Municipal Money API Documentation

The Municipal Money API publishes the financial information of South African municipalities in a machine-friendly format.

All municipalities must regularly submit financial information to National Treasury who, in partnership with OpenUp, make it available to the public through this API.

What data is available

The financial data is very similar to that made available on National Treasury’s website in PDF reports and Excel spreadsheets and generally called Section 71 information. It is described further below and includes:

• Aged Creditor Analysis
• Aged Creditor Analysis (v2)
• Aged Debtor Analysis
• Aged Debtor Analysis (v2)
• Audit Opinions
• Balance Sheet
• Capital Acquisition
• Capital Acquisition (v2)
• Cash Flow
• Cash Flow (v2)
• Conditional Grants
• Demarcation Changes
• Financial Position (v2)
• Grants (v2)
• Income and Expenditure
• Income and Expenditure (v2)
• Municipalities
• Municipal Officials
• Repairs and Maintenance
• Repairs and Maintenance (v2)
• Unauthorised, Irregular, Fruitless and Wasteful Expenditure

The data is available for all metro, district and local municipalities.

What is v2?

Datasets marked "v2" are replacements for the first version of those datasets in Municipal Money. A new dataset was created when the 2019-2020 financial year data was released as the coding system changed with the change to mSCOA-sourced data.

Sometimes structure of the dataset in Municipal Money also changed, also requiring a different dataset to be used to avoid breaking existing usage of the API.

The original counterpart for each v2 datasets is referred to in its description.

Where is the data from?

The data is composed of the Section 71 (of the Municipal Financial Management Act) submissions from municipalities to the Treasury's Local Government database. These are regular submissions from the municipality, signed off by the Municipal Manager and Chief Financial Officer as accurate, to National Treasury.

Since mSCOA

Since the 2019-20 financial year, the municipal Standard Chart of Accounts (mSCOA) has been the specification for how financial management data must be submitted by municipalities to National Treasury. This includes the requirement that submissions are automated via an integration between the municipalities' accounting systems and National Treasury's Local Government Database.

Before mSCOA

Up to the 2019-2020 financial year, these submissions took the shape of return forms in Excel Spreadsheets provided by Treasury to help municipalities validate the data and supply it in a consistent format. It can be helpful to look at the forms to understand the data better.

Snapshots from the Local Government Database in Municipal Money

Municipal Money is updated quarterly from snapshots of the Local Government Database. These snapshots are also used to produce Section 71 reports which is a reflection of the state of local government finances as reported by municipalities.

These reports and snapshots are signed off by Director General of National Treasury as a true reflection of the data supplied by municipalities according to Section 71 of the Municipal Financial Management Act.

National Treasury analyses the data to try and ensure correct use of the chart of accounts. Municipalities can not correct the data once submitted - corrections are supplied as adjustments in the subsequent month. Quarters are then locked and no further modifications are allowed to a quarter so that the data does not deviate from what has already been published.

Audits by the auditor general

The data where Amount Type is Audited Actual are audit outcome figures audited by the Auditor General and submitted by the municipality to the Local Government database. National Treasury does extensive verification to ensure that the audit outcomes submitted to the database matches the Annual Financial Statements as audited by the Auditor General. See also the Audit Report for the Auditor General's comments on the accuracy of the reporting by the municipality.

How can I be sure I am getting the right results from the API?

The treasury publishes quarterly reports based on the municipalities' Section 71 submissions as well as well as reports on municipality financial health using standard indicators based on this data.

It can be useful to verify numbers retrieved from the API against these published reports. This verifies both a correct understanding of how to use the API, and that the API supplies reliable information. When doing so, it is important to be aware that the reports are based on a snapshot of the data at the point in time where they are generated, while the API could contain amended numbers if a municipality updated their submission. The Treasury's reports also fall back to pre-audited and then budget values if audited values are not available at the time of publication. When this is the case, it would be noted as such. Generally the API can be expected to match the treasury's publications so if one value doesn't match, try checking the same field for other periods and other municipalities to ensure the correct field is being compared. If that is the case, one can investigate further why a specific field doesn't match - perhaps because of the reasons mentioned here.

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Datasets

Aged Creditor Analysis - aged_creditor

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Analysis of creditors aggregated by age of debt. Does not include individual creditors.

Submitted to National Treasury using return forms: AC, ACA.

Items

Code	Item	Composition
0100	Bulk Electricity
0200	Bulk Water
0300	PAYE deductions
0400	VAT (output less input)
0500	Pensions / Retirement deductions
0600	Loan repayments
0700	Trade Creditors
0800	Auditor General
0900	Other
1000	Total	sum(0100, 0200, 0300, 0400, 0500, 0600, 0700, 0800, 0900)
TP01	Top 1 Creditor
TP02	Top 2 Creditor
TP03	Top 3 Creditor
TP04	Top 4 Creditor
TP05	Top 5 Creditor
TP06	Top 6 Creditor
TP07	Top 7 Creditor
TP08	Top 8 Creditor
TP09	Top 9 Creditor
TP10	Top 10 Creditor
TOT	Total	sum(TP01, TP02, TP03, TP04, TP05, TP06, TP07 TP08 TP09, TP10)

Dimensions and their attributes

Amount Type (Non-aggregatable)		Whether this figure is actual, budgeted, audited etc.
Code	amount_type.code	string
Label	amount_type.label	string
Financial Period		The period this figure corresponds to, e.g. the month number of a month within the financial year, or the calendar year end of a financial year.
Period	financial_period.period	integer
Financial Year (Non-aggregatable)		The calendar year falling at the end of the financial year
Year End	financial_year_end.year	integer
Item (Non-aggregatable)
Code	item.code	string	Code used by the treasury
Composition	item.composition	string	The composition of this item. Indicates how this item is composed of other items in this cube for the same mnuicipality, financial year and period, and amount type using item codes.
Label	item.label	string
Position in Return Form	item.position_in_return_form	integer	The position of this item in the Section 71 Return form - useful for sorting line items to be ordered as they are in the return form to group related items and place them below the section headings and above section totals.
Return Form Structure	item.return_form_structure	string	What structural role this line item has in the return form
Municipality		Municipality demarcation details
Demarcation Code	demarcation.code	string	Municipality code assigned by the Municipal Demarcation Board
Name	demarcation.label	string
Period Length (Non-aggregatable)		The length of the period this figure corresponds to
Length	period_length.length	string

Aged Creditor Analysis (v2) - aged_creditor_v2

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Analysis of creditors aggregated by age of debt. Does not include individual creditors. Section 71-level aggregation of mSCOA data from 2019-20 onwards replacing the original aged_creditor cube.

Items

Code	Item	Composition
0100	Bulk Electricity
0200	Bulk Water
0300	PAYE deductions
0400	VAT (output less input)
0500	Pensions / Retirement deductions
0600	Loan repayments
0700	Trade Creditors
0800	Auditor General
0900	Other
1000	Total	sum(0100, 0200, 0300, 0400, 0500, 0600, 0700, 0800, 0900)
TP01	Top 1 Creditor
TP02	Top 2 Creditor
TP03	Top 3 Creditor
TP04	Top 4 Creditor
TP05	Top 5 Creditor
TP06	Top 6 Creditor
TP07	Top 7 Creditor
TP08	Top 8 Creditor
TP09	Top 9 Creditor
TP10	Top 10 Creditor
TOT	Total	sum(TP01, TP02, TP03, TP04, TP05, TP06, TP07 TP08 TP09, TP10)

Dimensions and their attributes

Amount Type (Non-aggregatable)		Whether this figure is actual, budgeted, audited etc.
Code	amount_type.code	string
Label	amount_type.label	string
Financial Period		The period this figure corresponds to, e.g. the month number of a month within the financial year, or the calendar year end of a financial year.
Period	financial_period.period	integer
Financial Year (Non-aggregatable)		The calendar year falling at the end of the financial year
Year End	financial_year_end.year	integer
Item
Code	item.code	string	Code used by the treasury
Composition	item.composition	string	The composition of this item. Indicates how this item is composed of other items in this cube for the same mnuicipality, financial year and period, and amount type using item codes.
Label	item.label	string
Position in Return Form	item.position_in_return_form	integer	The position of this item in the Section 71 Return form - useful for sorting line items to be ordered as they are in the return form to group related items and place them below the section headings and above section totals.
Return Form Structure	item.return_form_structure	string	What structural role this line item has in the return form
Municipality		Municipality demarcation details
Demarcation Code	demarcation.code	string	Municipality code assigned by the Municipal Demarcation Board
Name	demarcation.label	string
Period Length (Non-aggregatable)		The length of the period this figure corresponds to
Length	period_length.length	string

Aged Debtor Analysis - aged_debtor

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Analysis of debtors by age of debt. Does not include individual debtors.

