million |
Conditional grants
Largest grant budgets in the latest year published (Treasury publishes budgets, not audited receipts, here)
| Grant | Adjusted budget |
|---|---|
| Municipal Infrastructure Grant | R 620 million |
| Expanded Public Works Programme Integrated Grant (Municipality) | R 4,9 million |
| Rural Road Assets Management Systems Grant | R 2,9 million |
| Public Works, Roads and Transport | R 2,5 million |
| Local Government Financial Management Grant | R 2,1 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.