City of Tshwane

Population: 2 921 488
Size: 6 310.2 km²
Density: 463.0 / km²

Contacts

Last updated August 2024
Mayor/Executive Mayor
Mr Cilliers Brink
Secretary of Mayor/Executive Mayor
Ms Sally Motebele
Municipal Manager
Mr Johann Mettler
Secretary of Municipal Manager
Ms Ninette Botha
Deputy Mayor/Executive Mayor
Mrs Nasiphi Moya
Secretary of Deputy Mayor/Executive Mayor
Ms Nomakhosi Chiane
Chief Financial Officer
Mr Gareth Mnisi
Secretary of Financial Manager
Ms Sarah Masevhe
012 358 7911
http://Www.Tshwane.Gov.Za
Tshwane House Cnr Lilian Ngoiyi & Madiba Street Pretoria 0002
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Financial Performance

Audit Outcomes

2021-2022

Adverse opinion

2020-2021

Unqualified - Emphasis of Matter items

2019-2020

Unqualified - Emphasis of Matter items

2018-2019

Outstanding

Cash Balance

2021-2022
Not available

Cash balance at the end of the financial year.

How is performance measured?
Good
Positive balance
Bad
Negative balance
About this indicator

A municipality's cash balance refers to the money it has in the bank that it can access easily. If a municipality's bank account is in overdraft it has a negative cash balance. Negative cash balances are a sign of serious financial management problems. A municipality should have enough cash on hand from month to month so that it can pay salaries, suppliers and so on.

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State of Local Government Finances

Formula:

= Cash available at year end

Years 2019-2020 and after:

[Cash Flow V2] item code 0430, Audited Actual

This does not use restated audited actuals.

Years 2018-2019 and before:

[Cash Flow] item code 4200, Audited Actual

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category A metro municipalities

Metropolitan municipalities (metro)

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2018-20192019-20202020-20212021-2022R−140mR−120mR−100mR−80mR−60mR−40mR−20mR 0R−147mR−59mNot availableNot available
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Cash Coverage

2021-2022

Months of operating expenses can be paid for with the cash available.

How is performance measured?
Good
> 3 months
Average
1-3 months
Bad
< 1 month
About this indicator

Cash coverage measures the length of time, in months, that a municipality could manage to pay for its day-to-day expenses using just its cash reserves. So, if a municipality had to rely on its cash reserves to pay all short-term bills, how long could it last? Ideally, a municipality should have at least three months' of cash cover.

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category A metro municipalities

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Spending of Operating Budget

2021-2022

Difference between budgeted operating expenditure and what was actually spent.

How is performance measured?
Good
0% - 5%
Average
5% - 15%
Bad
> 15%
About this indicator

This indicator is about how much more a municipalty spent on its operating expenses, than was planned and budgeted for. It is important that a municipality controls its day-to-day expenses in order to avoid cash shortages. If a municipality sigificantly overspends its operating budget this is a sign of poor operating controls or something more sinister.

Overspending by up to 5 percent is usually condoned; overspending in excess of 15 percent is a sign of high risk.

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category A metro municipalities

Metropolitan municipalities (metro)

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2018-20192019-20202020-20212021-2022-80%-60%-40%-20%0%-84.4%-7.5%Not availableNot available
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Spending of Capital Budget

2021-2022

Difference between budgeted capital expenditure and what was actually spent.

How is performance measured?
Good
0% - 5%
Average
5% - 15%
Bad
> 15%
About this indicator

Capital spending includes spending on infrastructure projects like new water pipes or building a library. Underspending on a capital budget can lead to an under-delivery of basic services. This indicator looks at the percentage by which actual spending falls short of the budget for capital expenses. Persistent underspending may be due to underresourced municipalities which cannot manage large projects on time.

Municipalities should aim to spend at least 95 percent of their capital budgets. Failure to spend even 85 percent is a clear warning sign.

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category A metro municipalities

Metropolitan municipalities (metro)

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2018-20192019-20202020-20212021-2022-15%-10%-5%0%-18.1%Not availableNot availableNot available
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Spending on Capital Projects

2023-2024
About this indicator

The capital budget of a municipality consists of the capital projects that the municipality plans to do for the next three years arranged under the various functions of the municipal budget. Capital projects can be road upgrades, water distribution, community parks etc, linked to the relevant municipal function.

Spending on Repairs and Maintenance

2021-2022

Spending on Repairs and Maintenance as a percentage of Property, Plant and Equipment.