Submitted to National Treasury using return forms: AD, ADA.

Items

Code	Item	Composition
1100	Debtors Age Analysis By Income Source
1200	Trade and Other Receivables from Exchange Transactions - Water
1300	Trade and Other Receivables from Exchange Transactions - Electricity
1400	Receivables from Non-exchange Transactions - Property Rates
1500	Receivables from Exchange Transactions - Waste Water Management
1600	Receivables from Exchange Transactions - Waste Management
1700	Receivables from Exchange Transactions - Property Rental Debtors
1810	Interest on Arrear Debtor Accounts
1820	Recoverable unauthorised, irregular or fruitless and wasteful Expenditure
1900	Other
2000	Total By Income Source	sum(1200, 1300, 1400, 1500, 1600, 1700, 1810, 1820, 1900)
2100	Debtors Age Analysis By Customer Group
2200	Organs of State
2300	Commercial
2400	Households
2500	Other
2600	Total By Customer Group	sum(2200, 2300, 2400, 2500)

Dimensions and their attributes

Amount Type (Non-aggregatable)		Whether this figure is actual, budgeted, audited etc.
Code	amount_type.code	string
Label	amount_type.label	string
Customer Group		Debtor organs of state
Code	customer_group.code	string	Code used by treasury
Financial Period		The period this figure corresponds to, e.g. the month number of a month within the financial year, or the calendar year end of a financial year.
Period	financial_period.period	integer
Financial Year (Non-aggregatable)		The calendar year falling at the end of the financial year
Year End	financial_year_end.year	integer
Item (Non-aggregatable)
Code	item.code	string	Code used by treasury
Composition	item.composition	string	The composition of this item. Indicates how this item is composed of other items in this cube for the same mnuicipality, financial year and period, and amount type using item codes.
Label	item.label	string
Position in Return Form	item.position_in_return_form	integer	The position of this item in the Section 71 Return form - useful for sorting line items to be ordered as they are in the return form to group related items and place them below the section headings and above section totals.
Return Form Structure	item.return_form_structure	string	What structural role this line item has in the return form
Municipality		Municipality demarcation details
Demarcation Code	demarcation.code	string	Municipality code assigned by the Municipal Demarcation Board
Name	demarcation.label	string
Period Length (Non-aggregatable)		The length of the period this figure corresponds to
Length	period_length.length	string

Aged Debtor Analysis (v2) - aged_debtor_v2

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Analysis of debtors by age of debt. Does not include individual debtors. Section 71-level aggregation of mSCOA data from 2019-20 onwards replacing the original aged_debtor cube.

Items

Code	Item	Composition
1100	Debtors Age Analysis By Income Source
1200	Trade and Other Receivables from Exchange Transactions - Water
1300	Trade and Other Receivables from Exchange Transactions - Electricity
1400	Receivables from Non-exchange Transactions - Property Rates
1500	Receivables from Exchange Transactions - Waste Water Management
1600	Receivables from Exchange Transactions - Waste Management
1700	Receivables from Exchange Transactions - Property Rental Debtors
1810	Interest on Arrear Debtor Accounts
1820	Recoverable unauthorised, irregular or fruitless and wasteful Expenditure
1900	Other
2000	Total By Income Source	sum(1200, 1300, 1400, 1500, 1600, 1700, 1810, 1820, 1900)
2100	Debtors Age Analysis By Customer Group
2200	Organs of State
2300	Commercial
2400	Households
2500	Other
2600	Total By Customer Group	sum(2200, 2300, 2400, 2500)

Dimensions and their attributes

Amount Type (Non-aggregatable)		Whether this figure is actual, budgeted, audited etc.
Code	amount_type.code	string
Label	amount_type.label	string
Customer Group		Debtor organs of state
Code	customer_group.code	string	Code used by treasury
Financial Period		The period this figure corresponds to, e.g. the month number of a month within the financial year, or the calendar year end of a financial year.
Period	financial_period.period	integer
Financial Year (Non-aggregatable)		The calendar year falling at the end of the financial year
Year End	financial_year_end.year	integer
Item
Code	item.code	string	Code used by treasury
Composition	item.composition	string	The composition of this item. Indicates how this item is composed of other items in this cube for the same mnuicipality, financial year and period, and amount type using item codes.
Label	item.label	string
Position in Return Form	item.position_in_return_form	integer	The position of this item in the Section 71 Return form - useful for sorting line items to be ordered as they are in the return form to group related items and place them below the section headings and above section totals.
Return Form Structure	item.return_form_structure	string	What structural role this line item has in the return form
Municipality		Municipality demarcation details
Demarcation Code	demarcation.code	string	Municipality code assigned by the Municipal Demarcation Board
Name	demarcation.label	string
Period Length (Non-aggregatable)		The length of the period this figure corresponds to
Length	period_length.length	string

Audit Opinions - audit_opinions

Outcomes of financial statement audits from the Auditor General.

Dimensions and their attributes

Financial Year (Non-aggregatable)		The calendar year falling at the end of the financial year
Year End	financial_year_end.year	integer
Municipality		Municipality demarcation details
Demarcation Code	demarcation.code	string	Municipality code assigned by the Municipal Demarcation Board
Name	demarcation.label	string
Opinion
Auditor General's Report URL	opinion.report_url	string
Code	opinion.code	string
Label	opinion.label	string

Balance Sheet - bsheet

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Statement of Financial Position. The assets, liabilities and capital of a municipality at a specific point in time.

Submitted to National Treasury using return forms: BS, BSR, BSAC, BSA.

Items

Code	Item	Composition
0100	COMMUNITY WEALTH / EQUITY
0110	Community Wealth
0600	Housing Development Fund
0300	Reserves
0500	Accumulated Surplus/(Deficit)
0680	Minorities Interests
0690	Total Community Wealth / Equity	sum(0600, 0300, 0500, 0680)
0700	Non-Current Liabilities
0900	Borrowing
0910	Non-Current Provisions
1000	Total Non-Current Liabilities	sum(0900, 0910)
2300	Current Liabilities
2400	Consumer Deposits
2500	Provisions
2600	Creditors
2610	Conditional Grants and Receipts
2700	Bank Overdraft
2800	Borrowing
1600	Total Current Liabilities	sum(2400, 2500, 2600, 2610, 2700, 2800)
1650	Total Net Assets and Liabilities	sum(0690 1000, 1600)
1100	ASSETS
1200	Non-Current Assets
1300	Property Plant and Equipment
1400	Non-Current Investments
1500	Long-term Receivables
1401	Investment Property
1402	Investment in Associate
1403	Agricultural
1404	Biological
1405	Intangible
1406	Other Non-Current Assets
2900	Total Non-Current Assets	sum(1300, 1400, 1500, 1401, 1402, 1403, 1404, 1405, 1406)
1700	Current Assets
2200	Call Investment Deposits
1900	Inventory
2000	Consumer Debtors
2010	Other Debtors
2100	Current Portion Of Long-Term Receivables
1800	Cash
2150	Total Current Assets	sum(2200, 1900, 2000, 2010, 2100, 1800)
3000	Total Assets	sum(2900, 2150)

