Budget utilisation

Executive Mayor ‘Boffie’ Strydom described how Weskus Distrik’s Municipality budget was allocated when delivering the budget speech on the 22nd of May 2024.

In delivering the budget, ‘Boffie’ described a backdrop of it coming at a time of deteriorating National Local Municipal Government environment of which only 16 or 6% of municipalities are categorised as stable.

Twelve of these stable municipalities are in the Western Cape, including Weskus Distrik Municipality.

He went on to explain that the Western Cape District municipalities currently operate without their own revenue sources but despite this, he was privileged to present a well-balanced and funded budget for the 2024/ 2025 and 2026/2027 Medium-Term and Expenditure Framework with small deficits. Weskus Distrik’s budget consists of three areas:

• West Coast District Municipality with core functions Fire Fighting & Environmental Health (Legislative Mandate).
• Western Cape Provincial Roads Agency Function (Agency Function unique to the Western Cape); and
• Water Concession providing Bulk Water Service for Saldanha Bay- Swartland- and Bergrivier Municipality (only municipality in South Africa that performs a water concession).

As highlighted by Chief Financial Officer Dr Johan Tesselaar, the highest and key spend areas as a percentage of total expenditure are:

• Roads Agency R 192 672 251 (35.53%);
• Water Concession R 154 705 479 (28.53%);
• Fire Fighting R 47 668 392 (8.80%); and
• Environmental Health R 31 229 783 (5.76%).

Our Executive Mayor expressed his pride in tabling the budget for the Landfill Site as a core function amounting to R 14 130 618 (2.61%).

At a time when most South African municipalities are struggling, Weskus delivered a balanced and meaningful budget to fulfil its commitment to service delivery.

Visit the link for the full budget speech.
https://westcoastdm.co.za/download/wcdm-mtref-2024-2025-final-budget/