How is performance measured?
Good
> 8%
Bad
< 8%
About this indicator

Infrastructure must be maintained so that service delivery is not affected. This indicator looks at how much money was budgeted for repairs and maintenance, as a percentage of total fixed assets (property, plant and equipment). For every R10 spent on building/replacing infrastructure, R0.80 should be spent every year on repairs and maintenance.

This translates into a Repairs and Maintenance budget that should be 8 percent of the value of property, plant and equipment.

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Reference:

Circular 71

Formula:

= (Repairs and maintenance expenditure / (Property, Plant and Equipment + Investment Property)) * 100

Years 2019-2020 and after:

= ( [Capital V2] capital type code REPAIR_MNT Total, Audited Actual / ( [Financial Position V2] item code 0240, 0220, Audited Actual ) ) * 100

This does not use restated audited actuals.

Years 2018-2019 and before:

= ( [Capital] item code 4100, Audited Actual / ( [Balance Sheet] item code 1300, Audited Actual + [Balance Sheet] item code 1401, Audited Actual ) ) * 100

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category A metro municipalities

Metropolitan municipalities (metro)

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2018-20192019-20202020-20212021-2022-300000%-250000%-200000%-150000%-100000%-50000%0%110.5%-311103.3%Not availableNot available
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Fruitless and Wasteful Expenditure

2021-2022

Unauthorised, Irregular, Fruitless and Wasteful Expenditure as a percentage of operating expenditure.

How is performance measured?
Good
0%
Bad
> 0%
About this indicator

Unauthorised expenditure means any spending that was not budgeted for or that is unrelated to the municpal department's function. An example is using municipal funds to pay for unbudgeted projects. Irregular expenditure is spending that goes against the relevant legislation, municipal policies or by-laws. An example is awarding a contract that did not go through tender procedures. Fruitless and wasteful expenditure concerns spending which was made in vain and would have been avoided had reasonable care been exercised. An example of such expenditure would include paying a deposit for a venue and not using it and losing the deposit.

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category A metro municipalities

Metropolitan municipalities (metro)

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2018-20192019-20202020-20212021-20220%20%40%60%80%66.9%94.3%Not availableNot available
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Current Ratio

2021-2022
Not available

The value of a municipality's short-term assets as a multiple of its short-term liabilities.

How is performance measured?
Good
> 1.5
Average
1 - 1.5
Bad
< 1
About this indicator

The current ratio compares the value of a municipality's short-term assets (cash, bank deposits, etc) compared with its short-term liabilities (creditors, loans due and so on). The higher the ratio, the better. The normal range of the current ratio is 1.5 to 2 (the municipality has assets more than 1.5 to 2 times its current debts). Anything less than that and the municipality may struggle to keep up with its payments.

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category A metro municipalities

Metropolitan municipalities (metro)

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Liquidity Ratio

2021-2022
Not available

The municipality's immediate ability to pay its current liabilities.

How is performance measured?
Good
> 1
Bad
< 1
About this indicator

Liquidity ratios show the ability of a municipality to pay its current liabilities (monies it owes immediately such as rent and salaries) as they become due, and their long-term liabilities (such as loans) as they become current.

These ratios also show the level of cash the municipality has and / or the ability it has to turn other assets into cash to pay off liabilities and other current obligations.

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category A metro municipalities

Metropolitan municipalities (metro)

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Current Debtors Collection Rate

2021-2022
Not available

The percentage of new revenue (generated within the financial year) that a municipality actually collects.

How is performance measured?
Good
> 95%
Bad
< 95%
About this indicator

Municipalities don't manage to collect all of the money they earn through rates and service charges. This measure looks at the percentage of new revenue that a municipality collects. It is also referred to as the Current Debtors Collection Ratio.

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category A metro municipalities

Metropolitan municipalities (metro)

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2018-20192019-20202020-20212021-2022-0.8%-0.6%-0.4%-0.2%0%-0.8%Not availableNot availableNot available
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Income

Where does the municipality get money from?

Financial year:
Not available

Total income for this municipality

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This shows how much of this municipality's income is from its own activities that it bills for, and how much is paid to it by national and provincial government.

Municipalities are supposed to be able to support themselves financially - to fund the services they provide from the rates paid by the local residents.

A heavy reliance on outside funding is a cause for concern.

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Locally generated

From residents paying for water & electricity, rates, licenses & fines, and from interest and investments.

Transfers

From the Equitable Share of taxes, and Grants from national and provincial Government.

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Local income sources

Financial year:
Not available

Total locally-generated income

Data not available yet
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Amount received

Types of transfers

Financial year:
R6 607 906 000

Total transfers to this municipality

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Transfers is income that the municipality receives from other parts of government.

This shows how much income this municipality receives from each type of transfer.

