Public money · district municipality
Garden Route
Budgets, audited spending, grants, reported unauthorised and irregular expenditure and audit opinions, by financial year, as National Treasury publishes them for Garden Route 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 554 413 098 | R 554 856 393 | — |
| Total Expenditure | R 554 063 088 | R 554 506 383 | — | |
| Surplus/(Deficit) | R 350 010 | R 350 010 | — | |
| 2024/25 | Total Revenue (excluding capital transfers and contributions) | — | — | R 459 232 667 |
| Total Expenditure | — | — | R 490 697 156 | |
| Surplus/(Deficit) | — | — | −R 31 464 489 | |
| 2023/24 | Total Revenue (excluding capital transfers and contributions) | — | — | R 434 774 366 |
| Total Expenditure | — | — | R 468 139 118 | |
| Surplus/(Deficit) | — | — | −R 33 364 752 | |
| 2022/23 | Total Revenue (excluding capital transfers and contributions) | — | — | R 415 920 528 |
| Total Expenditure | — | — | R 433 723 835 | |
| Surplus/(Deficit) | — | — | −R 17 803 307 |
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 12 million | R 35 million | R 91 735 |
| 2022/23 | R 6,9 million | R 17 million | R 57 406 |
| 2021/22 | R 0 | R 20 million | R 399 800 |
| 2020/21 | R 1,4 million | R 25 million | R 0 |
| 2019/20 | R 34 million | R 54 million | R 887 |
| 2018/19 | R 19 million | R 160 million | R 48 468 |
| 2017/18 | R 28 million | R 57 million | R 18 886 |
| 2016/17 | R 800 288 | R 32 million | R 8 410 |
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 - 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 - 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 6,0 million | — | R 7,1 million |
| New | R 222 million | — | R 50 million |
| Renewal | R 3,0 million | — | R 8,7 million |
| Repairs and maintenance | R 13 million | — | R 11 million |
| Upgrading | — | — | R 1,9 million |
Conditional grants
Largest grant budgets in the latest year published (Treasury publishes budgets, not audited receipts, here)
| Grant | Adjusted budget |
|---|---|
| Public Works, Roads and Transport | R 900 000 |
| Rural Road Assets Management Systems Grant | R 2,4 million |
| Other Departments | R 2,1 million |
| 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.