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| Claim | Figure stage | What the claim says | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLM-1011 | Figure: stage unknown | SMEC's full feasibility report (Rev 2, Jul 2024) estimates construction at R99 439 000, a smart parking system at R1 999 141 and fibre at R5 000 (excluding VAT); with consultants' fees (12%) of R12 138 368.83 and services relocation of R1 714 073.56 the 2023 capital cost totals R115 295 583.39 at September 2023 prices, with construction assumed from June 2024 to Nov/Dec 2025. It puts operating cost at R1 246 000 a year (2023) and just over R1.52m in 2026, and maintenance at R469 003.50 a year (2023) and R542 930.18 (2026) in Table 8-4. | Sources: 25th Council meeting 2024-08-23, item 10.6.2: Request for approval of the Eikestad Parking Public Private Partnership Feasibility Study (with Annexure 1 feasibility report) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details; Eikestad Parking PPP Feasibility Study: Summary Report (SMEC) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — Council agenda 23 Aug 2024 item 10.6.2, Annexure 1 (SMEC feasibility study) s2.2, printed pp.19-20 (PDF pp.43-44); s8.5.3.1 capital cost, printed pp.211-213 (PDF pp.235-237); Table 8-3, PDF p.238; Table 8-4 'Cost Estimate / Year', PDF pp.239-240. Summary Report printed pp.16 and 59 |
| CLM-1012 | Figure: stage unknown | SMEC's site comparison table gave assumed capital budgets for other options, for example Stellenbosch/Die Braak sites R222 750 000, Pick n Pay R155 925 000, Eikestad Mall R111 000 000, Bloemhof and Stelkor R89 100 000, Checkers R44 550 000, and R304 entrance / Adam Tas R267 300 000. | Source: Eikestad Parking PPP Feasibility Study: Summary Report (SMEC) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — SMEC Summary Report s4.2 options assessment table (around pp.46-48) |
| CLM-1013 | Figure: stage unknown | SMEC estimated annual revenue for the Eikestad facility at R11.7m to R18.3m in 2026 (first operating year) across seven scenarios, using existing Eikestad tariffs; its best scenario gave R16 710 286 (2023) and R18 309 998 (2026). | Source: Eikestad Parking PPP Feasibility Study: Summary Report (SMEC) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — SMEC Summary Report s6.1.6, Table 6.1 (around p.61) |
| CLM-1014 | Figure: stage unknown | SMEC found a 25-year BOOT concession more favourable than 20 years, said tax and VAT would give the public sector an extra NPV of R66m over 20 years and R122m over 25 years, said private-sector risk management could cut risk cost to the public sector by almost 60%, and recommended Treasury Approval 1. | Source: Eikestad Parking PPP Feasibility Study: Executive Summary (SMEC, ref B/SM 13/21-TT.9) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — SMEC Executive Summary 'Economic Analysis' and 'Financial Analysis', pp.v-vi |
| CLM-1015 | Figure: stage unknown | The CITP 2016-2020 budgeted R120.1m for two parking projects: TI042, 'Provision and Improvement of Parking Areas in Stellenbosch', R50m in each of 2017/18 and 2018/19 (R100m), and TI044, 'Construct a Parking Garage', R100 000 (2017/18) and R20m (2018/19) (R20.1m). The CITP 2022-2026 has no capital line for a large parking facility, although it states that the creation of the CBD and Techno Park parking facilities "is included in the ten year Infrastructure Services budget" (agenda p.2724); the only matching line in Appendix C is the R9m planning and development item. Appendix C lists parking area upgrades in Franschhoek (R711 442) and Stellenbosch (R800 000) in 2022/23 from developer charges, and 'Provision Bulk Parking Planning & Development' at R3m in each of 2023/24, 2024/25 and 2025/26 (R9m, own funds). | Sources: Comprehensive Integrated Transport Plan 2016-2020 (Final Report for Council Approval, 12 Feb 2016); Review of the Stellenbosch CITP 2022-2026 - Final Draft 2 (AECOM), council agenda item B/SM 13/21-66.2, agenda pp.2617-2881; Eikestad Parking PPP Feasibility Study: Summary Report (SMEC) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — CITP 2016-20 project list, printed p.272 (PDF p.301); CITP 2022-26 s7.2, agenda p.2724 (PDF p.108), and Appendix C, agenda pp.2870, 2873; SMEC Summary Report s2.3.1, printed p.16 |
| CLM-1021 | Figure: stage unknown | The municipality appointed Street Parking Solutions (SPS) to manage public parking in the CBD from 1 April 2019 with a cashless system (cards R30, loadable R15-R1 500); marshals had to be municipal residents and SPS staff were subject to SAPS background checks; officials were not to accept cash. | Source: New electronic parking management system (municipal news) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · archived copy of New electronic parking management system (municipal news) (opens in a new tab) · details — Municipal news 1 Apr 2019, bullet list |