Dimensions and their attributes

Amount Type (Non-aggregatable)		Whether this figure is actual, budgeted, audited etc.
Code	amount_type.code	string
Label	amount_type.label	string
Financial Period		The period this figure corresponds to, e.g. the month number of a month within the financial year or the calendar year end of a financial year.
Period	financial_period.period	integer
Financial Year (Non-aggregatable)		The calendar year falling at the end of the financial year
Year End	financial_year_end.year	integer
Item (Non-aggregatable)
Code	item.code	string	Code used by treasury
Composition	item.composition	string	The composition of this item. Indicates how this item is composed of other items in this cube for the same mnuicipality, financial year and period, and amount type using item codes.
Label	item.label	string
Position in Return Form	item.position_in_return_form	integer	The position of this item in the Section 71 Return form - useful for sorting line items to be ordered as they are in the return form to group related items and place them below the section headings and above section totals.
Return Form Structure	item.return_form_structure	string	What structural role this line item has in the return form
Municipality		Municipality demarcation details
Demarcation Code	demarcation.code	string	Municipality code assigned by the Municipal Demarcation Board
Name	demarcation.label	string
Period Length (Non-aggregatable)		The length of the period this figure corresponds to
Length	period_length.length	string

Capital Acquisition - capital

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Purchase, repair and renewal of capital assets.

Submitted to National Treasury using return forms: CA, CAR, CAA, CAAA.

Items

Code	Item	Composition
0100	INFRASTRUCTURE
0300	Roads, Pavements, Bridges & Storm Water
0400	Water Reservoirs & Reticulation
0500	Car Parks, Bus Terminals and Taxi Ranks
0600	Electricity Reticulation
0700	Sewerage Purification & Reticulation
0800	Housing
0900	Street Lighting
1000	Refuse sites
1100	Gas
1200	Other
1300	Sub-total Infrastructure	sum(0300, 0400, 0500, 0600, 0700, 0800, 0900, 1000, 1100, 1200)
1400	COMMUNITY
1500	Establishment of Parks & Gardens
1600	Sportsfields
1700	Community Halls
1800	Libraries
1900	Recreational Facilities
2000	Clinics
2100	Museums & Art Galleries
2200	Other
2300	Sub-total Community	sum(1500, 1600, 1700, 1800, 1900, 2000, 2100, 2200)
2310	HERITAGE ASSETS
2311	Heritage Assets
2312	Sub-total Heritage Assets	2311
2320	INVESTMENT PROPERTIES
2321	Investment Properties
2322	Sub-total Investment Properties	2321
2400	OTHER ASSETS
2500	Other motor vehicles
2600	Plant & equipment
2700	Office equipment
2800	Abattoirs
2900	Markets
3000	Airports
3100	Security Measures
3110	Civic Land and Buildings
3120	Other Land and Buildings
3200	Other
3300	Sub-total Other Assets	sum(2500, 2600, 2700, 2800, 2900, 3000, 3100, 3110, 3120, 3200)
3400	SPECIALISED VEHICLES
3500	Refuse
3600	Fire
3700	Conservancy
3800	Ambulances
3900	Buses
4000	Sub-total Specialised Vehicles	sum(3500, 3600, 3700, 3800, 3900)
4010	AGRICULTURAL ASSETS
4011	Agricultural Assets
4012	Sub-total Agricultural Assets	4011
4020	BIOLOGICAL ASSETS
4021	Biological Assets
4022	Sub-total Biological Assets	3021
4030	INTANGIBLES
4031	Intangibles
4032	Sub-total Intangibles	4031
4100	TOTAL	sum(1300, 2300, 2312, 2322, 3300, 4000, 4012, 4022, 4032)
4200	SOURCE OF FINANCE
4300	External Loans
4400	Asset Financing Reserve
4500	Surplus Cash
4600	Public contributions/ donations
4700	National Government Transfers and Grants
4701	Provincial Government Transfers and Grants
4702	District Municipality Transfers and Grants
4703	Other Transfers and Grants
4800	Leases
5000	Other
5100	TOTAL FINANCING	sum(4300, 4400, 4500, 4600, 4700, 4701, 4702, 4703, 4800, 5000)

Dimensions and their attributes

Amount Type (Non-aggregatable)		Whether this figure is actual, budgeted, audited etc.
Code	amount_type.code	string
Label	amount_type.label	string
Financial Period		The period this figure corresponds to, e.g. the month number of a month within the financial year or the calendar year end of a financial year.
Period	financial_period.period	integer
Financial Year (Non-aggregatable)		The calendar year falling at the end of the financial year
Year End	financial_year_end.year	integer
Function		Function of government classification adapted from International Monetary Fund's Government Financial Statistics manual.
Code	function.code	string	Code used by treasury
Label	function.label	string
Item (Non-aggregatable)
Code	item.code	string	Code used by treasury
Composition	item.composition	string	The composition of this item. Indicates how this item is composed of other items in this cube for the same mnuicipality, financial year and period, and amount type using item codes.
Label	item.label	string
Position in Return Form	item.position_in_return_form	integer	The position of this item in the Section 71 Return form - useful for sorting line items to be ordered as they are in the return form to group related items and place them below the section headings and above section totals.
Return Form Structure	item.return_form_structure	string	What structural role this line item has in the return form
Municipality		Municipality demarcation details
Demarcation Code	demarcation.code	string	Municipality code assigned by the Municipal Demarcation Board
Name	demarcation.label	string
Period Length (Non-aggregatable)		The length of the period this figure corresponds to
Length	period_length.length	string

Capital Acquisition (v2) - capital_v2

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Purchase, repair and renewal of capital assets. The assets, liabilities and capital of a municipality at a specific point in time. Section 71-level aggregation of mSCOA data from 2019-20 onwards replacing the original capital cube.

Items

Code	Item	Composition
0120	Roads
0130	Road Structures
0140	Road Furniture
0150	Capital Spares
0170	Drainage Collection
0180	Storm water Conveyance
0190	Attenuation
0210	Power Plants
0220	HV Substations
0230	HV Switching Station
0240	HV Transmission Conductors
0250	MV Substations
0260	MV Switching Stations
0270	MV Networks
0280	LV Networks
0290	Capital Spares
0310	Dams and Weirs
0320	Boreholes
0330	Reservoirs
0340	Pump Stations
0350	Water Treatment Works
0360	Bulk Mains
0370	Distribution
0380	Distribution Points
0390	PRV Stations
0400	Capital Spares
0420	Pump Station
0430	Reticulation
0440	Waste Water Treatment Works
0450	Outfall Sewers
0460	Toilet Facilities
0470	Capital Spares
0490	Landfill Sites
0500	Waste Transfer Stations
0510	Waste Processing Facilities
0520	Waste Drop-off Points
0530	Waste Separation Facilities
0540	Electricity Generation Facilities
0550	Capital Spares
0570	Rail Lines
0580	Rail Structures
0590	Rail Furniture
0600	Drainage Collection
0610	Storm water Conveyance
0620	Attenuation
0630	MV Substations
0640	LV Networks
0650	Capital Spares
0670	Sand Pumps
0680	Piers
0690	Revetments
0700	Promenades
0710	Capital Spares
0730	Data Centres
0740	Core Layers
0750	Distribution Layers
0760	Capital Spares
0790	Halls
0800	Centres
0810	Crèches
0820	Clinics/Care Centres
0830	Fire/Ambulance Stations
0840	Testing Stations
0850	Museums
0860	Galleries
0870	Theatres
0880	Libraries
0890	Cemeteries/Crematoria
0900	Police
0910	Parks
0920	Public Open Space
0930	Nature Reserves
0940	Public Ablution Facilities
0950	Markets
0960	Stalls
0970	Abattoirs
0980	Airports
0990	Taxi Ranks/Bus Terminals
1000	Capital Spares
1020	Indoor Facilities
1030	Outdoor Facilities
1040	Capital Spares
1060	Monuments
1070	Historic Buildings
1080	Works of Art
1090	Conservation Areas
1100	Other Heritage
1130	Improved Property
1140	Unimproved Property
1150	Non-revenue Generating
1160	Improved Property
1170	Unimproved Property
1200	Municipal Offices
1210	Pay/Enquiry Points
1220	Building Plan Offices
1230	Workshops
1240	Yards
1250	Stores
1260	Laboratories
1270	Training Centres

