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Municipal Performance Review - 2021 Q4

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Key Financial Ratios

Description Norm Municipality Provincial Average National Average
Collection Ratio > 95% 0.0 23.8 53.0
Capital Expenditure to Total Expenditure 10-20% 8.4 13.7 12.5
Remuneration to Total Operating Expenditure 25-40% 31.0 30.1 31.1
Budget Implementation: Capital Expenditure 95-100% 60.5 95.8 80.3

Municipality achieved a collection ratio below the norm. This has a negative impact on liquidity and all efforts should be directed to improve collections as this has a direct negative impact on liquidity and sustainability. The Capital Expenditure to Total Expenditure ratio is below the norm. This indicates possible issues with prioritisation of capital expenditure that could negatively impact future service delivery.
The Budget Implementation for Capital Expenditure is below the acceptable norm. This is an indication of possible inefficiencies in the budgeting process, capital project implementation and management and cash management.

Financial Performance

The municipality achieved an operating surplus (excluding Capital Transfers) which indicates that the municipality is less dependent on subsidies and grants in order to remain sustainable.

Description Planned Actual YTD Variance Variance %
Operating Revenue R40,865.2M R38,951.1M R-1,914.1M -4.7%
Operating Expenditure R40,121.7M R35,891.0M R-4,230.7M -10.5%
Net Surplus / Deficit R743.5M R3,060.1M R2,316.6M 311.6%
Capital Transfers R3,129.2M R1,634.2M R-1,495.0M -47.8%
Net Surplus / Deficit - After Capital Transfers R3,872.7M R4,694.3M R821.6M 21.2%

Capital Expenditure

The municipality implemented 60.5 % of the planned capital expenditure as at the end of the 4th Quarter. The Net Margin of 12.1% as well as the funding sources influenced the municipality’s ability to spend the planned capital.

The highest capital expenditure occurred in the 4th quarter and represents 42.6% of the total capital expenditure YTD.

Description Planned Actual YTD Variance Variance %
Capital Expenditure R5,416.2M R3,278.3M R-2,137.8M -39.5%

Source of Funding

National Government made the highest contribution to capital expenditure for the YTD and accounted for 49.2%

Cash Flow

Description Planned YTD Actual Variance Variance %
Cash Flow from Operating Activities R0.0M R0.0M R0.0M NA
Cash Flow from Investing Activities R222.9M R-314.9M R537.8M -241.3%
Cash Flow from Financing Activities R4.3M R-5.4M R9.8M -224.4%
Net Cash Flow R227.3M R-320.3M R547.5M -240.9%

Debtors Ageing

The municipality has a total outstanding debtors balance of R15,866.0M with total bad debt written off of R0.0M and impairment of debt amounts to R0.0M.

Debtors Ageing by Customer Group

Description Current 30 Days 60 Days Over 90 Days Total Bad Debt Impairment
Organs of State R144.4M R50.9M R30.6M R592.8M R818.7M R0.0M R0.0M
Commercial R851.0M R262.8M R160.5M R2,645.1M R3,919.4M R0.0M R0.0M
Households R967.1M R465.0M R497.5M R9,130.4M R11,060.0M R0.0M R0.0M
Other R30.2M R3.5M R2.9M R31.4M R67.9M R0.0M R0.0M

Debtors Ageing by Income Source

Description Current 30 Days 60 Days Over 90 Days Total Bad Debt Impairment
Water R496.6M R253.3M R260.6M R4,300.9M R5,311.4M R0.0M R0.0M
Electricity R776.3M R234.9M R228.5M R1,542.0M R2,781.7M R0.0M R0.0M
Property Rates R477.6M R176.7M R124.0M R3,506.4M R4,284.8M R0.0M R0.0M
Waste Water Management R92.2M R44.3M R37.2M R657.6M R831.2M R0.0M R0.0M
Waste Management R51.3M R21.8M R14.7M R365.7M R453.5M R0.0M R0.0M
Property Rental Debtors R13.5M R8.6M R7.9M R203.6M R233.6M R0.0M R0.0M
Interest on Arrear Debtor Accounts R24.3M R6.9M R3.0M R725.3M R759.5M R0.0M R0.0M
Other R60.8M R35.6M R15.6M R1,098.2M R1,210.2M R0.0M R0.0M

Creditors Ageing

The municipality has a total outstanding creditors balance of R3,406.3M with total outstanding more than 90 days of R0.0M(0.0%).

Description Current 30 Days 60 Days Over 90 Days Total
Bulk Electricity R1,186.1M R0.0M R0.0M R0.0M R1,186.1M
Bulk Water R365.4M R0.0M R0.0M R0.0M R365.4M
PAYE deductions R138.9M R0.0M R0.0M R0.0M R138.9M
VAT (output less input) R2.3M R0.0M R0.0M R0.0M R2.3M
Pensions / Retirement R144.2M R0.0M R0.0M R0.0M R144.2M
Loan repayments R19.1M R0.0M R0.0M R0.0M R807.7M
Trade Creditors R575.9M R2.6M R4.0M R0.0M R684.6M
Other R77.0M R0.0M R0.0M R0.0M R77.0M


Disclaimer: The analyis was caried out on the Quarter 4 Reports obtained from National Treasury and they are publically available. We do not provide any assurance on the accuracy of the data, reporting or analysis.