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Rural municipalities continue to depend on government for revenue
Rural municipalities continue to rely heavily on national government to finance their budgets, according to data from the latest release of Stats SA’s Financial census of municipalities report. For every R1 of revenue received by municipalities in the year 2014, 33c was in the form of grants and subsidies from national and provincial government. The read more »
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Municipalities experience a rise in employee-related costs
Employee-related costs of municipalities rose from R61,2 billion in 2012/13 to R68,4 billion in 2013/14, an rise of 11,6%. This is one of the findings from the latest Financial census of municipalities report published by Stats SA. Metropolitan municipalities contributed 57,3% (R39 billion) of total municipal employee related costs in 2013/14. Local municipalities contributed 34,6% read more »
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Drink and diesel: The Budget Speech and consumer inflation
If you drive a car or enjoy a regular glass of wine, February’s National Budget Speech would have had an impact on your cost of living. The rise in sin taxes and petrol levies announced during the speech influenced prices for alcoholic beverages and petrol, contributing to April’s overall inflation rate of 4,5%. The Minister read more »
Data supplied to National Treasury for local government equitable share and municipal infrastructure grant formulae in line with the 2011 municipal boundaries
Description: The Community profile databases with GIS Viewer provide the most effective way of accessing small area statistics from the Census 2001 data. Scores of software-selectable tables, customised for user-specified needs, can be drawn for each of the 21 219 sub-places (suburb or village level). Users can obtain a set of CDs at the cost read more »
Data supplied to National Treasury for conversion of Census 2001 data in line with the preliminary municipal boundaries as at December 2005 (Ver: DPLG_091205)
Metadata (Word format) – (49KB) Tables: Table 10 – Population by municipality (Excel format) – (33KB) Table 11 – Population by municipality and urban / rural (Excel format) – (63KB) Table 12 – Population by municipality and individual income and employment status (Excel format) – (441KB) Table 20 – Households by municipality (Excel format) – read more »
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Municipalities purchase less electricity but spend more on water
Municipal purchases and sales of water and electricity followed expected seasonal patterns in the quarter ended December 2014. Municipalities spent an additional 12,9% on water purchases, compared with the quarter ended September 2014. Municipal income generated from water sales increased by 20,0%. There were decreases in both purchases of electricity (-27,9%) and sales of electricity read more »
Media Release: Education Series I – Focus on schooling in Limpopo
Media Release 12 March 2015  Education Series I: Focus on schooling in Limpopo report gives details on the status of schooling in Limpopo About 97,9% of Limpopo residents between the ages of 7 and 18 years were attending some form of educational institution in 2013, up from 95,1% in 2002. This is according to read more »
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Fewer companies going bust
Despite growing concern over the current state of the economy, recent data show that fewer companies closed down in 2014 compared to 2013. The good news is that this is a trend that has been happening for some time. According to the latest Statistics of liquidations and insolvencies report, released by Stats SA on Monday read more »
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Municipalities spend more on electricity as tariffs rise
An increase in your electricity bill during the current spate of load shedding might put a damper on your holiday spirits, but recent financial data show that municipalities paid 10% more for electricity than they did a year ago. Stats SA’s latest release of the Quarterly financial statistics of municipalities report shows that municipalities spent read more »