| CLM-1022 | Figure: stage unknown | The municipal spokesperson, Stuart Grobbelaar, told MatieMedia (Oct 2021) that the SPS contract was a "normal fixed-term contract [...] that simply expired" on 30 September 2021, and that the municipality was managing CBD parking itself "for the time being"; MatieMedia reported, citing Mayco minutes of 15 Sep 2021, that a R440 000 Cape Winelands District grant for CBD safety would kickstart the project. | Source: Stellenbosch Municipality implements new trial parking system (MatieMedia / SMF) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — MatieMedia 26 Oct 2021, paras 2-3, 5 |
| CLM-1025 | Figure: stage unknown | In Oct 2021 the municipal spokesperson told MatieMedia that tariffs were 'exactly the same as before': off-street, the first 30 minutes free then R8 an hour; on-street, 'the first 30 minutes costs R4'. A resident complained publicly of an 'R8.00 parking fee for four minutes of parking' in Plein Street, saying the guard told him it was 'R8 [for] 0-1 hour'. The CITP 2022-2026 records that the on-street tariff was reduced 'from R8 per hour to R4 per hour due to political pressure exerted after the initial increase to R8'. | Sources: Stellenbosch Municipality implements new trial parking system (MatieMedia / SMF) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details; Review of the Stellenbosch CITP 2022-2026 - Final Draft 2 (AECOM), council agenda item B/SM 13/21-66.2, agenda pp.2617-2881 — MatieMedia 26 Oct 2021, 'Residential concerns' paras; CITP 2022-26 s3.2.14, agenda p.2666 |
| CLM-1033 | Figure: stage unknown | Stellenbosch Municipality's audited revenue from 'Parking Fees' (sales of goods and rendering of services) was R5 028 539 in 2024/25, down from R5 722 596 in 2023/24. | Source: Stellenbosch Municipality Audited Annual Financial Statements for the year ended 30 June 2025 (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — AFS 2024/25 note 29 'Sales of goods and rendering of services', PDF p.109 |
| CLM-1034 | Figure: stage unknown | Audited 'Parking Fees' revenue was R4 422 045 in 2022/23 (comparative in the 2023/24 AFS), so parking tariff income rose about 29% to 2023/24 and fell about 12% in 2024/25 (calculated from the audited figures). | Sources: Stellenbosch Municipality Audited Annual Financial Statements for the year ended 30 June 2024 (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details; Stellenbosch Municipality Audited Annual Financial Statements for the year ended 30 June 2025 (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — AFS 2023/24 note 29, PDF p.101; AFS 2024/25 note 29, PDF p.109 |
| CLM-1035 | Figure: stage unknown | Audited revenue from municipal traffic fines was R169 181 492 in 2024/25 and R143 096 788 in 2023/24; 'Law enforcement' fines were R95 036 and R22 720. Total fines, penalties and forfeits were R187 263 479 and R166 867 895. | Source: Stellenbosch Municipality Audited Annual Financial Statements for the year ended 30 June 2025 (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — AFS 2024/25 note 31 'Fines, penalties and forfeits' and 31.1, PDF p.111 |
| CLM-1036 | Figure: stage unknown | In 2022/23 audited municipal traffic fine revenue was R146 459 602 and 'Law enforcement' fines R126 077 (comparatives in the 2023/24 AFS). | Source: Stellenbosch Municipality Audited Annual Financial Statements for the year ended 30 June 2024 (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — AFS 2023/24 note 31.1, PDF p.103 |
| CLM-1037 | Figure: stage unknown | Traffic fines written off as irrecoverable were R102 206 318 in 2024/25, R101 264 460 in 2023/24 and R82 979 503 in 2022/23; the municipality explains the write-offs by an NPA directive cancelling fines not converted to a summons within 18 months under the Criminal Procedure Act. | Sources: Stellenbosch Municipality Audited Annual Financial Statements for the year ended 30 June 2025 (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details; Stellenbosch Municipality Audited Annual Financial Statements for the year ended 30 June 2024 (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — AFS 2024/25 note 43, PDF p.120 and budget-comparison explanation, PDF p.14; AFS 2023/24 note 43, PDF p.112 |
| CLM-1038 | Figure: stage unknown | At 30 June 2025 gross traffic-fine receivables were R261 099 733 (R233 078 454 a year earlier) against an impairment allowance of R208 198 318 (R180 782 289), leaving R52 901 415 (R52 296 165) carried as recoverable; impairment is set from the ratio of receipts to the value of fines issued. | Source: Stellenbosch Municipality Audited Annual Financial Statements for the year ended 30 June 2025 (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — AFS 2024/25 note 6 ageing, PDF p.75; statutory receivables, PDF p.76; note 6.1.2 impairment reconciliation, PDF p.77; impairment basis ('value of fines issued in comparison to the receipts generated'), note 6 (statutory receivables), PDF p.79 |
