Public money · municipality
Dr AB Xuma
Budgets, audited spending, grants, reported unauthorised and irregular expenditure and audit opinions, by financial year, as National Treasury publishes them for Dr AB Xuma 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 253 534 232 | R 254 836 123 | — |
| Total Expenditure | R 269 517 412 | R 281 550 473 | — | |
| Surplus/(Deficit) | −R 15 983 180 | −R 26 714 350 | — | |
| 2024/25 | Total Revenue (excluding capital transfers and contributions) | — | — | R 226 102 352 |
| Total Expenditure | — | — | R 277 770 601 | |
| Surplus/(Deficit) | — | — | −R 51 668 249 | |
| 2023/24 | Total Revenue (excluding capital transfers and contributions) | — | — | R 252 336 219 |
| Total Expenditure | — | — | R 220 275 493 | |
| Surplus/(Deficit) | — | — | R 32 060 726 | |
| 2022/23 | Total Revenue (excluding capital transfers and contributions) | — | — | R 216 954 472 |
| Total Expenditure | — | — | R 327 476 669 | |
| Surplus/(Deficit) | — | — | −R 110 522 197 |
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 70 million | R 1,4 million |
| 2022/23 | R 0 | R 61 million | R 8,5 million |
| 2021/22 | R 0 | R 105 million | R 0 |
| 2020/21 | R 0 | R 7,5 million | R 0 |
| 2019/20 | R 0 | R 3,7 million | R 338 835 |
| 2018/19 | R 0 | R 25 million | R 119 600 |
| 2017/18 | R 0 | R 23 million | R 91 666 |
| 2015/16 | — | — | R 4 232 |
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 | Unqualified - Emphasis of Matter items | Audit report (external site) |
| 2020/21 | Qualified | not linked |
| 2019/20 | Unqualified - Emphasis of Matter items | Audit report (external site) |
| 2018/19 | Unqualified - Emphasis of Matter items | not linked |
| 2017/18 | Qualified | 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 - 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 | Qualified | Audit report (external site) |
| 2010/11 | Disclaimer of 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 41 million | — | R 39 million |
| New | R 155 million | — | R 106 million |
| Renewal | R 150 000 | — | R 20 million |
| Repairs and maintenance | R 8,3 million | — | R 6,6 million |
| Upgrading | R 35 million | — | −R 8,3 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 849 000 |
| Sport, Arts and Culture | R 650 000 |
| Municipal Infrastructure Grant | R 34 million |
| Expanded Public Works Programme Integrated Grant (Municipality) | R 2,2 million |
| Local Government Financial Management Grant | R 1,7 million |
| Integrated National Electrification Programme (Allocation in-kind) Grant | R 13 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.