Newcastle · Financial year ended 30 June 2025

Amounts owed to the municipality

By service

R4.4bn

Water R1.5bn

33.0%

Sanitation R1.4bn

30.7%

Refuse R716m

16.2%

Property rates R691m

15.6%

Electricity R145m

3.3%

Interest on arrears R59m

1.3%

Property rentals R16m

0.4%

R4.4bn

Under 30 days R192m

4.3%

31 to 90 days R166m

3.7%

91 days to a year R753m

17.0%

Over a year R3.3bn

74.9%

The bars show positive balances. They exclude negative adjustments in Treasury's “Other” category.