| CLM-1039 | Figure: stage unknown | The municipality outsources traffic-fine administration: 'Traffic Fines Management' contracted services cost R14 785 281 in 2024/25, R13 065 594 in 2023/24 and R9 646 176 in 2022/23, and agent TMT collects traffic fines and pays the money over to the municipality. | Sources: Stellenbosch Municipality Audited Annual Financial Statements for the year ended 30 June 2025 (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details; Stellenbosch Municipality Audited Annual Financial Statements for the year ended 30 June 2024 (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — AFS 2024/25 note 41 contracted services, PDF p.120, and note on agents, PDF p.122; AFS 2023/24 note 41, PDF p.111 |
| CLM-1044 | Figure: stage unknown | Capital project 'Provision of Bulk Parking Planning and Development' had an adjustment budget of R7.239m and actual spending of R7.085m in 2023/24. | Source: Annual Report 2023/24 with Annual Report Oversight Report 2023/24 (final, as submitted to National Treasury) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — Annual Report 2023/24 Table 129 capital expenditure (Roads, Transport and Stormwater), PDF p.210 |
| CLM-1045 | Figure: stage unknown | The draft 2026/27 MTREF tabled at Mayco on 25 Mar 2026 allocates R500 000 in 2026/27 (nothing in 2027/28 or 2028/29) to 'Provision of Bulk Parking Planning & Development' and R1 000 000 in 2027/28 to 'Parking Area Upgrades - Stellenbosch'; no capital allocation for building a multistorey garage appears. | Source: MayCo 2026-03-25 item 6.3: Medium Term Revenue and Expenditure Framework 2026/2027-2028/2029 (draft budget annexure) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · archived copy of MayCo 2026-03-25 item 6.3: Medium Term Revenue and Expenditure Framework 2026/2027-2028/2029 (draft budget annexure) (opens in a new tab) · details — Mayco 25 Mar 2026 item 6.3 (draft MTREF 2026/27) capital schedule, PDF pp.111-112 |
| CLM-1046 | Figure: stage unknown | Draft 2026/27 tariffs: CBD off-street Zone 1 (Eikestad, Checkers, Pick n Pay/Stelmark) stays free for 30 minutes, then R12.50 (31-59 min), R21 (1-2 h) up to R135 (12-24 h or lost ticket), up from R12, R20 and R128; on-street CBD parking (e.g. Kerk, Plein, Dorp, Andringa streets) rises from R10.00 to R10.50 an hour, charged from R5 per first half-hour. | Source: MayCo 2026-03-25 item 6.3: Medium Term Revenue and Expenditure Framework 2026/2027-2028/2029 (draft budget annexure) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · archived copy of MayCo 2026-03-25 item 6.3: Medium Term Revenue and Expenditure Framework 2026/2027-2028/2029 (draft budget annexure) (opens in a new tab) · details — Mayco 25 Mar 2026 item 6.3, sundry tariffs (Traffic Services), PDF pp.155-156 |
| CLM-1047 | Figure: stage unknown | A Mayco agenda item of 25 Mar 2026 (7.3.2) asks Council to rescind 12 in-principle approvals to lease municipal property, including three parking leases, 'Technopark Parking' (portion of Erf 9190), 'Happy Folks Parking' (portion of Erf 8116) and 'Mercedes Benz parking' (Erf 52), because, the item says, National Treasury's comments (the annexed 27 June 2025 letter on the Stellenbosch Flying Club lease, one of the 12) mean that the property policy's deviation from a competitive process and the June 2022 delegation (EM85: leases under 10 years and under R5m to the Executive Mayor with Mayco) are not in line with the MFMA and Municipal Asset Transfer Regulations; the letter itself does not mention EM85 or the June 2022 delegation and does not call the policy or the delegation unlawful, though it notes that the property policy gives both Council and the Executive Mayor 'certain powers to decide on deviations from public competition' and advises the municipality to review it (PDF p.210). The item also says the public participation processes were not completed owing to 'a severe staff shortage' in Property Management. | Source: Agenda: Mayoral Committee Meeting 2026-03-25 (incl. item 7.3.2 review and rescission of in-principle approvals to lease municipal properties) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — Mayco agenda 25 Mar 2026 item 7.3.2, paras 2-6.2.2, PDF pp.198-202; annexed National Treasury letter of 27 Jun 2025 (Stellenbosch Flying Club lease, Farm 502L), PDF pp.209-211 |