Dimensions and their attributes

Amount Type (Non-aggregatable)		Whether this figure is actual, budgeted, audited etc.
Code	amount_type.code	string
Label	amount_type.label	string
Capital Type (Non-aggregatable)
Code	capital_type.code	string	Code used by treasury
Label	capital_type.label	string
Financial Period		The period this figure corresponds to, e.g. the month number of a month within the financial year or the calendar year end of a financial year.
Period	financial_period.period	integer
Financial Year (Non-aggregatable)		The calendar year falling at the end of the financial year
Year End	financial_year_end.year	integer
Function		Function of government classification adapted from International Monetary Fund's Government Financial Statistics manual.
Code	function.code	string	Code used by treasury
Label	function.label	string
Item
Code	item.code	string	Code used by treasury
Label	item.label	string
Municipality		Municipality demarcation details
Demarcation Code	demarcation.code	string	Municipality code assigned by the Municipal Demarcation Board
Name	demarcation.label	string
Period Length (Non-aggregatable)		The length of the period this figure corresponds to
Length	period_length.length	string

Cash Flow - cflow

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The movement of cash into and out of the municipality.

Submitted to National Treasury using return forms: CFB, CFR, CFA, CFAA.

Items

Code	Item	Composition
3000	Cash Receipts by Source
3010	Property rates
3020	Property rates - penalties & collection charges
3030	Service charges - electricity revenue
3040	Service charges - water revenue
3050	Service charges - sanitation revenue
3060	Service charges - refuse revenue
3070	Service charges - other
3080	Rental of facilities and equipment
3090	Interest earned - external investments
3100	Interest earned - outstanding debtors
3110	Dividends received
3120	Fines
3130	Licences and permits
3140	Agency services
3150	Transfer receipts - operational
3160	Other revenue
3170	Cash Receipts by Source	sum(3010, 3020, 3030, 3040, 3050, 3060, 3070, 3080, 3090, 3100, 3110, 3120, 3130, 3140, 3150, 3160)
3180	Other Cash Flows/Receipts by Source
3190	Transfer receipts - capital
3200	Contributions recognised - capital & Contributed assets
3210	Proceeds on disposal of PPE
3220	Short term loans
3230	Borrowing long term/refinancing
3240	Increase (decrease) in consumer deposits
3250	Decrease (Increase) in non-current debtors
3260	Decrease (increase) other non-current receivables
3270	Decrease (increase) in non-current investments
3280	Total Cash Receipts by Source	sum(3190, 3200, 3210, 3220, 3230, 3240, 3250, 3260, 3270, 3170)
4000	Cash Payments by Type
4010	Employee related costs
4020	Remuneration of councillors
4030	Collection costs
4040	Interest paid
4050	Bulk purchases - Electricity
4060	Bulk purchases - Water & Sewer
4070	Other materials
4080	Contracted services
4090	Grants and subsidies paid - other municipalities
4100	Grants and subsidies paid - other
4110	General expenses
4120	Cash Payments by Type	sum(4010, 4020, 4030, 4040, 4050, 4060, 4070, 4080, 4090, 4100, 4110)
4130	Other Cash Flows/Payments by Type
4140	Capital assets
4150	Repayment of borrowing
4160	Other Cash Flows/Payments
4170	Total Cash Payments by Type	sum(4140, 4150, 4160, 4120)
4180	Net Increase/(Decrease) in Cash Held	3280 - 4170
4190	Cash/cash equivalents at the month/year begin:
4200	Cash/cash equivalents at the month/year end:	4180 + 4190
2100	- Consumer deposits repaid
0500	- Grants and subsidies
1500	- Salaries wages and allowances
1400	Less : Payments
1100	- Statutory Receipts (incl VAT)
0700	- Investments redeemed
1800	- Investments made
2000	- Statutory Payments (incl VAT)
1600	- Cash and creditor payments
0200	Add : Receipts
0100	Opening Cash Balance
0400	- External loans received
2200	- Other payments
1200	- Other
2400	Closing Balance
0800	- Consumer deposits
1300	Sub-Total (Receipts)
2300	Sub-Total (Payments)
0900	- Receipts from long-term debtors
1700	- Capital payments
0600	- Public donations
1900	- External loans repaid
0300	- Revenue receipts (incl consumer debtors)
1000	- Insurance claims

Dimensions and their attributes

Amount Type (Non-aggregatable)		Whether this figure is actual, budgeted, audited etc.
Code	amount_type.code	string
Label	amount_type.label	string
Financial Period		The period this figure corresponds to, e.g. the month number of a month within the financial year or the calendar year end of a financial year.
Period	financial_period.period	integer
Financial Year (Non-aggregatable)		The calendar year falling at the end of the financial year
Year End	financial_year_end.year	integer
Item (Non-aggregatable)
Code	item.code	string	Code used by treasury
Composition	item.composition	string	The composition of this item. Indicates how this item is composed of other items in this cube for the same mnuicipality, financial year and period, and amount type using item codes.
Label	item.label	string
Position in Return Form	item.position_in_return_form	integer	The position of this item in the Section 71 Return form - useful for sorting line items to be ordered as they are in the return form to group related items and place them below the section headings and above section totals.
Return Form Structure	item.return_form_structure	string	What structural role this line item has in the return form
Municipality		Municipality demarcation details
Demarcation Code	demarcation.code	string	Municipality code assigned by the Municipal Demarcation Board
Name	demarcation.label	string
Period Length (Non-aggregatable)		The length of the period this figure corresponds to
Length	period_length.length	string

Cash Flow (v2) - cflow_v2

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The movement of cash into and out of the municipality. Section 71-level aggregation of mSCOA data from 2019-20 onwards replacing the original cflow cube.

Items

Code	Item	Composition
0100	Receipts
0120	Property rates
0130	Service charges
0140	Other revenue
0150	Transfers and Subsidies - Operational
0160	Transfers and Subsidies - Capital
0170	Interest
0180	Dividends
0190	Payments
0200	Suppliers and employees
0210	Finance charges
0220	Transfers and Subsidies
0230	NET CASH FROM/(USED) OPERATING ACTIVITIES
0240	CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES
0250	Receipts
0260	Proceeds on disposal of PPE
0280	Decrease (increase) in non-current receivables
0290	Decrease (increase) in non-current investments
0300	Payments
0310	Capital assets
0320	NET CASH FROM/(USED) INVESTING ACTIVITIES
0330	CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES
0340	Receipts
0350	Short term loans
0360	Borrowing long term/refinancing
0370	Increase (decrease) in consumer deposits
0380	Payments
0390	Repayment of borrowing
0400	NET CASH FROM/(USED) FINANCING ACTIVITIES
0410	NET INCREASE/ (DECREASE) IN CASH HELD
0420	Cash/cash equivalents at the year begin:
0430	Cash/cash equivalents at the year end:

Dimensions and their attributes

Amount Type (Non-aggregatable)		Whether this figure is actual, budgeted, audited etc.
Code	amount_type.code	string
Label	amount_type.label	string
Financial Period		The period this figure corresponds to, e.g. the month number of a month within the financial year or the calendar year end of a financial year.
Period	financial_period.period	integer
Financial Year (Non-aggregatable)		The calendar year falling at the end of the financial year
Year End	financial_year_end.year	integer
Item
Code	item.code	string	Code used by treasury
Composition	item.composition	string	The composition of this item. Indicates how this item is composed of other items in this cube for the same mnuicipality, financial year and period, and amount type using item codes.
Label	item.label	string
Position in Return Form	item.position_in_return_form	integer	The position of this item in the Section 71 Return form - useful for sorting line items to be ordered as they are in the return form to group related items and place them below the section headings and above section totals.
Return Form Structure	item.return_form_structure	string	What structural role this line item has in the return form
Municipality		Municipality demarcation details
Demarcation Code	demarcation.code	string	Municipality code assigned by the Municipal Demarcation Board
Name	demarcation.label	string
Period Length (Non-aggregatable)		The length of the period this figure corresponds to
Length	period_length.length	string

Conditional Grants - conditional_grants

Details of grants received from national government.

Submitted to National Treasury using return forms: Form for each grant.

Dimensions and their attributes

Amount Type (Non-aggregatable)		Whether this figure is actual, budgeted, audited etc.
Code	amount_type.code	string
Label	amount_type.label	string
Financial Period		The period this figure corresponds to, e.g. the month number of a month within the financial year or the calendar year end of a financial year.
Period	financial_period.period	integer
Financial Year (Non-aggregatable)		The calendar year falling at the end of the financial year
Year End	financial_year_end.year	integer
Grant
Code	grant.code	string
Label	grant.label	string
Municipality		Municipality demarcation details
Demarcation Code	demarcation.code	string	Municipality code assigned by the Municipal Demarcation Board
Name	demarcation.label	string
Period Length (Non-aggregatable)		The length of the period this figure corresponds to
Length	period_length.length	string

Demarcation Changes - demarcation_changes

Changes to municipality demarcation where at least one municipality was disestablished or newly-established

Dimensions and their attributes

New Demarcation Transition Code	new_code_transition.code	string	The change that occurred to the new municipality for this particular demarcation change.
Date		The date the change took place
Date	date.date	date
New demarcation		New municipality demarcation details
Demarcation Code	new_demarcation.code	string	Municipality code assigned by the Municipal Demarcation Board
Old demarcation		Old municipality demarcation details
Demarcation Code	old_demarcation.code	string	Municipality code assigned by the Municipal Demarcation Board
Old demarcation		Old municipality demarcation details
Old Demarcation Transition Code	old_code_transition.code	string	The change that occurred to the old municipality for this particular demarcation change.

Financial Position (v2) - financial_position_v2

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Statement of Financial Position. The assets, liabilities and capital of a municipality at a specific point in time. Section 71-level aggregation of mSCOA data from 2019-20 onwards replacing the original bsheet cube.

Items

Code	Item	Composition
0100	ASSETS
0110	Current assets
0120	Cash and cash equivalents
0130	Trade and other receivables from exchange transactions
0140	Receivables from non-exchange transactions
0150	Current portion of non-current receivables
0160	Inventory
0170	VAT
0180	Other current assets
0190	Non current assets
0200	Long-term receivables
0210	Investments
0220	Investment property
0230	Property, plant and equipment
0240	Biological assets
0250	Living and non-living resources
0260	Heritage assets
0270	Intangible assets
0280	Trade and other receivables from exchange transactions
0290	Non-current receivables from non-exchange transactions
0300	Other non-current assets
0310	LIABILITIES
0320	Current liabilities
0330	Bank overdraft
0340	Borrowing
0350	Bank overdraft
0360	Financial liabilities
0370	Consumer deposits
0380	Trade and other payables from exchange transactions
0390	Trade and other payables from non-exchange transactions
0400	Provision
0410	VAT
0420	Other current liabilities
0430	TOTAL LIABILITIES
0440	NET ASSETS
0450	Financial liabilities
0460	Provision
0470	Long term portion of trade payables
0480	Other non-current liabilities
0490	Total non current liabilities
0500	TOTAL LIABILITIES
0510	NET ASSETS
0530	Accumulated surplus/(deficit)
0540	Reserves and funds
0550	Other
0560	TOTAL COMMUNITY WEALTH/EQUITY

Dimensions and their attributes

Amount Type (Non-aggregatable)		Whether this figure is actual, budgeted, audited etc.
Code	amount_type.code	string
Label	amount_type.label	string
Financial Period		The period this figure corresponds to, e.g. the month number of a month within the financial year or the calendar year end of a financial year.
Period	financial_period.period	integer
Financial Year (Non-aggregatable)		The calendar year falling at the end of the financial year
Year End	financial_year_end.year	integer
Item
Code	item.code	string	Code used by treasury
Composition	item.composition	string	The composition of this item. Indicates how this item is composed of other items in this cube for the same mnuicipality, financial year and period, and amount type using item codes.
Label	item.label	string
Position in Return Form	item.position_in_return_form	integer	The position of this item in the Section 71 Return form - useful for sorting line items to be ordered as they are in the return form to group related items and place them below the section headings and above section totals.
Return Form Structure	item.return_form_structure	string	What structural role this line item has in the return form
Municipality		Municipality demarcation details
Demarcation Code	demarcation.code	string	Municipality code assigned by the Municipal Demarcation Board
Name	demarcation.label	string
Period Length (Non-aggregatable)		The length of the period this figure corresponds to
Length	period_length.length	string

Grants (v2) - grants_v2

Details of grants received from national and provincial government. Section 71-level aggregation of mSCOA data from 2019-20 onwards replacing the original conditional_grants cube, adding Equitable Share Grant (ESG).

Dimensions and their attributes

Amount Type (Non-aggregatable)		Whether this figure is actual, budgeted, audited etc.
Code	amount_type.code	string
Label	amount_type.label	string
Financial Period		The period this figure corresponds to, e.g. the month number of a month within the financial year or the calendar year end of a financial year.
Period	financial_period.period	integer
Financial Year (Non-aggregatable)		The calendar year falling at the end of the financial year
Year End	financial_year_end.year	integer
Grant
Code	grant.code	string
Label	grant.label	string
Municipality		Municipality demarcation details
Demarcation Code	demarcation.code	string	Municipality code assigned by the Municipal Demarcation Board
Name	demarcation.label	string
Period Length (Non-aggregatable)		The length of the period this figure corresponds to
Length	period_length.length	string

Income and Expenditure - incexp

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Statement of Financial Performance. How a municipality has spent money and received income.

Submitted to National Treasury using return forms: OSB, OSR, OSA, OSAA.