Each type of transfer is intended for an express purpose, and should not be used for anything else.

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R3 551 250 000
Equitable share
Equitable share: R3 551 250 000
R2 628 046 000
National conditional grants
National conditional grants: R2 628 046 000
R428 610 000
Provincial transfers
Provincial transfers: R428 610 000
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Equitable share

Financial year:
R3 551 250 000

Total equitable share allocated to this municipality

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This shows how much income this municipality receives as their equitable share.

Equitable share comes from the taxes paid to national government, and is intended to ensure that no one in South Africa shall go without their basic needs being met.

Provincial and national government also receive equitable share to fund the services that are provided by those spheres of government.

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R3 551 250 000
Equitable share
Equitable share: R3 551 250 000
R2 628 046 000
National conditional grants
National conditional grants: R2 628 046 000
R428 610 000
Provincial transfers
Provincial transfers: R428 610 000
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National conditional grants

Financial year:
R1 583 435 000

Total income from conditional grants from national departments for this municipality.

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Conditional grants are money paid to municipalities and provinces to achieve specific outcomes.

This might be to ensure money is available for building infrastructure, or ensuring staff at the municipality receive the training needed to perform their job.

This shows how much money has been allocated to the municipality for each grant that they are receiving, how much has been paid to the municipality so far, and how much they have spent.

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Energy Efficiency and Demand Side Management (Municipal) Grant
R9 000 000
Local Government Financial Management Grant
R2 200 000
Integrated National Electrification Programme (Allocation in-kind) Grant
R7 626 000
Integrated National Electrification Programme (Municipal) Grant
Not available
Municipal Infrastructure Grant
Not available
Municipal Systems Improvement Grant
R593 685 000
Neighbourhood Development Partnership (Schedule 5B)
R150 215 000
Programme and project preparation support grant
R51 532 000
Public Transport Network Grant
R753 681 000
Expanded Public Works Programme Integrated Grant (Municipality)
R15 496 000
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Allocations
Amount transferred up to 2024 Q4
Amount spent up to 2024 Q4

Provincial transfers

Financial year:
R428 610 000

Total transfers from provincial government to this municipality.

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Provincial transfers are income from the government of the province where this municipality is located.

This income could be for services that are provided by the municipality under an agreement with the province, when it is actually the provincial government's responsibility. This can happen when the municipality is better-placed to provide that service.

It could also be for conditional grants paid by the province for disaster relief or other purposes.

This shows how much income the municipality receives from each provincial department.

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Agriculture
R58 000
Health
R86 870 000
Housing and Local Government
R319 932 000
Sport, Arts and Culture
R21 750 000
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Amount budgeted

Planned and actual income over time

How much income is planned for, and how much is actually received?

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Municipalities must plan for the income they can realistically receive.

Unrealistic plans result in disappointing service delivery.

On the time series we can see whether the municipality regularly over- or under-estimates how much money it will receive.

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2018-2019
2019-2020
2020-2021
2021-2022
2022-2023
2023-2024
2024-2025
R0
R5.0bn
R10.0bn
R15.0bn
R20.0bn
R25.0bn
R30.0bn
R35.0bn
R40.0bn
R45.0bn
R34.7bn
R35.3bn
R43.0bn
R26.6bn
R26.5bn
R19.6bn
R23.2bn
R22.3bn
R24.2bn
R24.3bn
R26.0bn
R24.5bn
R29.9bn
R31.9bn
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Original budget
Adjusted budget
Audited actual
Forecast budget

Where did the differences in planned income occur?

2021-2022

Which sources provided more or less income than planned?

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By looking at where the differences in planned and actual income occurred, we can start seeing whether it was bad planning on unforeseeable circumstances.

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Original Budget
Interest and investments
−R130.2m
-16.87%
N/A
N/A
Other
−R3.5m
-0.66%
N/A
N/A
Service Charges
R247.2m
1.08%
N/A
N/A
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Original to adjusted budget
Original budget to audited outcome
%
Change within category

Spending

Staff Wages and Salaries

2021-2022
Not available

Staff salaries and wages as a percentage of operating expenditure.

How is performance measured?
Good
25% - 40%
Bad
< 25% or > 40%
About this indicator

Employee-related costs are typically the largest portion of operating expenditure, but they should not grow so large that they threaten the sustainability of the operating budget.

The normal range for this indicator is between 25% - 40% of total operating expenditure. Municipalities must guard against spending too much on staff while also making sure they have the people they need to deliver services effectively.

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Local Government Equitable Share

Formula:

= Total expenditure on salaries and wages

Years 2019-2020 and after:

[Income & Expenditure V2] item code 2000, Audited Actual

This does not use restated audited actuals.