| CLM-1049 | Figure: stage unknown | National Treasury data show Stellenbosch's audited 'fines, penalties and forfeits' rising from R90.7m (2017/18) to R118.2m (2018/19), R100.0m (2019/20), R108.9m (2020/21), R122.9m (2021/22), R146.7m (2022/23), R166.9m (2023/24) and R187.3m (2024/25); the 2025/26 budget is R173.4m. | Source: National Treasury Municipal Money API: Income & expenditure (Table A4 / v2) annual aggregates for WC024 by item, financial year and amount type (budget stages and audited) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · archived copy of National Treasury Municipal Money API: Income & expenditure (Table A4 / v2) annual aggregates for WC024 by item, financial year and amount type (budget stages and audited) (opens in a new tab) · details — Municipal Money incexp_v2, item 2000 'Fines, penalties and forfeits', amount type AUDA (ORGB for 2025/26) |
| CLM-1056 | Figure: stage unknown | The feasibility report annexed to the Aug 2024 item states that the municipality currently earns 'about R70 000 revenue per month' from the Eikestad parking area but must pay staff on site, making it 'a loss-making activity (staff costs are more than revenue)'; it adds that the municipality cannot fund the R115.2m (2023) facility, about 23% of its R505m 2023/24 capital budget, and 'does not favour managing parking areas directly'. | Source: 25th Council meeting 2024-08-23, item 10.6.2: Request for approval of the Eikestad Parking Public Private Partnership Feasibility Study (with Annexure 1 feasibility report) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — Council agenda 23 Aug 2024 item 10.6.2, Annexure 1 (SMEC feasibility study) value-for-money table, PDF p.33 (printed p.9); s8.3.2 simplified value assessment, PDF p.222 |
| CLM-1060 | Figure: stage unknown | SMEC's reference model for the preferred Scenario 6 (1 923 parked vehicles a day, against 1 169 at the existing Eikestad lot) gives a net present value of R19 973 666 and an IRR of 12.64% over 20 years, or R30 363 253 and 14.62% over 25 years; its base scenario (existing demand) is negative (-R32 728 014 over 20 years), and only Scenarios 3 to 6 are positive. Projected revenue is R16.293m in 2026 and R17.838m in 2027, or R518.5m over 20 years. | Source: 25th Council meeting 2024-08-23, item 10.6.2: Request for approval of the Eikestad Parking Public Private Partnership Feasibility Study (with Annexure 1 feasibility report) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — Council agenda 23 Aug 2024 item 10.6.2, Annexure 1 (SMEC feasibility study) s8.7, Table 8-11 PDF p.256 (printed 232); Table 8-12 PDF p.257 (printed 233); revenue PDF pp.249-250 |
| CLM-1061 | Figure: stage unknown | SMEC's value-for-money section says the municipality's direct outlays would be about R7.0m for feasibility and advisory services and R1.74m for relocating bulk services; it would gain a building worth R120m (2023 value, R275m if it appreciates with inflation) and parking revenue of about R35.92m a year from 2044 (20-year term) or R37.95m from 2049 (25-year term). A share of the private party's net return of 5% would yield R5.8m over 20 years or R11.3m over 25 years (15%: R17.3m / R33.7m), and SMEC expects a share 'in the vicinity of 5%'. | Source: 25th Council meeting 2024-08-23, item 10.6.2: Request for approval of the Eikestad Parking Public Private Partnership Feasibility Study (with Annexure 1 feasibility report) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — Council agenda 23 Aug 2024 item 10.6.2, Annexure 1 (SMEC feasibility study) s8.8.1, PDF pp.261-262 (printed 237-238); executive summary PDF p.33 |
| CLM-1069 | Figure: stage unknown | Municipal Notice 108/2025 (13 Jun 2025) announced paid parking management on Franschhoek's Main Road from 1 Jul 2025 at R10.00 an hour, included in the 2025/26 tariffs, with free parking kept at the upgraded Dirkie Uys/La Rochelle area. It cites the authorising resolution as '14th Meeting of the Council (Item 11.6.2 held on 24th May 2024)'. | Sources: Municipal Notice No. 108/2025: Franschhoek Parking Management (with document route form) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · archived copy of Municipal Notice No. 108/2025: Franschhoek Parking Management (with document route form) (opens in a new tab) · details; Agenda: 14th Meeting of the Council of Stellenbosch Municipality, 2023-05-24 (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — Municipal Notice 108/2025, p.2 (p.1 is the signed route form); 14th Council agenda item 11.6.2, PDF p.2124 |
| CLM-1301 | Figure: stage unknown | The CITP 2016-2020 capital programme listed 'Feasibility Study and EIA: Western Bypass' (TM008) at R500 000 in 2016/17 and R500 000 in 2017/18, responsible party 'WCG / SM', type Planning. | Source: Comprehensive Integrated Transport Plan 2016-2020 (Final Report for Council Approval, 12 Feb 2016) — CITP 2016-2020 project list TM008, printed p.268 |
| CLM-1307 | Figure: stage unknown | Appendix C of the CITP 2022-2026 (10-year Infrastructure Services budget, Jan 2023, CRR own funds) budgets the 'Adam Tas - Technopark Link Road' at R2 300 000 in 2022/23 and R88 000 000 over 2023-2033 (phased amounts of R3m, R5m, R20m, R30m and R30m). | Source: Review of the Stellenbosch CITP 2022-2026 - Final Draft 2 (AECOM), council agenda item B/SM 13/21-66.2, agenda pp.2617-2881 — CITP 2022-26 Appendix C, agenda p.2872 |
