{"id":763417,"date":"2024-03-26T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-26T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=763417"},"modified":"2025-05-29T13:11:34","modified_gmt":"2025-05-29T11:11:34","slug":"the-best-and-worst-run-municipalities-in-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/government\/763417\/the-best-and-worst-run-municipalities-in-south-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"The best and worst-run municipalities in South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Good Governance Africa (GGA) has published its <a href=\"https:\/\/digitalmallblobstorage.blob.core.windows.net\/wp-content\/2024\/03\/Enhanced-GPI-2024.pdf\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/digitalmallblobstorage.blob.core.windows.net\/wp-content\/2024\/03\/Enhanced-GPI-2024.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2024 Governance Performance Index<\/a> (GPI) to &#8220;provide the most accurate, publicly available portrait of the state of local governance in South Africa.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The report looked at all of South Africa&#8217;s 257 municipalities, which is made up of:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>8 metropolitans municipalities;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>205 category B local municipalities;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>44 category C district municipalities. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>For the 2024 GPI, municipalities were evaluated from publicly available data under the following categories:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Administration &amp; Governance;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Leadership &amp; Management;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Planning, Monitoring &amp; Evaluation;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Service Delivery (heaviest weighting). <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The 8 metropolitan municipalities were evaluated with an additional category of <em>Economic Development<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These were rated on standardised on a scale of 1 to 5 &#8211; with 5 being optimal performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is important to note that the extensive list of data used by GGA predominantly comes from 2021-22 reports, with its most recent coming from 2023. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Background<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This report comes at a time when &#8220;South Africa&#8217;s system of local government is presently undergoing its most widespread sequences of changes&#8221; since the dawn of democracy, said GGA. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 2021 local government elections saw a record number of hung councils, where no single party achieved a majority. This has seen a rise in political instability in many councils, which has led to national departments wanting to amend legislation which governs them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the South African Local Government Association (SALGA), &#8220;political instability impacting the effective functioning of administration&#8221; and service delivery have been some of the most commonly identified issues of local government by residents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are 32 municipalities across the country that are currently under administration, with 66 out of 257 being labelled as \u2018dysfunctional.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These shifts in the focus and functioning of many local governments &#8220;raise the question of how South Africa&#8217;s existing municipal system is currently performing when considering the role the Constitution envisages for local authorities,&#8221; said GGA. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Provincial results<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Looking at the GPI scores, the countrywide average sits at a score of 3.24\/5. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The provincial average scores (out of 5) given in the report are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><div class=\"table-responsive\"><table class=\"table\"><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\" style=\"width:25%\"><strong>Province<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\" style=\"width:15%\"><strong>Service Delivery<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\" style=\"width:15%\"><strong>Admin &amp; Governance<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\" style=\"width:15%\"><strong>Planning, Monitoring &amp; Evaluation <\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\" style=\"width:15%\"><strong>Leadership &amp; Management<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\" style=\"width:15%\"><strong>Overall 2024 GPI Score<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Eastern Cape<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">3.46<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">3.01<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">3.17<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">3.22<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">3.23<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Free State<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">3.17<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">2.32<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">2.92<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">2.41<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">2.79<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Gauteng<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">3.97<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">2.92<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">3.12<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">2.53<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">3.36<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">KwaZulu-Natal<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">3.57<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">3.44<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">3.42<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">3.60<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">3.50<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Limpopo<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">3.44<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">3.08<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">3.50<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">3.53<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">3.33<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Mpumalanga<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">3.31<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">2.67<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">2.82<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">3.05<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">2.97<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Northern Cape<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">3.20<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">2.44<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">2.67<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">2.28<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">2.78<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">North West<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">3.09<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">2.11<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">2.60<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">2.02<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">2.59<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Western Cape<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">4.03<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">4.06<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">4.34<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">4.22<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">4.11<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Citizen satisfaction levels with municipalities are notably low, with the <strong>countrywide average sitting at 30%.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Western Cape had the highest level of satisfied respondents, at 43%. This is 9% higher than the joint second, Gauteng and Mpumalanga, at 34%. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The lowest score is in the North West, at a 19% satisfaction rate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Metropolitans <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The country&#8217;s eight metropolitan municipalities &#8220;govern areas inhabited by 40% of South Africa&#8217;s population, highlighting their importance&#8221; within the system of local government, said GGA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since the 2021 local government elections, many metropolitan municipalities, characterised by their hung councils, have garnered significant media attention due to political instability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This instability in metropolitans, &#8220;especially&#8230; within the economically dominant Gauteng province where no single party commands a majority,&#8221; has been reflected in the GPI scores. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The report isolated Tshwane and Johannesburg as examples, saying that both metros &#8220;performed in a manner that belies their major city status.