Years 2018-2019 and before:

[Income & Expenditure] item code 3000, 3100, Audited Actual

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category A metro municipalities

Metropolitan municipalities (metro)

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Contractor Services

2021-2022
Not available

Costs of contractor services as a percentage of operating expenditure.

How is performance measured?
Good
0% - 5%
Bad
> 5%
About this indicator

Private contractors are sometimes needed for certain work, but they are usually more expensive than municipal staff. This should be kept to a minimum and efforts should be made to provide services in-house, where possible.

This measure is normally between 2 percent and 5 percent of total operating expenditure.

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Local Government Equitable Share

Formula:

= Expenditure for services rendered by a contractor

Years 2019-2020 and after:

[Income & Expenditure V2] item code 2700, Audited Actual

This does not use restated audited actuals.

Years 2018-2019 and before:

[Income & Expenditure] item code 4200, Audited Actual

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category A metro municipalities

Metropolitan municipalities (metro)

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What is money spent on?

Municipalities spend money on providing services and maintaining facilities for their residents.

Categorisation of government functions
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Planned and actual spending over time

How much did the municipality plan on spending, and how much did they actually spend?

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Running a municipality and delivering services costs money.

By looking at how much money a municipality planned to spend, and how much they actually spent, we can understand more of what happened during the year and what challenges they might have had.

A municipality might underspend - spend less than planned - if they did not get as much income as they planned, or if they did not manage their work properly. There might also have been other external disruptions.

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2018-2019
2019-2020
2020-2021
2021-2022
2022-2023
2023-2024
2024-2025
R0
R5.0bn
R10.0bn
R15.0bn
R20.0bn
R25.0bn
R30.0bn
R35.0bn
R32.4bn
R32.9bn
R5.1bn
R5.5bn
R5.8bn
R5.4bn
R5.4bn
R5.9bn
R5.8bn
R6.1bn
R4.8bn
R7.4bn
R5.1bn
R5.4bn
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Original budget
Adjusted budget
Audited actual
Forecast budget

Where did the changes to planned spending occur?

2021-2022

What did the municipality spend more on, and where did they spend less than planned?

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By looking at which items the municipality spent more on, and which they spent less on, we can get a sense of which services might have had funding challenges, or disruptions that slowed work in that area.

Some kinds of spending is also more flexible than others - if the municipality has less money than planned and has payment that can not be adapted to circumstances, the more flexible spending areas will have to suffer.

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Original Budget
Employee related costs
−R6.6m
-2.61%
N/A
N/A
Finance charges
R0
0%
N/A
N/A
Other
R297.5m
7.63%
N/A
N/A
Remuneration of councillors
−R500.0k
-0.95%
N/A
N/A
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Original to adjusted budget
Original budget to audited outcome
%
Change within category

Household Bills

How households are classified

In order to compare the municipal bills of different household types, three example households have been defined. These households differ in the ways that generally affect household bills: municipal home valuation, monthly household water usage, electricity usage, and whether the household qualifies for indigent status.

Each municipality calculates how their tariff system would apply to these example households each year to come up with these example household bills for comparison over time, between households, and between municipalities each year.

All municipalities must provide Free Basic Services, specifically 50kWh of electricity and 6kl water, at no cost to households registered as indigent with the municipality. The Equitable Share transfer to municipalities guarantees that municipalities have funds to provide these services.

Example A (Indigent range)

This household represents a family who qualify for indigent status after registering based on low income. They have part of their monthly bill covered as Free Basic Services. Individual municipalities may choose to further subsidise their bill.

Household attributes and monthly usage:

Indigent status:

Yes

Property value:

R350k

Electricity usage:

350kWh

Water usage:

20kl

Example B (Affordable range)

This household represents a small household who live in a home valued between R500,000 and R700,000 and do not qualify for indigent status.

They consume 25kl of water and 500kWh of electricity per month.

Household attributes and monthly usage:

Indigent status:

No

Property value:

 R500 - R700k

Electricity usage:

500 kWh

Water usage:

 25kl

Example C (Middle-income range)

This household represents a large household who do not qualify for indigent status and live in a home valued R700,000.

They consume 30kl of water and 1000kWh of electricity each month.

Household attributes and monthly usage:

Indigent status:

No

Property value:

R700k

Electricity usage:

1000kWh

Water usage: 

30kl

Please note: These example households were last updated on 17 April 2009. They are in the process of being updated to match more recent property values. However, they are still useful for comparing on the basis of the household attributes even though the name “middle income” might not apply to this house valuation any more.

Household bills data not available for this municipality.

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