| CLM-1309 | Figure: stage unknown | Appendix C of the CITP 2022-2026 budgets 'Wilderbosch Extension to Trumali (Eastern link)' at R1 000 000 in 2022/23 and R20 000 000 over 2023-2033, and 'Wilderbosch Extension to Techno Park (Eastern link)' at R17 000 000 over 2023-2033 (R1.5m then R15.5m in the outer years), all CRR own funds. | Source: Review of the Stellenbosch CITP 2022-2026 - Final Draft 2 (AECOM), council agenda item B/SM 13/21-66.2, agenda pp.2617-2881 — CITP 2022-26 Appendix C, agenda p.2870 |
| CLM-1316 | Figure: stage unknown | The CITP 2022-2026 reports that a new access road from the R304 and partial dualling of the R304 for the Newinbosch development (Adam Tas Corridor precinct 10) were 'almost completed', that the R304 would be doubled between Kayamandi and the R44, and that 'exactly how the current bottleneck of the R44/Bird intersection will be upgraded, is not known'. Appendix C budgets 'Bird Street Dualling - Adam Tas to Kayamandi' at R30.5m over 2023-2033 (R150 000 in 2022/23). | Source: Review of the Stellenbosch CITP 2022-2026 - Final Draft 2 (AECOM), council agenda item B/SM 13/21-66.2, agenda pp.2617-2881 — CITP 2022-26 agenda pp.2721, 2871 |
| CLM-1319 | Figure: stage unknown | Appendix C of the CITP 2022-2026 budgets, over 2023-2033, 'Main Road Intersection Improvements: R44/Merriman Street' R65m (DC-Roads), 'Strand/Adam Tas/Alexander' R39m (DC-Roads) and 'Adam Tas Intersection Upgrades' R12m (CRR); Dorp Street West dualling shows R0. | Source: Review of the Stellenbosch CITP 2022-2026 - Final Draft 2 (AECOM), council agenda item B/SM 13/21-66.2, agenda pp.2617-2881 — CITP 2022-26 Appendix C, agenda pp.2870, 2872 |
| CLM-1322 | Figure: stage unknown | The CITP 2016-2020 listed a 'Park and Ride Feasibility Study for Stellenbosch and Cape Town Int. Airports' (PT012) at R200 000 in 2018/19. | Source: Comprehensive Integrated Transport Plan 2016-2020 (Final Report for Council Approval, 12 Feb 2016) — CITP 2016-2020 project list PT012, printed p.275 |
| CLM-1323 | Figure: stage unknown | The CITP 2022-2026 concludes that while previously proposed park-and-ride facilities 'appear to be a good solution', 'there is no evidence to support the feasibility of the concept', 'but it should remain an option for future consideration'; it budgets 'Park and Ride (Transport Interchange)' at R100 000 in 2022/23 and R250 000 for 2023-2033, and targets park-and-ride assessment reports in 2024/25 and 2025/26. | Source: Review of the Stellenbosch CITP 2022-2026 - Final Draft 2 (AECOM), council agenda item B/SM 13/21-66.2, agenda pp.2617-2881 — CITP 2022-26 s5.2.3, agenda p.2695; Table 6.4, agenda p.2711; s7, agenda pp.2724-2726; Appendix C, agenda p.2873 |
| CLM-1327 | Figure: stage unknown | Appendix C of the CITP 2022-2026 budgets over 2023-2033: Non-Motorised Transport Implementation R31m; Cycle Plan design and implementation R4.5m; Bicycle Lockup Facilities R1.3m; Stellenbosch bicycle network R1m; Kayamandi pedestrian bridge (R304, river and railway) R26m (IUDG). The CITP 2016-2020 had listed a 'Detailed Cycle Plan & Implementation' (NMT004) at R10m in each of 2017/18 and 2018/19 (MIG/SM). | Sources: Review of the Stellenbosch CITP 2022-2026 - Final Draft 2 (AECOM), council agenda item B/SM 13/21-66.2, agenda pp.2617-2881; Comprehensive Integrated Transport Plan 2016-2020 (Final Report for Council Approval, 12 Feb 2016) — CITP 2022-26 Appendix C, agenda pp.2872-2873; CITP 2016-20 printed p.277 |
| CLM-1331 | Figure: stage unknown | The CITP 2022-2026 states a total budget of R431m for 2023/24-2027/28 across Roads and Stormwater (R151m), Traffic Engineering (R118m) and Transport Planning (R162m); Appendix C's 10-year (2023-2033) grand total for the three departments is R843 129 950. | Source: Review of the Stellenbosch CITP 2022-2026 - Final Draft 2 (AECOM), council agenda item B/SM 13/21-66.2, agenda pp.2617-2881 — CITP 2022-26 s12, agenda pp.2772-2773; Appendix C grand total, agenda p.2874 |
| CLM-1333 | Figure: stage unknown | A Jamestown Development Roads Master Plan (B/SM 39/18) was completed in March 2020; the CITP says its proposed Jamestown-Stellenbosch links had not been workshopped with interested and affected parties and 'do not have any status at present'. Appendix C budgets a Jamestown Transport Network at R5m (2023-2033). | Source: Review of the Stellenbosch CITP 2022-2026 - Final Draft 2 (AECOM), council agenda item B/SM 13/21-66.2, agenda pp.2617-2881 — CITP 2022-26 agenda pp.2720-2721, 2871 |
