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JB Marks

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

Income statement, headline items

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

Headline items by financial year
Financial yearItemOriginal budgetAdjusted budgetAudited actual
2025/26Total Revenue (excluding capital transfers and contributions)R 2 330 862 704R 2 579 033 836—
Total ExpenditureR 2 481 714 008R 2 630 714 135—
Surplus/(Deficit)−R 150 851 304−R 51 680 299—
2024/25Total Revenue (excluding capital transfers and contributions)——R 2 281 471 401
Total Expenditure——R 2 562 272 271
Surplus/(Deficit)——−R 280 800 870
2023/24Total Revenue (excluding capital transfers and contributions)——R 1 847 612 400
Total Expenditure——R 2 717 777 310
Surplus/(Deficit)——−R 870 164 910
2022/23Total Revenue (excluding capital transfers and contributions)——R 1 753 529 842
Total Expenditure——R 2 147 881 811
Surplus/(Deficit)——−R 394 351 969

Unauthorised, irregular, fruitless and wasteful expenditure

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

UIFW expenditure by year
YearUnauthorisedIrregularFruitless and wasteful
2023/24R 15 millionR 466 millionR 33 million
2022/23R 33 millionR 298 millionR 5,9 million
2021/22R 24 millionR 279 millionR 4,6 million
2020/21R 542 310R 365 millionR 616 620
2019/20R 3,6 millionR 345 millionR 746 049
2018/19R 8,8 millionR 681 millionR 3,0 million
2017/18R 169 millionR 1,3 billionR 3,7 million
2016/17R 162 millionR 41 millionR 20 million

Audit opinions

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

Audit opinions
YearOpinionReport
2023/24Qualified
2022/23Qualified
2021/22Qualified
2020/21Qualified
2019/20Qualified
2018/19Qualified
2017/18Qualified
2016/17Disclaimer of opinion

Capital expenditure by type

Latest audited year with figures; original and adjusted budgets beside the audited actual

Capital expenditure, 2024/25
TypeOriginal budgetAdjusted budgetAudited actual
DeprecationR 201 million—R 181 million
NewR 124 million—R 96 million
RenewalR 650 000—R 302 652
Repairs and maintenanceR 83 million—−R 156 million
UpgradingR 105 million—R 132 million

Conditional grants

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

Conditional grants, 2018/19
GrantAdjusted budget
Housing and Local GovernmentR 6,0 million
Municipal Infrastructure GrantR 57 million
Local Government Financial Management GrantR 4,1 million
Integrated National Electrification Programme (Municipal) GrantR 32 million
Regional Bulk Infrastructure GrantR 2,0 million
Expanded Public Works Programme Integrated Grant (Municipality)R 1,9 million
Integrated National Electrification Programme (Allocation in-kind) GrantR 13 million
Sport, Arts and CultureR 1,2 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

  • Tender 66/2026

    APPOINTMENT OF A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE PROVIDER FOR MANAGEMENT, OPERATION & MAINTENANCE OF POTCHEFSTROOM WATER TREATMENT WORKS AND ASSOCIATED BULK INFRASTRUCTURE FOR A PERIOD OF THREE(3) YEARS

  • TENDER 64/2026

    APPOINTMENT OF A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE PROVIDER FOR MANAGEMENT, OPERATION & MAINTENANCE OF VENTERSDORP WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS AND ASSOCIATED BULK INFRASTRUCTURE FOR A PERIOD OF THREE(3) YEARS

  • 61/2026

    APPOINTMENT OF A SERVICE PROVIDER FOR PRINTING OF ACCOUNTS FOR THE JB MARKS LOCAL MUNICPALITY FOR A PERIOD OF THREE (3) YEARS

  • TENDER 38/2026(RE-ADVERT)

    SUPPLY AND DELIVERY OF TWIN UNI-PLANT AND UNI HYDRAULIC PLANT

  • Tender 35 of 2026 READVERT

    PANEL OF CONTRACTORS ON “AS AND WHEN” REQUIRED BASIS FOR A PERIOD OF THREE (03) YEARS (GRADE 3 – 9)

  • Tender 120/2025

    PARTITIONING OF VENTERSDORP MAIN BUILDING LAPA (CIDB GRADING 2 GB OR HIGHER).

