Public money · municipality
City of Mbombela
Budgets, audited spending, grants, reported unauthorised and irregular expenditure and audit opinions, by financial year, as National Treasury publishes them for City of Mbombela 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 4 778 060 750 | R 5 411 228 000 | — |
| Total Expenditure | R 4 556 980 897 | R 4 916 980 897 | — | |
| Surplus/(Deficit) | R 221 079 853 | R 494 247 103 | — | |
| 2024/25 | Total Revenue (excluding capital transfers and contributions) | — | — | R 4 315 459 841 |
| Total Expenditure | — | — | R 5 063 229 822 | |
| Surplus/(Deficit) | — | — | −R 747 769 981 | |
| 2023/24 | Total Revenue (excluding capital transfers and contributions) | — | — | R 4 113 274 388 |
| Total Expenditure | — | — | R 4 853 180 727 | |
| Surplus/(Deficit) | — | — | −R 739 906 339 | |
| 2022/23 | Total Revenue (excluding capital transfers and contributions) | — | — | R 3 883 557 481 |
| Total Expenditure | — | — | R 4 551 434 964 | |
| Surplus/(Deficit) | — | — | −R 667 877 483 |
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 727 million | R 82 million | R 114 million |
| 2022/23 | R 780 million | R 205 million | R 136 million |
| 2021/22 | R 540 million | R 153 million | R 83 million |
| 2020/21 | R 486 million | R 51 million | R 0 |
| 2019/20 | R 475 million | R 125 million | R 45 million |
| 2018/19 | R 267 million | R 209 million | R 38 million |
| 2017/18 | R 320 million | R 187 million | R 29 million |
| 2016/17 | R 286 million | R 348 million | R 15 million |
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 | 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 | Unqualified - Emphasis of Matter items | Audit report (external site) |
| 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) |
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 566 million | — | R 362 million |
| New | R 187 million | — | R 196 million |
| Renewal | R 268 million | — | R 356 million |
| Repairs and maintenance | R 374 million | — | R 314 million |
| Upgrading | R 201 million | — | R 242 million |
Conditional grants
Largest grant budgets in the latest year published (Treasury publishes budgets, not audited receipts, here)
| Grant | Adjusted budget |
|---|---|
| Expanded Public Works Programme Integrated Grant (Municipality) | R 8,2 million |
| Housing and Local Government | R 80 000 |
| Integrated National Electrification Programme (Allocation in-kind) Grant | R 67 million |
| Education | R 473 000 |
| Public Works, Roads and Transport | R 35 million |
| Local Government Financial Management Grant | R 3,5 million |
| Municipal Infrastructure Grant | R 337 million |
| Neighbourhood Development Partnership (Schedule 5B) | R 34 million |
- capital
- 2017/18 – 2025/26
- conditional grant
- 2016/17 – 2018/19
- income expenditure
- 2017/18 – 2025/26
- uifw expenditure
- 2014/15 – 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.