Public money · municipality
Mtubatuba
Budgets, audited spending, grants, reported unauthorised and irregular expenditure and audit opinions, by financial year, as National Treasury publishes them for Mtubatuba 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 363 474 271 | R 389 086 571 | — |
| Total Expenditure | R 330 565 010 | R 348 793 536 | — | |
| Surplus/(Deficit) | R 32 909 261 | R 40 293 035 | — | |
| 2024/25 | Total Revenue (excluding capital transfers and contributions) | — | — | R 346 075 478 |
| Total Expenditure | — | — | R 369 268 580 | |
| Surplus/(Deficit) | — | — | −R 23 193 102 | |
| 2023/24 | Total Revenue (excluding capital transfers and contributions) | — | — | R 392 630 295 |
| Total Expenditure | — | — | R 354 169 306 | |
| Surplus/(Deficit) | — | — | R 38 460 989 | |
| 2022/23 | Total Revenue (excluding capital transfers and contributions) | — | — | R 303 756 573 |
| Total Expenditure | — | — | R 356 751 132 | |
| Surplus/(Deficit) | — | — | −R 52 994 559 |
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 38 million | R 275 million | R 2,7 million |
| 2022/23 | R 58 million | R 101 million | R 1,1 million |
| 2021/22 | R 46 million | R 24 million | R 981 988 |
| 2020/21 | R 34 million | R 179 million | R 3,0 million |
| 2019/20 | R 53 million | R 256 million | R 1,4 million |
| 2018/19 | R 32 million | R 16 million | R 715 099 |
| 2017/18 | R 29 million | R 6,9 million | R 82 682 |
| 2016/17 | R 38 million | R 9,6 million | R 2,9 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 | not linked |
| 2021/22 | Qualified | Audit report (external site) |
| 2020/21 | Qualified | Audit report (external site) |
| 2019/20 | Qualified | not linked |
| 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) |
| 2015/16 | Unqualified - Emphasis of Matter items | 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 | Qualified | Audit report (external site) |
| 2011/12 | Disclaimer of opinion | 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 31 million | — | R 34 million |
| New | R 44 million | — | R 56 million |
| Renewal | R 3,6 million | — | R 108 million |
| Repairs and maintenance | R 3,1 million | — | R 5,4 million |
| Upgrading | R 7,0 million | — | R 3,1 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 3,6 million |
| Integrated National Electrification Programme (Allocation in-kind) Grant | R 35 million |
| Sport, Arts and Culture | R 3,4 million |
| Municipal Infrastructure Grant | R 31 million |
| Expanded Public Works Programme Integrated Grant (Municipality) | R 2,1 million |
| Local Government Financial Management Grant | R 2,0 million |
| Integrated National Electrification Programme (Municipal) 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.