Public money · municipality

Thaba Chweu

Budgets, audited spending, grants, reported unauthorised and irregular expenditure and audit opinions, by financial year, as National Treasury publishes them for Thaba Chweu Local Municipality Council.

Audit opinion 2023/24: Outstanding

Income statement, headline items

Original budget, adjusted budget and audited actual side by side; each is its own figure

Headline items by financial yearRands, as published by National Treasury
Financial year	Item	Original budget	Adjusted budget	Audited actual
2025/26	Total Revenue (excluding capital transfers and contributions)	R 1 382 263 565	R 1 382 263 565	—
	Total Expenditure	R 1 114 601 724	R 1 114 601 724	—
	Surplus/(Deficit)	R 267 661 841	R 267 661 841	—
2024/25	Total Revenue (excluding capital transfers and contributions)	—	—	R 949 878 519
	Total Expenditure	—	—	R 1 101 487 392
	Surplus/(Deficit)	—	—	−R 151 608 873
2023/24	Total Revenue (excluding capital transfers and contributions)	—	—	R 927 455 206
	Total Expenditure	—	—	R 1 165 926 692
	Surplus/(Deficit)	—	—	−R 238 471 486
2022/23	Total Revenue (excluding capital transfers and contributions)	—	—	R 624 033 763
	Total Expenditure	—	—	R 932 131 208
	Surplus/(Deficit)	—	—	−R 308 097 445

Before 2017/18 Treasury published the older (v1) returns, whose lines are defined differently (v1 “Total Operating Revenue” is not the v2 total revenue); a v1 line is labelled as such and never compared code-for-code. Treasury’s mSCOA items 2900 (total revenue excluding capital transfers), 4400 (total expenditure) and 4500 (surplus/deficit). A year with no audited actual is one whose audit National Treasury has not published; it is not zero.

Unauthorised, irregular, fruitless and wasteful expenditure

As the municipality reported it; not a finding of wrongdoing by itself

UIFW expenditure by yearRands, reported
Year	Unauthorised	Irregular	Fruitless and wasteful
2023/24	R 0	R 73 million	R 74 million
2022/23	R 169 million	R 80 million	R 82 million
2021/22	R 127 million	R 89 million	R 41 million
2020/21	R 131 million	R 205 million	R 0
2019/20	R 7,5 million	R 71 million	R 47 million
2018/19	R 55 million	R 41 million	R 39 million
2017/18	R 8,5 million	R 134 million	R 22 million
2016/17	R 59 million	R 60 million	R 11 million

Audit opinions

The Auditor-General's opinion on the annual financial statements, per year

Audit opinionsAs National Treasury records them
Year	Opinion	Report
2023/24	Outstanding	Audit report (external site)
2022/23	Qualified	Audit report (external site)
2021/22	Unqualified - Emphasis of Matter items	Audit report (external site)
2020/21	Unqualified - Emphasis of Matter items	Audit report (external site)
2019/20	Qualified	Audit report (external site)
2018/19	Qualified	not linked
2017/18	Qualified	Audit report (external site)
2016/17	Disclaimer of opinion	Audit report (external site)
2015/16	Disclaimer of opinion	Audit report (external site)
2014/15	Disclaimer of opinion	Audit report (external site)
2013/14	Disclaimer of opinion	Audit report (external site)
2012/13	Disclaimer of opinion	Audit report (external site)
2011/12	Disclaimer of opinion	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

Capital expenditure, 2024/25Rands
Type	Original budget	Adjusted budget	Audited actual
Deprecation	R 88 million	—	R 53 million
New	R 133 million	—	R 69 million
Renewal	R 9,4 million	—	R 98 million
Repairs and maintenance	R 121 million	—	R 83 million
Upgrading	R 4,0 million	—	R 1,9 million

Conditional grants

Largest grant budgets in the latest year published (Treasury publishes budgets, not audited receipts, here)