Items

Code	Item	Composition
0100	OPERATING REVENUE
0200	Property Rates
0300	Property Rates - Penalties And Collection Charges
0400	Service Charges
0700	Rent Of Facilities And Equipment
0800	Interest Earned - External Investments
1000	Interest Earned - Outstanding Debtors
1100	Dividends Received
1300	Fines
1400	Licenses and Permits
1500	Agency Services
1600	Transfers Recognised - Operating
1610	Transfers Recognised - Capital
1700	Other Revenue
1800	Gain On Disposal Of Property, Plant & Equipment
1900	Total Operating Revenue Generated	sum(0200, 0300, 0400, 0700, 0800, 1000, 1100, 1300, 1400, 1500, 1600, 1610, 1700, 1800)
2000	Less Revenue Foregone
2100	Total Direct Operating Revenue	1900 - 2000 or 1900 + 2000 depending on the sign on 2000 such that 2100 < 1900
2200	INTERNAL TRANSFERS – (must net out with corresp. items under
2300	Interest Received - Internal Loans
2500	Internal Recoveries (Activity Based Costing Etc)
2600	Dividends Received - Internal (From Municipal Entities)
2700	Total Indirect Operating Revenue	sum(2300, 2500, 2600)
2800	Total Operating Revenue	sum(2100, 2700)
2900	OPERATING EXPENDITURE
3000	Employee Related Costs - Wages & Salaries
3100	Employee Related Costs - Social Contributions
3200	Less Employee Costs Capitalised
3300	Less Employee Costs Allocated To Other Operating Items
3400	Remuneration Of Councillors
3500	Debt Impairment
3600	Collection Costs
3700	Depreciation and Asset Impairment
3900	Interest Expense - External Borrowings
4000	Redemption Payments - External Borrowings (Gamap To Remove)
4100	Bulk Purchases
4110	Other Materials
4200	Contracted Services
4300	Grants and Subsidies
4400	Other Expenditure
4500	Loss On Disposal Of Property, Plant & Equipment
4550	Contributions To/(From) Provisions
4600	Total Direct Operating Expenditure	sum(3000, 3100, 3200, 3300, 3400, 3500, 3600, 3700, 3900, 4000, 4100, 4110, 4200, 4300, 4400, 4500, 4550)
4700	INTERNAL TRANSFERS - (must net out with corresp. items under
4800	Interest - Internal Borrowings
5000	Internal Charges (Activity Based Costing Etc)
5010	Contributed Assets
5100	Total Indirect Operating Expenditure	sum(4800, 5000, 5010)
5200	Total Operating Expenditure	sum(4600, 5100)
5300	SURPLUS
5400	Operating Surplus / (Deficit) - Total Revenue Less Total Exp	2800 - 5200 or 2800 + 5200 depending on the sign on 5200 such that 5400 < 2800
5500	Taxation
5600	Operating Surplus / (Deficit) - After Tax	5400 - 5500 or 5400 + 5500 depending on the sign on 5500 such that 5600 < 5400
5800	Cross Subsidisation
6600	Plus Interests In Entities Not Wholly Owned
5900	Surplus / (Deficit) After Tax, Cross Subsidies & Share Of As	sum(5600, 5800, 6600)
6200	OTHER ADJUSTMENTS AND TRANSFERS
5700	Dividends Paid (Municipal Entities Only)
6210	Asset Financing Reserve (Afr)
6220	Housing Development Fund
6230	Depreciation Reserve Ex Afr
6240	Depreciation Reserve Ex Govt Grants
6250	Depreciation Reserve Ex Donations And Contributions
6260	Self-Insurance Reserve
6270	Revaluation Reserve
6280	Other
6700	Change To Unappropriated Surplus / (Accumulated Deficit)	sum(5900, 5700, 6210, 6220, 6230, 6240, 6250, 6260, 6270, 6280)

Dimensions and their attributes

Amount Type (Non-aggregatable)		Whether this figure is actual, budgeted, audited etc.
Code	amount_type.code	string
Label	amount_type.label	string
Financial Period		The period this figure corresponds to, e.g. the month number of a month within the financial year or the calendar year end of a financial year.
Period	financial_period.period	integer
Financial Year (Non-aggregatable)		The calendar year falling at the end of the financial year
Year End	financial_year_end.year	integer
Government Function		Function of government classification adapted from International Monetary Fund's (IMF) Government Financial Statistics (GFS) manual
Category Label	function.category_label	string
Code	function.code	string	Code used by treasury
Label	function.label	string
Subcategory Label	function.subcategory_label	string
Item (Non-aggregatable)
Code	item.code	string	Code used by treasury
Composition	item.composition	string	The composition of this item. Indicates how this item is composed of other items in this cube for the same mnuicipality, financial year and period, and amount type using item codes.
Label	item.label	string
Position in Return Form	item.position_in_return_form	integer	The position of this item in the Section 71 Return form - useful for sorting line items to be ordered as they are in the return form to group related items and place them below the section headings and above section totals.
Return Form Structure	item.return_form_structure	string	What structural role this line item has in the return form
Municipality		Municipality demarcation details
Demarcation Code	demarcation.code	string	Municipality code assigned by the Municipal Demarcation Board
Name	demarcation.label	string
Period Length (Non-aggregatable)		The length of the period this figure corresponds to
Length	period_length.length	string

Income and Expenditure (v2) - incexp_v2

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Statement of Financial Performance. How a municipality has spent money and received income. Section 71-level aggregation of mSCOA data from 2019-20 onwards replacing the original incexp cube.

Items

Code	Item	Composition
0200	Property rates
0300	Service charges - Electricity
0400	Service charges - Water
0500	Service charges - Waste Water Management
0600	Service charges - Waste Management
0700	Sale of Goods and Rendering of Services
0800	Agency services
0900	Interest
1000	Interest earned from Receivables
1100	Interest earned from Current and Non Current Assets
1200	Dividends
1300	Rent on Land
1400	Rental from Fixed Assets
1500	Licence and permits
1600	Operational Revenue
1700	Gains on disposal of PPE
1800	Property rates
1900	Surcharges and Taxes
2000	Fines, penalties and forfeits
2100	Licences or permits
2200	Transfer and subsidies - Operational
2300	Interest
2400	Fuel Levy
2500	Operational Revenue
2600	Gains on disposal of Assets
2700	Other Gains
2800	Discontinued Operations
2900	Other expenditure
3000	Loss on disposal of PPE
3100	Employee related costs
3200	Remuneration of councillors
3300	Bulk purchases - electricity
3400	Inventory consumed
3500	Debt impairment
3600	Depreciation and amortisation
3700	Interest
3800	Contracted services
3900	Transfers and subsidies
4000	Irrecoverable debts written off
4100	Operational costs
4200	Losses on disposal of Assets
4300	Other Losses
4600	Transfers and subsidies - capital (monetary allocations)
4700	Transfers and subsidies - capital (in-kind)
4900	Income Tax
5100	Share of Surplus/Deficit attributable to Joint Venture
5200	Share of Surplus/Deficit attributable to Minorities
5400	Share of Surplus/Deficit attributable to Associate
5500	Intercompany/Parent subsidiary transactions

Dimensions and their attributes

Amount Type (Non-aggregatable)		Whether this figure is actual, budgeted, audited etc.
Code	amount_type.code	string
Label	amount_type.label	string
Financial Period		The period this figure corresponds to, e.g. the month number of a month within the financial year or the calendar year end of a financial year.
Period	financial_period.period	integer
Financial Year (Non-aggregatable)		The calendar year falling at the end of the financial year
Year End	financial_year_end.year	integer
Government Function		Function of government classification adapted from International Monetary Fund's (IMF) Government Financial Statistics (GFS) manual
Category Label	function.category_label	string
Code	function.code	string	Code used by treasury
Label	function.label	string
Subcategory Label	function.subcategory_label	string
Item
Code	item.code	string	Code used by treasury
Composition	item.composition	string	The composition of this item. Indicates how this item is composed of other items in this cube for the same mnuicipality, financial year and period, and amount type using item codes.
Label	item.label	string
Position in Return Form	item.position_in_return_form	integer	The position of this item in the Section 71 Return form - useful for sorting line items to be ordered as they are in the return form to group related items and place them below the section headings and above section totals.
Return Form Structure	item.return_form_structure	string	What structural role this line item has in the return form
Municipality		Municipality demarcation details
Demarcation Code	demarcation.code	string	Municipality code assigned by the Municipal Demarcation Board
Name	demarcation.label	string
Period Length (Non-aggregatable)		The length of the period this figure corresponds to
Length	period_length.length	string

Municipalities - municipalities

General information about the municipality including its geographic location and contact details provided to the National Treasury

