How is your municipality doing?
Based on the Auditor-General's official 2022/23 audit outcomes for all 257 South African municipalities. Green means your money is being managed properly. Red means it isn't.
34
Clean audits
110
Unqualified with findings
90
Qualified
6
Adverse
14
Disclaimer
257
Total municipalities
City of Cape Town
Western Cape · metro
Consistently clean audit. Only financially viable metro in SA per Ratings Afrika MFSI.
View full profile →City of Johannesburg
Gauteng · metro
Qualified audit. Significant revenue collection challenges and infrastructure maintenance backlog.
View full profile →City of Tshwane
Gauteng · metro
Qualified audit. Ongoing financial management challenges.
View full profile →City of Ekurhuleni
Gauteng · metro
Unqualified with findings. Previously achieved clean audit under DA coalition.
View full profile →eThekwini (Durban)
KwaZulu-Natal · metro
Qualified audit. Significant infrastructure damage from 2022 floods. Revenue collection challenges.
View full profile →Nelson Mandela Bay
Eastern Cape · metro
Disclaimer of opinion. Severe water crisis. Political instability. Multiple acting municipal manager...
View full profile →Buffalo City (East London)
Eastern Cape · metro
Qualified audit. Persistent service delivery challenges.
View full profile →Mangaung (Bloemfontein)
Free State · metro
Disclaimer of opinion. Under national administration (Section 139). Severe financial crisis — unable...
View full profile →Stellenbosch
Western Cape · local
Consistently clean audit. Well-managed financially.
View full profile →Drakenstein (Paarl)
Western Cape · local
Clean audit. Strong financial management.
View full profile →Midvaal
Gauteng · local
Consistently clean audit. Rated best-run municipality by Ratings Afrika MFSI 2022.
View full profile →Saldanha Bay
Western Cape · local
Rated among best-run municipalities in SA by Ratings Afrika 2022.
View full profile →Emalahleni (Witbank)
Mpumalanga · local
Persistent financial management challenges. Revenue collection difficulties.
View full profile →Lephalale
Limpopo · local
Qualified audit. Financial management challenges.
View full profile →Enoch Mgijima (Komani)
Eastern Cape · local
Disclaimer of opinion. Severe water crisis. Unable to provide basic services consistently.
View full profile →Umzimvubu
Eastern Cape · local
Disclaimer of opinion. Deep rural municipality with severe capacity constraints.
View full profile →Msunduzi (Pietermaritzburg)
KwaZulu-Natal · local
Persistent qualified audit outcomes. Significant debt levels.
View full profile →Ray Nkonyeni (Margate)
KwaZulu-Natal · local
Regressed from clean audit in 2022/23. Notable deterioration flagged by AGSA.
View full profile →Nquthu
KwaZulu-Natal · local
Improved from disclaimer to qualified — positive progress noted by AGSA.
View full profile →uMkhanyakude District
KwaZulu-Natal · district
Improved from disclaimer — notable improvement recognised by AGSA.
View full profile →Thulamela
Limpopo · local
Officials charged with VBS corruption. Municipal manager invested R30M of public funds in VBS.
View full profile →Fetakgomo Tubatse
Limpopo · local
Disclaimer of opinion. Persistent non-submission of financial statements.
View full profile →Matatiele
Eastern Cape · local
Disclaimer of opinion. Severe rural service delivery challenges.
View full profile →Madibeng (Brits)
North West · local
Disclaimer of opinion. Persistent audit failures and service delivery crisis.
View full profile →Rustenburg
North West · local
Qualified audit. Revenue collection challenges in mining-dependent economy.
View full profile →Polokwane
Limpopo · local
Qualified audit. Capital city of Limpopo with persistent financial management issues.
View full profile →Data source: Data sourced from the Auditor-General South Africa MFMA Consolidated Report 2022/23. Only a sample of 26 municipalities are shown — full data for all 257 municipalities is available at mfma-2024.agsareports.co.za. Source: AGSA, August 2024.