Public money · municipality
Greater Letaba
Budgets, audited spending, grants, reported unauthorised and irregular expenditure and audit opinions, by financial year, as National Treasury publishes them for Greater Letaba 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 526 524 708 | R 547 713 488 | — |
| Total Expenditure | R 497 384 748 | R 518 685 888 | — | |
| Surplus/(Deficit) | R 29 139 960 | R 29 027 600 | — | |
| 2024/25 | Total Revenue (excluding capital transfers and contributions) | — | — | R 517 267 784 |
| Total Expenditure | — | — | R 520 668 730 | |
| Surplus/(Deficit) | — | — | −R 3 400 946 | |
| 2023/24 | Total Revenue (excluding capital transfers and contributions) | — | — | R 477 369 522 |
| Total Expenditure | — | — | R 520 028 505 | |
| Surplus/(Deficit) | — | — | −R 42 658 983 | |
| 2022/23 | Total Revenue (excluding capital transfers and contributions) | — | — | R 448 187 952 |
| Total Expenditure | — | — | R 457 444 729 | |
| Surplus/(Deficit) | — | — | −R 9 256 777 |
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 83 million | R 3,9 million | R 111 339 |
| 2022/23 | R 33 million | R 18 million | R 595 201 |
| 2021/22 | R 82 million | R 22 million | R 907 828 |
| 2020/21 | R 20 million | R 34 million | R 1,2 million |
| 2019/20 | R 47 million | R 29 million | R 534 712 |
| 2018/19 | R 75 million | R 46 million | R 1,0 million |
| 2017/18 | R 51 million | R 96 million | R 97 526 |
| 2016/17 | R 22 million | R 25 million | R 147 655 |
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 | not linked |
| 2021/22 | Unqualified - Emphasis of Matter items | Audit report (external site) |
| 2020/21 | Unqualified - Emphasis of Matter items | not linked |
| 2019/20 | Unqualified - Emphasis of Matter items | 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 | Qualified | Audit report (external site) |
| 2015/16 | Qualified | not linked |
| 2014/15 | Qualified | Audit report (external site) |
| 2013/14 | Qualified | Audit report (external site) |
| 2012/13 | Disclaimer of opinion | not linked |
| 2011/12 | Qualified | Audit report (external site) |
| 2010/11 | Adverse 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 27 million | — | R 56 million |
| New | R 110 million | — | R 106 million |
| Renewal | R 11 million | — | R 11 million |
| Repairs and maintenance | R 29 million | — | R 24 million |
| Upgrading | R 1,5 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 76 million |
| Integrated National Electrification Programme (Municipal) Grant | R 6,0 million |
| Integrated National Electrification Programme (Allocation in-kind) Grant | R 24 million |
| Local Government Financial Management Grant | R 2,1 million |
| Expanded Public Works Programme Integrated Grant (Municipality) | R 1,5 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.