Conditional grants, 2018/19Adjusted budget, rands
Grant	Adjusted budget
Integrated National Electrification Programme (Municipal) Grant	R 4,9 million
Municipal Infrastructure Grant	R 44 million
Local Government Financial Management Grant	R 2,2 million
Expanded Public Works Programme Integrated Grant (Municipality)	R 1,9 million
Integrated National Electrification Programme (Allocation in-kind) Grant	R 1,9 million
Public Works, Roads and Transport	R 15 million

capital: 2017/18 – 2025/26; 97 figures
conditional grant: 2012/13 – 2018/19; 114 figures
income expenditure: 2017/18 – 2025/26; 580 figures
uifw expenditure: 2011/12 – 2023/24; 36 figures

Tender notices by the municipality

Where the municipality publishes on the eTender portal under its demarcation name

No organ of state on the portal is linked to this municipality by an identical name. Its notices, if any, are listed under the name the portal prints.

Municipal finance: National Treasury (Municipal Money) · 5 official files · retrieved 11 October 2026

Details

Source: National Treasury — Municipal Money: conditional grants by grant (original and adjusted budget) (external site)National Treasury (Municipal Money)
Retrieved: 11 October 2026, 11:57 SAST
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Data load: Loaded, checked against the source’s own totals, and approved by an editor on 19 October 2026.
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Attribution: Municipal finance data: National Treasury, Municipal Money (municipaldata.treasury.gov.za).

Source: National Treasury — Municipal Money: income and expenditure by item (original budget, adjusted budget, audited actual) (external site)National Treasury (Municipal Money)
Retrieved: 11 October 2026, 11:56 SAST
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Data load: Loaded, checked against the source’s own totals, and approved by an editor on 19 October 2026.
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Attribution: Municipal finance data: National Treasury, Municipal Money (municipaldata.treasury.gov.za).

Source: National Treasury — Municipal Money: unauthorised, irregular, fruitless and wasteful expenditure as reported (external site)National Treasury (Municipal Money)
Retrieved: 11 October 2026, 11:54 SAST
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Data load: Loaded, checked against the source’s own totals, and approved by an editor on 19 October 2026.
Terms: Municipal Money Terms of Use (municipalmoney.gov.za/terms, captured 2026-10-11 as data/raw/treasury/municipal-money/terms.html): the data may be used free of charge for commercial and non-commercial purposes with attribution to National Treasury; no warranty of accuracy; figures reproduced as published.
Attribution: Municipal finance data: National Treasury, Municipal Money (municipaldata.treasury.gov.za).

Source: National Treasury — Municipal Money: audit opinions of the Auditor-General per municipality and financial year (external site)National Treasury (Municipal Money)
Retrieved: 11 October 2026, 11:54 SAST
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Terms: Municipal Money Terms of Use (municipalmoney.gov.za/terms, captured 2026-10-11 as data/raw/treasury/municipal-money/terms.html): the data may be used free of charge for commercial and non-commercial purposes with attribution to National Treasury; no warranty of accuracy; figures reproduced as published.
Attribution: Municipal finance data: National Treasury, Municipal Money (municipaldata.treasury.gov.za).

Source: National Treasury — Municipal Money: capital expenditure by capital type (original budget, adjusted budget, audited actual) (external site)National Treasury (Municipal Money)
Retrieved: 11 October 2026, 11:56 SAST
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Data load: Loaded, checked against the source’s own totals, and approved by an editor on 19 October 2026.
Terms: Municipal Money Terms of Use (municipalmoney.gov.za/terms, captured 2026-10-11 as data/raw/treasury/municipal-money/terms.html): the data may be used free of charge for commercial and non-commercial purposes with attribution to National Treasury; no warranty of accuracy; figures reproduced as published.
Attribution: Municipal finance data: National Treasury, Municipal Money (municipaldata.treasury.gov.za).

National Treasury, Municipal Money (municipaldata.treasury.gov.za), Terms of Use allow reuse with attribution; audit opinions are the Auditor-General's as Treasury records them.

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.