Public money · municipality
Letsemeng
Budgets, audited spending, grants, reported unauthorised and irregular expenditure and audit opinions, by financial year, as National Treasury publishes them for Letsemeng 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 249 805 269 | R 253 103 718 | — |
| Total Expenditure | R 240 412 439 | R 242 267 885 | — | |
| Surplus/(Deficit) | R 9 392 830 | R 10 835 833 | — | |
| 2024/25 | Total Revenue (excluding capital transfers and contributions) | — | — | R 255 419 184 |
| Total Expenditure | — | — | R 367 952 113 | |
| Surplus/(Deficit) | — | — | −R 112 532 929 | |
| 2023/24 | Total Revenue (excluding capital transfers and contributions) | — | — | R 247 513 684 |
| Total Expenditure | — | — | R 359 879 785 | |
| Surplus/(Deficit) | — | — | −R 112 366 101 | |
| 2022/23 | Total Revenue (excluding capital transfers and contributions) | — | — | R 212 722 655 |
| Total Expenditure | — | — | R 159 919 333 | |
| Surplus/(Deficit) | — | — | R 52 803 322 |
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 127 million | R 41 million | R 24 million |
| 2022/23 | R 224 million | R 82 million | R 14 million |
| 2021/22 | R 206 million | R 0 | R 9,8 million |
| 2020/21 | R 177 million | R 164 million | R 8,8 million |
| 2019/20 | R 92 million | R 30 million | R 5,7 million |
| 2018/19 | R 119 million | R 28 million | R 2,0 million |
| 2017/18 | R 65 million | R 102 million | R 1,4 million |
| 2016/17 | R 60 million | R 56 million | R 372 699 |
Audit opinions
The Auditor-General's opinion on the annual financial statements, per year
| Year | Opinion | Report |
|---|---|---|
| 2023/24 | Qualified | not linked |
| 2022/23 | Qualified | not linked |
| 2021/22 | Qualified | Audit report (external site) |
| 2020/21 | Qualified | Audit report (external site) |
| 2019/20 | Qualified | not linked |
| 2018/19 | Qualified | not linked |
| 2017/18 | Qualified | Audit report (external site) |
| 2016/17 | Disclaimer of opinion | 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 | Qualified | 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 35 million | — | R 15 million |
| New | R 43 million | — | R 212 million |
| Renewal | — | — | −R 9,1 million |
| Repairs and maintenance | R 1,6 million | — | R 2,4 million |
| Upgrading | — | — | R 62 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 30 million |
| Public Works, Roads and Transport | R 2,3 million |
| Integrated National Electrification Programme (Allocation in-kind) Grant | R 221 000 |
| Local Government Financial Management Grant | R 2,0 million |
| Expanded Public Works Programme Integrated Grant (Municipality) | R 1,0 million |
| Other Departments | 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.