Public money · municipality
Raymond Mhlaba
Budgets, audited spending, grants, reported unauthorised and irregular expenditure and audit opinions, by financial year, as National Treasury publishes them for Raymond Mhlaba Local 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 511 666 647 | R 580 215 655 | — |
| Total Expenditure | R 503 019 511 | R 553 203 278 | — | |
| Surplus/(Deficit) | R 8 647 136 | R 27 012 377 | — | |
| 2024/25 | Total Revenue (excluding capital transfers and contributions) | — | — | R 686 366 386 |
| Total Expenditure | — | — | R 557 968 951 | |
| Surplus/(Deficit) | — | — | R 128 397 435 | |
| 2023/24 | Total Revenue (excluding capital transfers and contributions) | — | — | R 523 225 201 |
| Total Expenditure | — | — | R 781 534 664 | |
| Surplus/(Deficit) | — | — | −R 258 309 463 | |
| 2022/23 | Total Revenue (excluding capital transfers and contributions) | — | — | R 517 602 370 |
| Total Expenditure | — | — | R 431 111 484 | |
| Surplus/(Deficit) | — | — | R 86 490 886 |
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 25 million | R 11 million |
| 2022/23 | R 0 | R 81 million | R 23 million |
| 2021/22 | R 3,2 million | R 134 million | R 17 million |
| 2020/21 | R 0 | R 17 million | R 25 million |
| 2019/20 | R 0 | R 22 million | R 19 million |
| 2018/19 | R 0 | R 714 737 | R 16 million |
| 2017/18 | R 3,9 million | R 78 million | R 13 million |
| 2016/17 | R 27 million | R 30 million | R 12 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 | Qualified | 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 | Unqualified - Emphasis of Matter items | Audit report (external site) |
| 2016/17 | 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 30 million | — | R 40 million |
| New | R 45 million | — | R 59 million |
| Repairs and maintenance | R 37 million | — | R 10 million |
| Upgrading | R 2,6 million | — | −R 780 402 |
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 9,2 million |
| Office of the Premier | R 57 million |
| Local Government Financial Management Grant | R 3,9 million |
| Municipal Infrastructure Grant | R 38 million |
| Other Departments | R 270 000 |
| Expanded Public Works Programme Integrated Grant (Municipality) | R 1,8 million |
| Sport, Arts and Culture | R 1,6 million |
| Integrated National Electrification Programme (Municipal) Grant | R 1,4 million |
- capital
- 2017/18 – 2025/26
- conditional grant
- 2016/17 – 2018/19
- income expenditure
- 2017/18 – 2025/26
- uifw expenditure
- 2014/15 – 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.