  • Bid 38/2025 (Re-advert)

    PROVISION OF OFFICE FURNITURE FOR VENTERSDORP REGION

  • BID 56/2026

    APPOINTMENT OF PANEL OF SERVICE PROVIDERS FOR THE HIRING OF PLANT AND EQUIPMENT ON AN AS-AND-WHEN REQUIRED BASIS FOR A PERIOD OF TWELVE (12) MONTHS

  • 60/2025 (Re-advert)

    APPOINTMENT OF A PANEL OF FIVE (5) SERVICE PROVIDERS FOR SUPPLY AND DELIVERY OF MGB 240 LITRE TWO WHEELED WHEELIE BINS TO JB MARKS LOCAL MUNICIPALITY, WASTE MANAGEMENT SECTION ON AN AS AND WHEN REQUIRED BASIS FOR THE PERIOD OF THREE YEARS

  • 38/2026

    SUPPLY AND DELIVERY OF TWIN UNI-PLANT AND UNI HYDRAULIC PLANT

  • 19/2026

    UPGRADE OF TSHING SPORTS FACILITY - PHASE 1

  • Tender Number 13 of 2026( Re-advert)

    COMPLETION OF THE DISASTER MANAGEMENT CENTRE AT JB MARKS LOCAL MUNICIPALITY

  • Tender 34 of 2026

    PANEL OF PROFESSIONAL SERVICE PROVIDERS (FOR INCLUSION IN A DATABASE FOR THREE (3) YEARS

  • Tender 35 of 2026

    PANEL OF CONTRACTORS ON “AS AND WHEN” REQUIRED BASIS FOR A PERIOD OF THREE (03) YEARS (GRADE 3 – 9)

  • Tender 104 of 2025

    RE-ADVERT: APPOINTMENT OF A PANEL OF SERVICE PROVIDERS FOR HYDRAULIC REPAIRS, MECHANICAL REPAIRS AND ELECTRICAL REPAIRS FOR ALL WASTE TRUCKS AND SKIP LOADERS AS AND WHEN REQUIRED FOR A PERIOD OF THREE YEARS

  • Tender 106/2026

    UPGRADING OF THE POTCHEFSTROOM CRICKET STADIUM SCOREBOARD WITHIN THE JB MARKS MUNICIPALITY

  • Tender 30 of 2026

    APPOINTMENT OF A SERVICE PROVIDER FOR PROVISION OF A FINANCE LEASE FOR VEHICLES AND PLANT FOR A PERIOD OF THREE (03) YEARS

  • Tender no 17/2025

    APPOINTMENT OF A PANEL OF THREE (3) CONTRACTORS TO PERFORM MAINTENANCE OF POWER TRANSFORMERS AT VARIOUS SUBSTATIONS FOR A PERIOD OF THREE (3) YEARS ON AN AS AND WHEN BASIS

  • Tender 16 of 2025

    APPOINTMENT OF A PANEL OF CONTRACTORS FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE INEP-PROGRAMME (ELECTRIFICATION PROJECTS) WITHIN THE JB MARKS LOCAL MUNICIPALITY JURISDICTION FOR A PERIOD OF 3 YEARS ON AN AS AND WHEN BASIS

  • Tender no 15/2025

    ESTABLISHMENT OF A PANEL OF 10 SUITABLE SERVICE PROVIDERS FOR THE REFURBISHMENT OF POWER DISTRIBUTION TRANSFORMERS ON AN AS AND WHEN CONTRACT BASIS FOR A PERIOD OF 3 YEARS

  • Tender No:64/2025

    SUPPLY, DELIVERY, INSTALLATION AND COMMISSIONING OF SUBSTATIONS BATTERIES TO JB MARKS LOCAL MUNICIPALITY

  • Tender 14 of 2025

    : APPOINTMENT OF A PANEL OF ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS TO DO EMERGENCY REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE OF THE ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION NETWORK WITHIN JB MARKS LOCAL MUNICIPALITY FOR A PERIOD OF 3 YEARS ON AN AS AND WHEN BASIS

  • Tender 104/2025

    TENDER FOR PANEL OF SERVICE PROVIDER FOR HYDRAULIC REPAIRS MECHANICAL REPAIRS AND ELECTRICAL REPAIRS AS AND WHEN REQUIRED FOR A PERIOD OF 3 YEARS.

  • Tender Number 2/2025 (Re-advert)

    IKAGENG EXCTENSION 6 WATER NETWORK(ERVEN 10569- 10857 - 10580 - 10858) C/O MOGOLODI SARAFINA RD - COMPLETION OLF THE OUTSTANDING WORKS

  • Tender Number 103/2025

    PROVISION OF INTERNET CONNECTIVITY, SITE-TO-SITE CONNECTION, EMAIL HOSTING AND SPAM FILTERING SERVICE FOR A PERIOD OF 3 YEARS

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.