Knysna (WC048)

Municipal Performance Review - 2021 Q4

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Key Financial Ratios

Description Norm Municipality Provincial Average National Average
Collection Ratio > 95% 68.3 28.3 53.0
Capital Expenditure to Total Expenditure 10-20% 18.9 11.3 12.5
Remuneration to Total Operating Expenditure 25-40% 28.1 34.7 31.1
Budget Implementation: Capital Expenditure 95-100% 128.5 69.5 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 within the norm.
The Budget Implementation for Capital Expenditure is above the acceptable norm. This is an indication of possible inefficiencies in the budgeting process, capital project management and budget control.

Financial Performance

The municipality achieved an operating deficit (excluding Capital Transfers) which increases the dependency on subsidies and grants in order to remain sustainable.

Description Planned Actual YTD Variance Variance %
Operating Revenue R955.2M R849.2M R-106.0M -11.1%
Operating Expenditure R951.8M R919.6M R-32.2M -3.4%
Net Surplus / Deficit R3.4M R-70.4M R-73.8M -2 159.3%
Capital Transfers R53.6M R50.7M R-2.9M -5.4%
Net Surplus / Deficit - After Capital Transfers R57.0M R-19.7M R-76.7M -134.5%

Capital Expenditure

The municipality implemented 128.5 % of the planned capital expenditure as at the end of the 4th Quarter. The Net Margin of -2.3% as well as the funding sources influenced the municipality’s ability to spend the planned capital.

The highest capital expenditure occurred in the 1st quarter and represents 46.9% of the total capital expenditure YTD.

Description Planned Actual YTD Variance Variance %
Capital Expenditure R166.7M R214.2M R47.5M 28.5%

Source of Funding

Borrowing made the highest contribution to capital expenditure for the YTD and accounted for 63.3%

Cash Flow

Description Planned YTD Actual Variance Variance %
Cash Flow from Operating Activities R76.8M R-1,307.9M R1,384.6M -1 803.8%
Cash Flow from Investing Activities R-1.1M R-25.0M R23.9M 2 251.4%
Cash Flow from Financing Activities R133.7M R-0.1M R133.8M -100.1%
Net Cash Flow R209.4M R-1,332.9M R1,542.3M -736.5%

Debtors Ageing

The municipality has a total outstanding debtors balance of R300.5M 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 R1.8M R0.3M R0.2M R2.4M R4.7M R0.0M R0.0M
Commercial R19.1M R4.5M R3.8M R64.1M R91.5M R0.0M R0.0M
Households R23.3M R8.5M R7.2M R165.3M R204.3M R0.0M R0.0M

Debtors Ageing by Income Source

Description Current 30 Days 60 Days Over 90 Days Total Bad Debt Impairment
Water R10.9M R2.5M R2.0M R34.0M R49.3M R0.0M R0.0M
Electricity R15.3M R3.9M R2.5M R24.6M R46.3M R0.0M R0.0M
Property Rates R13.5M R4.5M R3.3M R71.6M R92.9M R0.0M R0.0M
Waste Water Management R1.8M R1.0M R0.9M R51.7M R55.4M R0.0M R0.0M
Waste Management R1.8M R1.0M R0.8M R45.0M R48.6M R0.0M R0.0M
Property Rental Debtors R0.3M R0.1M R0.1M R6.8M R7.3M R0.0M R0.0M
Other R0.5M R0.2M R1.7M R-1.9M R0.6M R0.0M R0.0M

Creditors Ageing

The municipality has a total outstanding creditors balance of R43.4M with total outstanding more than 90 days of R0.0M(0.0%).

Description Current 30 Days 60 Days Over 90 Days Total
Bulk Electricity R17.5M R0.0M R0.0M R0.0M R17.5M
Trade Creditors R25.8M R0.0M R0.0M R0.0M R25.8M


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.