DOCRRA Rejects Rates Increase: Our Submissions on the 2025/2026 KDM Budget
The DOCRRA Finance Subcommittee, chaired by Brian Botes, has been hard at work analysing the draft KDM budget for the coming financial year and we will be submitting a written objection to the rates increase, as well as other comments and suggestions, as we do every year.
Electricity Crisis Update: NERSA to Audit KDM and Other Developments
The North Coast community, and KwaDukuza residents at large, are witnessing the unfolding of unprecedented strides in co-governance between private and public sectors, as well as civil society, in the fight to solve this crisis. The appropriate municipal oversight bodies (NERSA and COGTA) have heard our call for intervention and are taking decisive action to hold our elected and appointed leaders to account.
People’s Score Card: KwaDukuza Municipality (2023/2024)
Following a thorough analysis of the KwaDukuza Municipality’s Annual Report and Annual Financial Statements, DOCRRA presents its People’s Score Card (PSC) assessment.
KDM Banking Incident: DOCRRA Calls for Full Accountability
On 5 February 2025, KDM issued a press statement confirming that ‘unauthorised activity’ had taken place affecting the primary municipal account, on 31 January 2025. They characterized the incident as a ‘deliberate breach’ rather than a banking error and opened a case with SAPS. Prior to this statement, a video of a political party member, disclosing the alleged theft of R30 million, was widely circulated in the community, raising the alarm. Subsequently, a press statement, issued by COGTA, confirmed the amount missing as approximately R37 million
23/’24 Annual Report: Decline, Decay, Disaster?
DOCRRA welcomes the Auditor General’s clean report for the KwaDukuza Municipality’s 2023-24 finances and in particular the reduction in illegal and wasteful expenditure. The six-monthly budget overview also indicates the bottom line is positive.
But, once again there is questionable under-expenditure in both operational and capital budgets. Huge challenges lie ahead and the costs of this summer’s electricity crisis have still to be brought to book.