Public money · municipality
Molemole
Budgets, audited spending, grants, reported unauthorised and irregular expenditure and audit opinions, by financial year, as National Treasury publishes them for Molemole 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 297 619 555 | R 299 691 987 | — |
| Total Expenditure | R 285 311 044 | R 293 502 989 | — | |
| Surplus/(Deficit) | R 12 308 511 | R 6 188 998 | — | |
| 2024/25 | Total Revenue (excluding capital transfers and contributions) | — | — | R 276 214 748 |
| Total Expenditure | — | — | R 308 994 229 | |
| Surplus/(Deficit) | — | — | −R 32 779 481 | |
| 2023/24 | Total Revenue (excluding capital transfers and contributions) | — | — | R 285 440 010 |
| Total Expenditure | — | — | R 274 033 614 | |
| Surplus/(Deficit) | — | — | R 11 406 396 | |
| 2022/23 | Total Revenue (excluding capital transfers and contributions) | — | — | R 234 767 452 |
| Total Expenditure | — | — | R 241 655 543 | |
| Surplus/(Deficit) | — | — | −R 6 888 091 |
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 18 million | R 0 | R 0 |
| 2022/23 | R 11 million | R 4,0 million | R 1 806 |
| 2021/22 | R 6,4 million | R 2,5 million | R 937 |
| 2020/21 | R 0 | R 2,3 million | R 28 477 |
| 2019/20 | R 0 | R 2,0 million | R 127 550 |
| 2018/19 | R 8,8 million | R 0 | R 40 916 |
| 2017/18 | R 1,4 million | R 54 162 | R 48 597 |
| 2016/17 | R 10 million | R 512 734 | R 6 245 |
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 | not linked |
| 2020/21 | Unqualified - Emphasis of Matter items | not linked |
| 2019/20 | Unqualified - Emphasis of Matter items | not linked |
| 2018/19 | Unqualified - Emphasis of Matter items | not linked |
| 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 | not linked |
| 2014/15 | Unqualified - Emphasis of Matter items | Audit report (external site) |
| 2013/14 | Qualified | Audit report (external site) |
| 2012/13 | Qualified | Audit report (external site) |
| 2011/12 | Outstanding | Audit report (external site) |
| 2010/11 | Disclaimer of opinion | not linked |
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 21 million | — | R 22 million |
| New | R 60 million | — | R 51 million |
| Repairs and maintenance | R 15 million | — | R 14 million |
| Upgrading | R 200 000 | — | 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 46 million |
| Local Government Financial Management Grant | R 2,4 million |
| Integrated National Electrification Programme (Allocation in-kind) Grant | R 14 million |
| Expanded Public Works Programme Integrated Grant (Municipality) | R 1,1 million |
| Municipal Systems Improvement Grant | R 1,1 million |
- capital
- 2017/18 – 2025/26
- conditional grant
- 2012/13 – 2018/19
- income expenditure
- 2017/18 – 2025/26
- uifw expenditure
- 2012/13 – 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.