Dimensions and their attributes

Municipality
Category	municipality.category	string
Demarcation Code	municipality.demarcation_code	string
Fax Number	municipality.fax_number	string
Long Name	municipality.long_name	string
MIIF Category	municipality.miif_category	string
Name	municipality.name	string
Parent Municipality Code	municipality.parent_code	string
Phone Number	municipality.phone_number	string
Postal Address part 1	municipality.postal_address_1	string
Postal Address part 2	municipality.postal_address_2	string
Postal Address part 3	municipality.postal_address_3	string
Province Code	municipality.province_code	string
Province Name	municipality.province_name	string
Street Address part 1	municipality.street_address_1	string
Street Address part 2	municipality.street_address_2	string
Street Address part 3	municipality.street_address_3	string
Street Address part 4	municipality.street_address_4	string
URL	municipality.url	string

Municipal Officials - officials

Names and contact information for high level municipality staff

Dimensions and their attributes

Contact Details
Email Address	contact_details.email_address	string
Fax Number	contact_details.fax_number	string
Name	contact_details.name	string
Phone Number	contact_details.phone_number	string
Title	contact_details.title	string
Municipality
Demarcation Code	municipality.demarcation_code	string
Role
Role	role.role	string

Repairs and Maintenance - repmaint

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Money spent on repairs and maintenance of assets.

Items

Code	Item	Composition
5001	Employee Related Costs
5002	Other Materials
5003	Contracted Services
5004	Other Expenditure
5005	Total Repairs and Maintenance Expenditure	sum(5001, 5002, 5003, 5004)

Dimensions and their attributes

Amount Type (Non-aggregatable)		Whether this figure is actual, budgeted, audited etc.
Code	amount_type.code	string
Label	amount_type.label	string
Financial Period		The period this figure corresponds to, e.g. the month number of a month within the financial year or the calendar year end of a financial year.
Period	financial_period.period	integer
Financial Year (Non-aggregatable)		The calendar year falling at the end of the financial year
Year End	financial_year_end.year	integer
Item (Non-aggregatable)
Code	item.code	string	Code used by treasury
Composition	item.composition	string	The composition of this item. Indicates how this item is composed of other items in this cube for the same mnuicipality, financial year and period, and amount type using item codes.
Label	item.label	string
Position in Return Form	item.position_in_return_form	integer	The position of this item in the Section 71 Return form - useful for sorting line items to be ordered as they are in the return form to group related items and place them below the section headings and above section totals.
Return Form Structure	item.return_form_structure	string	What structural role this line item has in the return form
Municipality		Municipality demarcation details
Demarcation Code	demarcation.code	string	Municipality code assigned by the Municipal Demarcation Board
Name	demarcation.label	string
Period Length (Non-aggregatable)		The length of the period this figure corresponds to
Length	period_length.length	string

Repairs and Maintenance (v2) - repmaint_v2

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Money spent on repairs and maintenance of assets. How a municipality has spent money and received income. Section 71-level aggregation of mSCOA data from 2019-20 onwards replacing the original repmaint cube.

Items

Code	Item	Composition
5001	Employee Related Costs
5002	Other Materials
5003	Contracted Services
5004	Other Expenditure

Dimensions and their attributes

Amount Type (Non-aggregatable)		Whether this figure is actual, budgeted, audited etc.
Code	amount_type.code	string
Label	amount_type.label	string
Financial Period		The period this figure corresponds to, e.g. the month number of a month within the financial year or the calendar year end of a financial year.
Period	financial_period.period	integer
Financial Year (Non-aggregatable)		The calendar year falling at the end of the financial year
Year End	financial_year_end.year	integer
Item
Code	item.code	string	Code used by treasury
Composition	item.composition	string	The composition of this item. Indicates how this item is composed of other items in this cube for the same mnuicipality, financial year and period, and amount type using item codes.
Label	item.label	string
Position in Return Form	item.position_in_return_form	integer	The position of this item in the Section 71 Return form - useful for sorting line items to be ordered as they are in the return form to group related items and place them below the section headings and above section totals.
Return Form Structure	item.return_form_structure	string	What structural role this line item has in the return form
Municipality		Municipality demarcation details
Demarcation Code	demarcation.code	string	Municipality code assigned by the Municipal Demarcation Board
Name	demarcation.label	string
Period Length (Non-aggregatable)		The length of the period this figure corresponds to
Length	period_length.length	string

Unauthorised, Irregular, Fruitless and Wasteful Expenditure - uifwexp

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Specific expenditure amounts from audited financial results, recorded in the notes to the annual financial statements.

Items

Code	Item	Composition
fruitless	Fruitless and Wasteful Expenditure
irregular	Irregular Expenditure
unauthorised	Unauthorised Expenditure

Dimensions and their attributes

Financial Year (Non-aggregatable)		The calendar year falling at the end of the financial year
Year End	financial_year_end.year	integer
Item (Non-aggregatable)
Code	item.code	string	'unauthorised', 'irregular' or 'fruitless' which stands for Fruitless and Wasteful
Label	item.label	string
Municipality		Municipality demarcation details
Demarcation Code	demarcation.code	string	Municipality code assigned by the Municipal Demarcation Board
Name	demarcation.label	string

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bsheet facts v1 (Metadata)
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capital facts v1 (Metadata)
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capital facts v2 (Metadata)
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cflow facts v1 (Metadata)
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conditional grant facts v1 (Metadata)
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financial position facts v2 (Metadata)
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incexp facts v1 (Metadata)
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municipal staff contacts (Metadata)
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Using the API

The API endpoint is http://municipaldata.treasury.gov.za/api

The API only supports GET requests. Successful responses have response code 200 and are in JSON format.

How the API works

The API is a simple OLAP-style interface.

Each dataset (income and expenditure, balance sheet, etc.) is called a cube. You can think of a cube as a simple (but very big) spreadsheet. Each fact in the cube is a row in our spreadsheet that has dimensions and measures. Dimensions are labels such as municipality, year, month or function code. Measures are monetary amounts in South African Rands.

You can use the API to list available cubes and get metadata about a cube that describes its attributes and values. You can also use the API to filter or cut, sort and aggregate facts in a cube.

The API is very similar to a pivot table in a spreadsheet. It lets you slice, dice and aggregate values to make sense of a vast amount of information.

Pagination

Pagination is important to make sure the client and server handle a mangeable amount of data at a time. The result of a query may be broken up into multiple pages. By default, a maximum of 10 000 items are returned per page. The response includes information on the page size, current page, and total number of results to assist with pagination. If the page size is smaller than the total_fact_count or total_cell_count of a given query (depending on the kind of query), you might want to request the remaining pages and collect the results client-side.

{
  "page": 2,
  "page_size": 100,
  "total_member_count": 152,
  ...
}
    

You can paginate through results using these query parameters:

Parameter	Default	Description
pagesize	10000	Maximum number of items per page.
page	1	The page number to fetch, starting with page 1.

Cut (filter)

...
"cell": [
  {
    "ref": "item.code",
    "value": "3010",
    "operator": ":"
  },
  {
    "ref": "municipality.code",
    "value": "BUF",
    "operator": ":"
  },
],
"cells": [
  {
    "item.code": "3010",
    "amount.sum": 6256185,
    "financial_period.period": 8
  },
...
    

Use the parameter cut with values key:value to restrict values to a subset of the cube. This is called cutting the cube into cells. Separate multiple cuts with vertical bar e.g. cut=item.code:"3010"|municipality.code:"BUF"

String values must be quoted with double quotes

GET /cubes/<name>/facts?cut=item.code:"3010"|municipality.code:"BUF"

Key	Type	Example value
dimension.attribute	integer	11
	string	"BUF"

Sorting

Use the parameter order to sort the returned values. Separate multiple sorting dimensions with comma e.g. order=financial_year_end.year:desc,amount_type.code:asc

The results will be primarily sorted according to the first argument; within that, it is sorted according to the second argument, etc. That means it's equivalent to a stable sort performed in reverse order of the arguments.

