Public money · municipality
Tsantsabane
Budgets, audited spending, grants, reported unauthorised and irregular expenditure and audit opinions, by financial year, as National Treasury publishes them for Tsantsabane 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 259 114 692 | R 282 620 874 | — |
| Total Expenditure | R 326 419 535 | R 365 865 235 | — | |
| Surplus/(Deficit) | −R 67 304 843 | −R 83 244 361 | — | |
| 2024/25 | Total Revenue (excluding capital transfers and contributions) | — | — | R 244 833 757 |
| Total Expenditure | — | — | R 407 108 069 | |
| Surplus/(Deficit) | — | — | −R 162 274 312 | |
| 2023/24 | Total Revenue (excluding capital transfers and contributions) | — | — | R 194 180 415 |
| Total Expenditure | — | — | R 358 929 044 | |
| Surplus/(Deficit) | — | — | −R 164 748 629 | |
| 2022/23 | Total Revenue (excluding capital transfers and contributions) | — | — | R 231 360 363 |
| Total Expenditure | — | — | R 311 178 337 | |
| Surplus/(Deficit) | — | — | −R 79 817 974 |
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 95 million | R 9,6 million | R 43 million |
| 2022/23 | R 44 million | R 16 million | R 21 million |
| 2021/22 | R 57 million | R 19 million | R 39 million |
| 2020/21 | R 45 million | R 0 | R 0 |
| 2019/20 | R 83 million | R 14 million | R 15 million |
| 2018/19 | R 31 million | R 0 | R 14 million |
| 2017/18 | R 48 million | R 19 million | R 13 million |
| 2016/17 | R 43 million | R 3,5 million | R 8,3 million |
Audit opinions
The Auditor-General's opinion on the annual financial statements, per year
| Year | Opinion | Report |
|---|---|---|
| 2023/24 | Disclaimer of opinion | not linked |
| 2022/23 | Qualified | Audit report (external site) |
| 2021/22 | Qualified | Audit report (external site) |
| 2020/21 | Qualified | Audit report (external site) |
| 2019/20 | Qualified | Audit report (external site) |
| 2018/19 | Outstanding | not linked |
| 2017/18 | Disclaimer of opinion | not linked |
| 2016/17 | Disclaimer of opinion | not linked |
| 2015/16 | Qualified | 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 | 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 2,4 million | — | R 37 million |
| New | R 32 million | — | R 3,7 million |
| Repairs and maintenance | R 7,6 million | — | R 2,4 million |
| Upgrading | R 1,5 million | — | R 37 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 351 000 |
| Local Government Financial Management Grant | R 2,4 million |
| Integrated National Electrification Programme (Allocation in-kind) Grant | R 159 000 |
| Sport, Arts and Culture | R 1,2 million |
| Municipal Infrastructure Grant | R 11 million |
| Health | R 1,1 million |
| Expanded Public Works Programme Integrated Grant (Municipality) | R 1,0 million |
| Integrated National Electrification Programme (Municipal) Grant | R 1,0 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.