DA-run Mossel Bay and Midvaal rated Top Municipalities in SA for Financial Sustainability
10 April 2024
Earlier today, at the Ratings Afrika awards ceremony, the DA-run Mossel Bay Municipality was acknowledged for its outstanding performance over a number of years and by being acknowledged as the top municipality in the South Africa, jointly with Midvaal, for its Financial Sustainability.
Both Mossel Bay and Midvaal scored an impressive 74 out of a possible 100 with three other Western Cape municipalities making up the top 5. These being Saldanha Bay (73/100), Swellendam (72/100) and Swartland (71/100).
The City of Cape Town was acknowledged as the top Metro in the country with a score of 70. The average score for Western Cape municipalities is 53 with the next best Province on 41.
Ratings Afrika defines financial sustainability as the financial ability to deliver services. The ability to develop and maintain infrastructure required by the residents whilst balancing the ever-increasing pressure for increases in rates and tariffs due to the pressures in the current economic and political environment without negatively impacting the level of services.