Queries on Cubes

List Cubes

GET https://municipaldata.treasury.gov.za/api/cubes

(loading...)

Lists all available cubes (datasets).

Get a Cube's Model

GET https://municipaldata.treasury.gov.za/api/cubes/<name>/model

GET https://municipaldata.treasury.gov.za/api/cubes/incexp/model

GET /cubes/incexp/model
{
  "status": "ok",
  "model": {
    "description": "a.k.a. Financial Performance. Financial obligations in and out.",
    "update_cycle": "quarter",
    "last_updated": "2016-06",
    "dimensions": {
      "function": {
        "description": "Function",
        "hierarchy": "function",
        "key_attribute": "code",
        "key_ref": "function.code",
        "cardinality": 55,
        "label_attribute": "desc",
        "cardinality_class": "medium",
        "label_ref": "function.desc",
        "label": "Function",
        "attributes": {
          "code": {
            "column": "function_cde",
            "ref": "function.code",
            "type": "string",
            "description": "some description",
            "label": "Code"
          },
          "desc": {
            "column": "function_desc",
            "ref": "function.desc",
            "type": "string",
            "description": "some description",
            "label": "Description"
          }
        },
        "ref": "function"
      },
      ...
    

Returns a description of the cube. The metadata includes attributes, measures, dimensions, aggregates etc.

update_cycle indicates how frequently you can expect later data and corrections in this dataset

last_updated is a partial ISO 8601 date indicating the date of the latest update. E.g. 2016-06 means the financial year 2015-2016 4th Quarter updates have been applied, which happen some time after it's actually 2016-06. Note that due to the time it takes to verify and submit data, the latest data in a given dataset lags behind that dataset's date.

List Facts

GET /cubes/incexp/facts?pagesize=2
{
  "total_fact_count": 463171,
  "status": "ok",
  "page": 1,
  "fields": [
    "period_length.length",
    "financial_year_end.year",
    "financial_period.period",
    "function.desc",
    "function.code",
    "amount_type.desc",
    "amount_type.code",
    "incexp.desc",
    "incexp.code",
    "demarcation.desc",
    "demarcation.code",
    "amount"
  ],
  "cell": [],
  "page_size": 2,
  "order": [],
  "data": [
    {
      "financial_year_end.year": 2015,
      "amount_type.code": "ACT",
      "amount": null,
      "incexp.code": "1500",
      "amount_type.desc": "Actual",
      "demarcation.desc": "Buffalo City",
      "function.code": "191",
      "incexp.desc": "Agency Services",
      "period_length.length": "month",
      "demarcation.code": "BUF",
      "function.desc": "Budget & Treasury Office/Not Required",
      "financial_period.period": "01"
    },
    {
      "financial_year_end.year": 2015,
      "amount_type.code": "ACT",
      "amount": null,
      "incexp.code": "1500",
      "amount_type.desc": "Actual",
      "demarcation.desc": "City of Cape Town",
      "function.code": "191",
      "incexp.desc": "Agency Services",
      "period_length.length": "month",
      "demarcation.code": "CPT",
      "function.desc": "Budget & Treasury Office/Not Required",
      "financial_period.period": "01"
    }
  ]
}
    

GET https://municipaldata.treasury.gov.za/api/cubes/<name>/facts

GET https://municipaldata.treasury.gov.za/api/cubes/incexp/facts?pagesize=5

Get individual entries from a cube in a non-aggregated form.

Query String Parameters

Parameter	Default	Description
cut		See filters (cut)
page		See pagination
pagesize		See pagination
order		See sorting
format	json	Determines whether output is in json or csv format.

List Members

GET /cubes/incexp/members/demarcation?pagesize=3
{
  "status": "ok",
  "page": 1,
  "fields": [
    "demarcation.desc",
    "demarcation.code"
  ],
  "cell": [],
  "page_size": 10000,
  "total_member_count": 3,
  "data": [
    {
      "demarcation.code": "BUF",
      "demarcation.desc": "Buffalo City"
    },
    {
      "demarcation.code": "CPT",
      "demarcation.desc": "City of Cape Town"
    },
    {
      "demarcation.code": "JHB",
      "demarcation.desc": "City of Johannesburg"
    },
  ],
  "order": []
}
    

GET https://municipaldata.treasury.gov.za/api/cubes/<name>/members/<member_name>

GET https://municipaldata.treasury.gov.za/api/cubes/incexp/members/demarcation

GET https://municipaldata.treasury.gov.za/api/cubes/incexp/members/demarcation.label

GET https://municipaldata.treasury.gov.za/api/cubes/incexp/members/demarcation?cut=financial_year_end.year:2016

Get distinct values for a given member (dimension) of a cube. For example, all the suppliers in a procurement dataset.

URL Parameters

Parameter	Description
name	Name of the cube
member_name	Name of of a dimension or attribute

Query String Parameters

Parameter	Default	Description
cut		See filters (cut)
page		See pagination
pagesize		See pagination
order		See sorting
format	json	Determines whether output is in json or csv format.

Aggregating Facts

GET /api/cubes/incexp/aggregate

{
  "cell": [],
  "status": "ok",
  "page_size": 10000,
  "attributes": [],
  "total_cell_count": 1,
  "cells": [
    {
      "amount.sum": 17427626659163,
      "_count": 463171
    }
  ],
  "order": [],
  "aggregates": [
    "_count",
    "amount.sum"
  ],
  "page": 1,
  "summary": {
    "amount.sum": 17427626659163,
    "_count": 463171
  }
}
    

GET https://municipaldata.treasury.gov.za/api/cubes/<name>/aggregate

GET https://municipaldata.treasury.gov.za/api/cubes/incexp/aggregate?drilldown=demarcation.code|demarcation.label|item.code|item.label|item.return_form_structure&cut=financial_year_end.year:2015|amount_type.code:AUDA|financial_period.period:2015|demarcation.code:"TSH"&aggregates=amount.sum

GET https://municipaldata.treasury.gov.za/api/cubes/incexp/aggregate?drilldown=demarcation.code|demarcation.label|item.code|item.label|function.code|function.label|item.return_form_structure&cut=financial_year_end.year:2015|amount_type.code:AUDA|financial_period.period:2015|demarcation.code:"TSH"|item.code:"2800";"5200"&aggregates=amount.sum

Returns aggregate views of the facts in a cube.

Query String Parameters

Parameter	Default	Description
cut		See filters (cut)
aggregates	_count and the sum of each measure.	Aggregates to include. Cube Measure refs followed by .sum are currently supported, separated by |
drilldown	none	Drilldowns to aggregate by. Dimension attribute refs separated by |
page		See pagination
pagesize		See pagination
order		See sorting
format	json	Determines whether output is in json or csv format.

Non-aggregatable Dimensions

Non-aggregatable dimensions are dimensions where it does not make sense to aggregate over the categories in the dimension.

For example, it does not make sense to aggregate over all financial years when there is no filter on financial years because the number of years might change when additional data is added. You would be summing together an arbitrary number of years.

It also does not make sense to aggregate over amount types since summing together a budget and an actual figure makes no sense.

The correct way to query cubes with non-aggregatable dimensions is to either include that dimension as a drilldown (disaggregate) or as a filter.

For example, filter by financial year being 2017 and drilldown by amount type, to compare budgeted and actual figures for that year.

Best Practises

For the best possible experience using the API, follow these best practises:

• Use pagination to get all the requested data
• Request only the fields you need to minimise the data clients need to download
• Look for an explanation message in error responses. If the response doesn't help you to resolve the issue, get in touch with us

Getting Help

You can get help with the API at helpdesk@municipalmoney.gov.za