City of Cape Town · Financial year ended 30 June 2025
Amounts owed to the municipality
By service
R16.6bn
Water
R4.8bn
Property rates
R4.3bn
Electricity
R3.0bn
Sanitation
R1.9bn
Property rentals
R1.9bn
Refuse
R1.2bn
Interest on arrears
R5m
By age
R16.6bn
Under 30 days
R5.4bn
31 to 90 days
R863m
91 days to a year
R2.8bn
Over a year
R7.5bn
The bars show positive balances. They exclude negative adjustments in Treasury's “Other” category.
Amounts owed by service over 4 years
| Year ended | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Water | R4.6bn | R5.0bn | R5.1bn | R4.8bn |
| Property rates | R4.2bn | R4.5bn | R4.4bn | R4.3bn |
| Electricity | R2.3bn | R2.5bn | R2.9bn | R3.0bn |
| Sanitation | R1.8bn | R2.0bn | R2.1bn | R1.9bn |
| Property rentals | R1.7bn | R1.8bn | R1.9bn | R1.9bn |
| Refuse | R1.3bn | R1.5bn | R1.3bn | R1.2bn |
| Interest on arrears | R697m | R1.3bn | R1.7bn | R5m |
| Recoverable irregular spending | — | — | — | R0 |
| Other | R-529m | R-499m | R-489m | R-548m |
| Total | R16.1bn | R18.1bn | R19.0bn | R16.6bn |
Treasury's figures are shown in rand. We have not adjusted them for inflation. An empty cell means MapMyCity has no figure for that measure and year.
Amounts owed by age over 4 years
| Year ended | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Over a year | R7.7bn | R8.9bn | R9.3bn | R7.5bn |
| Under 30 days | R4.2bn | R4.5bn | R5.3bn | R5.4bn |
| 91 days to a year | R3.0bn | R3.3bn | R3.2bn | R2.8bn |
| 31 to 90 days | R1.1bn | R1.3bn | R1.2bn | R863m |
| Total | R16.1bn | R18.1bn | R19.0bn | R16.6bn |
Treasury's figures are shown in rand. We have not adjusted them for inflation. An empty cell means MapMyCity has no figure for that measure and year.