| CLM-1353 | Figure: stage unknown | In May 2021 the municipality said it had approved, for 2021/22, an Auxiliary Law Enforcement Officer policy (R400 000 budget, up to 20 unpaid volunteers), a Rewards for Criminal Information policy, and an Externally Funded Law Enforcement and Traffic Officer policy from 1 July 2021 under which private parties can pay for officers; it also stated 'Although policing is not a municipal function...'. | Source: Serious about safety in Stellenbosch (municipal news) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · archived copy of Serious about safety in Stellenbosch (municipal news) (opens in a new tab) · details — Municipal news 31 May 2021, paras 2-6 |
| CLM-2005 | Draft budgeted figure (not adopted; not delivery) | The Draft 4th Review IDP's draft capital budget lists, under the Housing Development department, the project 'Adam Tas Corridor Precinct 10' with no allocation in 2026/27 ('-'), R8 695 652 in 2027/28 and R20 000 000 in 2028/29. | Source: MayCo 2026-03-25 item 6.1: Tabling of the Draft 4th Review of the 5th Generation IDP 2022-2027 (annexure) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — PDF p.528 (printed p.504), s10.8.2 Table 132 (Directorate: Planning and Economic Development), columns Draft budget 2026/27, 2027/28, 2028/29 |
| CLM-2013 | Approved figure (not delivery) | For Erf 7001, Cloetesville, Stellenbosch Municipality reports that it is making land available through the ATR process to a developer for medium- to upper-GAP housing, not BNG houses. The Municipal Planning Tribunal approved the land use application and development rights were obtained on 29 November 2024. The Appeal Authority then approved the project after the appeal period, and a call for proposals from private developers was planned for 2025/26. The 2024/25 housing capital budget lists 'Erf 7001 Cloetesville (380) FLISP' at R292 396 (CRR). | Sources: Draft Annual Report 2024/25 (V20) with annexures, to Council (January 2026) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details; Annual Report 2023/24 with Annual Report Oversight Report 2023/24 (final, as submitted to National Treasury) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details; Housing Market Studies for Intermediate Cities/Larger Towns in the Western Cape: Stellenbosch Town Report, Final Report, August 2022 (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — Draft Annual Report 2024/25 PDF pp.137-138 (printed pp.125-126) s(b); Table 104 PDF p.134 (printed p.122); Annual Report 2023/24 PDF p.177 (printed p.128) s(c); Housing market study (August 2022) PDF p.46 (printed p.46), 'Government housing delivery' |
| CLM-2016 | Budgeted figure (not delivery) | Stellenbosch Municipality's Draft Annual Report 2024/25 says the Housing Development section secured grant and municipal funding for Human Settlements 'totalling R47 342 761'. It managed an adjusted capital budget of R17 376 606 in 2024/25 and spent 92% of it. The budget lines include Erf 64 Kylemore (R778 988), Erf 7001 Cloetesville FLISP (R292 396), social housing planning (R10 518 992), Klapmuts La Rochelle (R2 000 000), ISSP Kayamandi (R2 000 000) and Jamestown housing (R900 857 HSDG plus R318 100 CRR). | Source: Draft Annual Report 2024/25 (V20) with annexures, to Council (January 2026) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — S3.2.7, PDF p.133 (printed p.121); Table 104 PDF p.134 (printed p.122) |
| CLM-2021 | Budgeted figure (not delivery) | According to the August 2022 Stellenbosch Town Housing Market Study commissioned by the Western Cape DEA&DP (prepared by CAHF), municipal data showed 17 945 people on the housing demand database as of November 2021, of whom 11 396 (64%) lived in Stellenbosch town. Of these town applicants, 86.7% reported monthly income of R0-R3 500. The study cautions that the database relies on people who come forward and on self-reported, unverified income. | Source: Housing Market Studies for Intermediate Cities/Larger Towns in the Western Cape: Stellenbosch Town Report, Final Report, August 2022 (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — PDF p.12 (printed p.12), 'Housing demand' (text and income chart) |
| CLM-2022 | Budgeted figure (not delivery) | The 2022 Stellenbosch Town Housing Market Study found, using Lightstone deeds data (2017-2021), that 62% of Stellenbosch town's 14 244 residential properties were valued over R1.2 million and only 28% (3 931) at R900 000 or less. It calculated that buying a property valued over R1.2 million with a mortgage needs a minimum monthly household income of R29 600 (7.75% interest, 10% deposit, 20 years, 30% of income, no FLISP), and that only 20.5% of town households could afford a home of about R1.2 million or more with a mortgage. | Source: Housing Market Studies for Intermediate Cities/Larger Towns in the Western Cape: Stellenbosch Town Report, Final Report, August 2022 (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — PDF p.5 (data sources), PDF p.19 (ownership market: 14 244 properties, 62%, 28%/3 931, R29 600 and assumptions), PDF p.17 (summary of demand side assessment: 20.5%) |
