Capital budget: spent vs planned
Each metro’s capital budget against what it actually spent, year by year.
See the numbers →National Treasury quarterly municipal finance reports
17 series with data, all from public sources
Trackers
The series we follow, which metros they cover so far, and where the numbers come from.
Maintenance vs the 8% guideline
Repairs and maintenance as a share of the value of each metro’s infrastructure, against Treasury’s 8% guideline.
See the numbers →Treasury MFMA Circular 71 ratios, annual financial statements
Water and electricity losses
The share of water treated and electricity bought that is never billed.
See the numbers →Metro audited annual financial statements
Dam levels
Storage in the dams that supply each metro, against last year.
Metros' and water boards' own dam reports; Dept of Water and Sanitation weekly reservoir report as a dated reference
Water bought from Rand Water
How much water Johannesburg, Ekurhuleni and Tshwane buy from Rand Water each week, against the levels set under Rand Water's water-use licences.
Rand Water weekly meter readings
Beach water quality
Which beaches are open, which are closed and why.
Metro beach testing results
Water outages and notices
Every official shutdown, restriction and rationing notice, by ward.
See the numbers →Metro press statements and notices
Fuel price
This month’s fuel adjustment and what it adds to a household’s month.
Dept of Mineral and Petroleum Resources
Ward by-elections
Every metro by-election, next to how that ward voted last time.
Electoral Commission (IEC)
Unemployment
Official and expanded unemployment in each metro.
Stats SA Quarterly Labour Force Survey
Crime by police station
Murder, robbery, burglary and more, station by station.
SAPS quarterly crime statistics
Money owed to and by each metro
What residents and businesses owe the metro, and what the metro owes Eskom and water boards.
National Treasury, monthly aged debtors and creditors reported by the metros
Audit outcomes
Clean, unqualified with findings, qualified or worse, year by year.
See the numbers →Auditor-General; National Treasury Municipal Money
Unauthorised, irregular and wasteful spending
Spending the rules did not allow, in rand and as a share of operating spending.
See the numbers →National Treasury Municipal Money
What metros spend on
Consultants, catering, legal fees, overtime, travel, security, advertising, late-payment interest and councillor pay.
See the numbers →Metro audited annual financial statements
Population
How fast each metro is growing, and where people are moving.
Stats SA mid-year population estimates
Election results by voting district
Every ward’s result and turnout in the 2024 national and provincial ballots and the 2021 local elections, added up from voting districts.
See the numbers →Electoral Commission (IEC)