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the GPI rankings, the metros&#8217; performances are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><div class=\"table-responsive\"><table class=\"table\"><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\" style=\"width:10%\"><strong>Ranking<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\" style=\"width:30%\"><strong>Metro<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\" style=\"width:20%\"><strong>Type<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\" style=\"width:20%\"><strong>Top GPI<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\" style=\"width:20%\"><strong>Bottom GPI<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">1<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">City of Cape Town<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Majority party council<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Service Delivery <\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Economic Development<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">2<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Ekurhuleni<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Hung council<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Leadership &amp; Management<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Economic Development<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">3<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">eThekwini<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Hung council<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Economic Development <\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Administration &amp; Governance<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">4<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Nelson Mandela Bay<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Hung council<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Service Delivery<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Leadership &amp; Management<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">5<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">City of Johannesburg<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Hung council<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Service Delivery<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Planning, Monitoring &amp; Evaluation<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">6<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Buffalo City<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Majority party council<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Service Delivery<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Leadership &amp; Management<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">7<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">City of Tshwane<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Hung council<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Service Delivery<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Leadership &amp; Management<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">8<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Mangaung<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Majority party council<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Economic Development<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Leadership &amp; Management<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Mangaung, Tshwane, Buffalo City, Johannesburg and Nelson Mandela Bay all scored GPI rankings below the metropolitan average.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tshwane received an alarming 1\/5 for leadership. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While the GPI ranks some major metros highly for stable governance and leadership in 2021\/22, it should be noted that many of these have proven to be less stable in subsequent years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For example, while Ekurhuleni scored 5\/5 for its leadership in the ranking, the metro&#8217;s governance structure fell apart in 2023 when the DA-led coalition was ousted. Currently, the metro faces more chaotic shifts, with the current mayor (AIC) and speaker (EFF) facing a motion of no confidence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>The local and district municipalities will be looked at in terms of their overall rankings rather than the GPI score.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Local municipalities<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are 205 local municipalities (LM), divided into: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>19 Secondary City Local Municipalities;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>26 Large Town Local Municipalities;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>99 Small Town Local Municipalities;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>61 Mostly Rural Local Municipalities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Looking at the 19 Secondary City Local Municipalities, the rankings are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><div class=\"table-responsive\"><table class=\"table\"><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\" style=\"width:10%\"><strong>Ranking<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\" style=\"width:60%\"><strong>District Municipality<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\" style=\"width:30%\"><strong>Province<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">1<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Drakenstein LM<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Western Cape<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">2<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Stellenbosch LM<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Western Cape<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">3<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">uMhlathuze LM<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">KwaZulu-Natal<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">4<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Steve Tshwete LM<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Mpumalanga<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">5<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">George LM<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Western Cape<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">\ufeff<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">\ufeff<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">\ufeff<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">15<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Govan Mbeki LM<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Mpumalanga<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">16<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Msunduzi LM<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">KwaZulu-Natal<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">17<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Emfuleni LM<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Gauteng<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">18<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Matjhabeng LM<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Free State<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">19<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Madibeng LM<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">North West<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Looking at the 26 Large Town Local Municipalities, the rankings are: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><div class=\"table-responsive\"><table class=\"table\"><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\" style=\"width:10%\"><strong>Ranking<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\" style=\"width:60%\"><strong>District Municipality<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\" style=\"width:30%\"><strong>Province<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">1<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Saldanha Bay LM<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Western Cape<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">2<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Breede Valley LM<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Western Cape<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">3<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Overstrand LM<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Western Cape<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">4<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Midvaal LM<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Gauteng<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">5<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Mossel Bay LM<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Western Cape<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">\ufeff<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">\ufeff<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">\ufeff<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">22<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Emakhazeni LM<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Mpumalanga<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">23<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Enoch Mgijima LM<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Eastern Cape<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">24<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Dihlabeng LM<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Free State<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">25<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Makana LM<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Eastern Cape<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">26<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Mahikeng LM<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">North West<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Looking at the 99 Small Town Local Municipalities, municipalities in the Western Cape took up a lion&#8217;s share of the top spots, while municipalities in the Northern Cape and North West made up much of the lower rankings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The rankings are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><div class=\"table-responsive\"><table class=\"table\"><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\" style=\"width:10%\"><strong>Ranking<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\" style=\"width:60%\"><strong>District Municipality<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\" style=\"width:30%\"><strong>Province<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">1<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Swartland LM<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Western