| CLM-2023 | Budgeted figure (not delivery) | The 2022 Stellenbosch Town Housing Market Study reported TPN data for 2021 (municipality-wide): average monthly rent of R13 911 for a 3-bedroom and R8 655 for a 2-bedroom unit. It estimated that about 8 000 University of Stellenbosch students need private accommodation, against an NSFAS housing allowance of about R5 000 a month, and noted beds at the MySpace development priced at R8 500-R12 500 a month. For Stellenbosch town, it also found 'no private sector construction of new houses below R300 000 in 2021'. | Source: Housing Market Studies for Intermediate Cities/Larger Towns in the Western Cape: Stellenbosch Town Report, Final Report, August 2022 (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — PDF p.28 (TPN rents, municipality-wide), PDF p.17 and p.30 (about 8 000 students; NSFAS allowance about R5 000 a month; MySpace R8 500-R12 500 per bed, p.30), PDF p.34 and p.49 (new build below R300 000, Stellenbosch town) |
| CLM-2027 | Approved figure (not delivery) | In a memo of 5 August 2024 annexed to the Erf 7001 decision letter, Stellenbosch Municipality's Infrastructure Services set conditions to be met before transfer of the first property or approval of building plans: a new 7.0 ML Cloetesville Reservoir and pump upgrades, for which it says R22 million (excluding VAT) is on the 2024/25-2026/27 budget for 'Bulk water supply pipe: Cloetesville / Idas Valley'; a bulk sewer line from Kayamandi to Merriman Street, about which it says: 'Currently this project is not on the municipal budget. Budget should therefore be allocated to unlock this housing project.'; and an extended turning lane at the R44/Hendrickse intersection. It did not support the parking departure because 'Row housing is not supported by the Infrastructure Directorate, specifically for stormwater drainage reasons'. | Source: MPT decision letter: Erf 7001, Stellenbosch (Hendrickse Street, Cloetesville), application LU/16572 (TP591/2023), with annexures incl. Infrastructure Services memo of 5 Aug 2024 (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — PDF p.15 (printed p.793; memo header, parking departure), PDF p.16 (printed p.794; water, funding), PDF p.17 (printed p.795; sewer, funding; roads item 3.1.1) |
| CLM-3014 | Figure: stage unknown | Stellenbosch Municipality tendered the Transvalia Complex (erven 825, 1123, 1133, 1128, 1134, 1142 and 1160, Dorp Street) under Tender B/SM 111/24 (closing 26 August 2024) for tourism-related redevelopment on a long-term lease of not more than 30 years subject to Council approval, retaining 143 public parking bays; the combined 2021 municipal valuation was approximately R23.27 million. | Source: Tender B/SM 111/24: Re-development and Lease of Transvalia Properties (tender document with adverts and drawings) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · archived copy of Tender B/SM 111/24: Re-development and Lease of Transvalia Properties (tender document with adverts and drawings) (opens in a new tab) · details — bid notice; specifications printed pp.46-48 (PDF pp.48-50) (paras 1.2-1.4, 2.3-2.4, 3.1) |
| CLM-3018 | Figure: stage unknown | The Eikestad Parking PPP feasibility study tabled at Council on 23 August 2024 proposed a 498-bay multi-storey build-operate-transfer facility on the Eikestad open parking area, built and run by a private party for about 25 years, with an estimated construction cost of R99.4 million (excl. VAT) and an initial investment that 'may be more than R 124.1 million'; final National Treasury views were still awaited. | Source: 25th Council meeting 2024-08-23, item 10.6.2: Request for approval of the Eikestad Parking Public Private Partnership Feasibility Study (with Annexure 1 feasibility report) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — item pp.1-4 (BOT, ~25 years); feasibility study at agenda p.29 (498 bays), p.34 (R124.1m), p.43 (R99 439 000 excl. VAT); p.10 (final NT views awaited) |
| CLM-3101 | Figure: stage unknown | Stellenbosch Municipality's audited operating revenue (excluding capital transfers) was R2.10bn in 2022/23, R2.35bn in 2023/24 and R2.62bn in 2024/25 (nominal), per National Treasury municipal data. | Source: National Treasury Municipal Money API: Income & expenditure (Table A4 / v2) annual aggregates for WC024 by item, financial year and amount type (budget stages and audited) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · archived copy of National Treasury Municipal Money API: Income & expenditure (Table A4 / v2) annual aggregates for WC024 by item, financial year and amount type (budget stages and audited) (opens in a new tab) · details — item 2900, amount type AUDA, FYE2023-2025 |
