Public money · municipality
Ekurhuleni
Budgets, audited spending, grants, reported unauthorised and irregular expenditure and audit opinions, by financial year, as National Treasury publishes them for Ekurhuleni Metropolitan 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 65 495 404 835 | R 66 325 379 864 | — |
| Total Expenditure | R 64 845 129 362 | R 65 494 963 017 | — | |
| Surplus/(Deficit) | R 650 275 473 | R 830 416 847 | — | |
| 2024/25 | Total Revenue (excluding capital transfers and contributions) | — | — | R 54 740 336 311 |
| Total Expenditure | — | — | R 57 332 717 655 | |
| Surplus/(Deficit) | — | — | −R 2 592 381 344 | |
| 2023/24 | Total Revenue (excluding capital transfers and contributions) | — | — | R 51 635 110 646 |
| Total Expenditure | — | — | R 53 448 163 828 | |
| Surplus/(Deficit) | — | — | −R 1 813 053 182 | |
| 2022/23 | Total Revenue (excluding capital transfers and contributions) | — | — | R 49 343 031 878 |
| Total Expenditure | — | — | R 50 994 538 954 | |
| Surplus/(Deficit) | — | — | −R 1 651 507 076 |
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 397 million | R 124 million | R 407 324 |
| 2022/23 | R 0 | R 70 million | R 75 million |
| 2021/22 | R 0 | R 288 million | R 5,7 million |
| 2020/21 | R 0 | R 226 million | R 641 430 |
| 2019/20 | R 0 | R 147 million | R 2,0 million |
| 2018/19 | R 0 | R 413 million | R 0 |
| 2017/18 | R 0 | R 275 million | R 4,7 million |
| 2016/17 | — | R 591 million | R 8,3 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 | Unqualified - No findings | Audit report (external site) |
| 2020/21 | Unqualified - No findings | Audit report (external site) |
| 2019/20 | Unqualified - No findings | Audit report (external site) |
| 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 - Emphasis of Matter items | 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 3,2 billion | — | R 2,8 billion |
| New | R 278 million | — | R 244 million |
| Renewal | R 2,4 billion | — | R 2,2 billion |
| Repairs and maintenance | R 3,0 billion | — | R 3,5 billion |
| Upgrading | R 265 million | — | R 305 million |
Conditional grants
Largest grant budgets in the latest year published (Treasury publishes budgets, not audited receipts, here)
| Grant | Adjusted budget |
|---|---|
| Integrated National Electrification Programme (Allocation in-kind) Grant | R 71 million |
| Public Transport Network Grant | R 605 million |
| Neighbourhood Development Partnership (Schedule 5B) | R 60 million |
| Integrated City Development Grant | R 46 million |
| Integrated National Electrification Programme (Municipal) Grant | R 45 million |
| Health | R 329 million |
| Expanded Public Works Programme Integrated Grant (Municipality) | R 25 million |
| Housing and Local Government | R 206 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.