Cape<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">2<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Bergriver LM<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Western Cape<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">3<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Hessequa LM<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Western Cape<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">4<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Witzenberg LM<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Western Cape<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">5<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Cape Agulhas LM<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Western Cape<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">\ufeff<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">\ufeff<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">\ufeff<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">95<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Kamiesberg LM<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Northern Cape<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">96<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Naledi LM<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">North West<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">97<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Maquassi Hills LM<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">North West<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">98<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Siyathemba LM<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Northern Cape<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">99<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">!Kheis LM<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Northern Cape<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Of the 61 Mostly Rural Municipalities, the lowest performing ones were seen in the North West, Northern Cape and Mpumalanga while Limpopo, the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal recorded some of the best.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The rankings show:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><div class=\"table-responsive\"><table class=\"table\"><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\" style=\"width:10%\"><strong>Ranking<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\" style=\"width:60%\"><strong>District Municipality<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\" style=\"width:30%\"><strong>Province<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">1<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Blouberg LM<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Limpopo<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">2<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Winnie Madikizela-Mandela LM<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Eastern Cape<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">3<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Elundini LM<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Eastern Cape<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">4<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Okhahlamba LM<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">KwaZulu-Natal<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">5<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Mnquma LM<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Eastern Cape<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">\ufeff<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">\ufeff<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">\ufeff<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">57<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Dr. JS Moroka LM<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Mpumalanga<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">58<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Kagisano-Molopo LM<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">North West<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">59<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Moretele LM<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">North West<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">60<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Ratlou LM<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">North West <\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">61<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Joe Morolong LM<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Northern Cape<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>District municipalities<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Looking at the 44 district municipalities, these rankings are divided into 23 &#8216;Non-Water Services Authority (WSA) Districts&#8217; as well as 21 &#8216;Water Services Authority Districts&#8217;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Simply, the former do not have water supply and sanitation responsibilities, with their role largely limited &#8220;to planning, regulation and development facilitation, with questionable value for money,&#8221; said the report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Non-WSA districts typically score higher (on average 0.91 GPI points) than municipalities with WSAs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 21 WSAs lie in the Eastern Cape, Limpopo, KwaZulu-Natal and the North West, &#8220;servicing approximately 20 million South Africans.&#8221; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Looking at the 23 non-WSAs, the rankings are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><div class=\"table-responsive\"><table class=\"table\"><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\" style=\"width:10%\"><strong>Ranking<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\" style=\"width:60%\"><strong>District Municipality<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\" style=\"width:30%\"><strong>Province<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">1<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Cape Winelands DM<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Western Cape<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">2<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">West Coast DM<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Western Cape<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">3<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Garden Route DM<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Western Cape<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">4<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Overberg DM<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Western Cape<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">5<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Frances Baard DM<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Northern Cape<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">19<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Fezile Dabi DM<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Free State<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">20<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Thabo Mofutsanyana DM<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Free State<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">21<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Xhariep DM<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Free State<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">22<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Bojanala Platinum DM<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">North West<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">23<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Sedibeng DM<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Gauteng<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The rankings of the 21 WSAs are: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><div class=\"table-responsive\"><table class=\"table\"><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\" style=\"width:10%\"><strong>Ranking<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\" style=\"width:60%\"><strong>District Municipality<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\" style=\"width:30%\"><strong>Province<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">1<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Joe Gqabi DM<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Eastern Cape<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">2<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">uMgungundlovu DM<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">KwaZulu-Natal<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">3<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Capricorn DM<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Limpopo<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">4<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">King Cetshwayo DM<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">KwaZulu-Natal<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">5<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">iLembe DM<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">KwaZulu-Natal<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">17<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">uMzinyathi DM<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">KwaZulu-Natal<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">18<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Mopani DM<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Limpopo<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">19<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Amathole DM<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Eastern Cape<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">20<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati DM<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">North West<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">21<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Ngaka Modiri Molema DM<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">North 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