| CLM-3103 | Figure: stage unknown | Audited property rates revenue rose from R422.0m in 2021/22 to R530.6m in 2024/25 (nominal, +26%); the 2025/26 adjusted budget is R577.8m. | Source: National Treasury Municipal Money API: Income & expenditure (Table A4 / v2) annual aggregates for WC024 by item, financial year and amount type (budget stages and audited) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · archived copy of National Treasury Municipal Money API: Income & expenditure (Table A4 / v2) annual aggregates for WC024 by item, financial year and amount type (budget stages and audited) (opens in a new tab) · details — item 1800, AUDA FYE2022-2025, ADJB FYE2026 |
| CLM-3104 | Figure: stage unknown | Audited revenue from fines, penalties and forfeits rose from R122.9m in 2021/22 to R187.3m in 2024/25 (nominal). | Source: National Treasury Municipal Money API: Income & expenditure (Table A4 / v2) annual aggregates for WC024 by item, financial year and amount type (budget stages and audited) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · archived copy of National Treasury Municipal Money API: Income & expenditure (Table A4 / v2) annual aggregates for WC024 by item, financial year and amount type (budget stages and audited) (opens in a new tab) · details — item 2000, AUDA FYE2022-2025 |
| CLM-3105 | Figure: stage unknown | Stellenbosch spent 84% (2021/22), 85% (2022/23) and 87% (2023/24) of its adjusted capital budget (new, renewal and upgrading assets), and R473.2m in 2024/25 against an original capital budget of R599.3m (79%). | Source: National Treasury Municipal Money API: Capital acquisition (v2) annual aggregates for WC024 by capital type, year and amount type (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · archived copy of National Treasury Municipal Money API: Capital acquisition (v2) annual aggregates for WC024 by capital type, year and amount type (opens in a new tab) · details — National Treasury municipal capital dataset (capital_v2): capital types NEW, RENEWAL and UPGRADING; amount types ADJB (adjusted budget) and AUDA (audited actual); financial years ending 2022 to 2025. Percentages calculated from those amounts. |
| CLM-3106 | Figure: stage unknown | Irregular expenditure reported by Stellenbosch Municipality fell from R89.8m in 2020/21 to R45.1m (2021/22), R38.4m (2022/23) and R12.4m (2023/24); unauthorised expenditure was nil in each year and fruitless and wasteful expenditure was R4.3m in 2021/22 and nil in 2022/23 and 2023/24. | Sources: National Treasury Municipal Money API: Unauthorised, irregular, fruitless and wasteful expenditure cube aggregates for WC024 by item and year (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · archived copy of National Treasury Municipal Money API: Unauthorised, irregular, fruitless and wasteful expenditure cube aggregates for WC024 by item and year (opens in a new tab) · details; Report of the Auditor-General to the Western Cape Provincial Parliament and council on Stellenbosch Municipality, financial year ended 30 June 2021 (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · archived copy of Report of the Auditor-General to the Western Cape Provincial Parliament and council on Stellenbosch Municipality, financial year ended 30 June 2021 (opens in a new tab) · details — uifwexp cube FYE2021-2024; AGSA FYE2021 para 10 (R89.8m, SCM non-compliance) |
| CLM-3107 | Figure: stage unknown | Audited rental income from municipal fixed assets was about R11-12m a year between 2021/22 and 2024/25 (R12.2m, R12.4m, R11.1m, R11.7m). | Source: National Treasury Municipal Money API: Income & expenditure (Table A4 / v2) annual aggregates for WC024 by item, financial year and amount type (budget stages and audited) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · archived copy of National Treasury Municipal Money API: Income & expenditure (Table A4 / v2) annual aggregates for WC024 by item, financial year and amount type (budget stages and audited) (opens in a new tab) · details — item 1400, AUDA FYE2022-2025 |
| CLM-3109 | Figure: stage unknown | In 2024/25 Stellenbosch Municipality recorded R9.92 million of current-year irregular expenditure (all of it, together with R0.26m identified from the prior period, attributed to breaches of the SCM procurement process), wrote off R19.40 million, and reported a closing irregular expenditure balance of R2.87 million; it reported no unauthorised or fruitless and wasteful expenditure in 2024/25 or 2023/24. | Source: Stellenbosch Municipality Audited Annual Financial Statements for the year ended 30 June 2025 (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — note 54 |
| CLM-3110 | Figure: stage unknown | At 30 June 2025 Stellenbosch Municipality's property rental debtors stood at R33.1 million gross, of which R32.4 million (about 98%) was provided for as impaired, leaving R0.74 million net. | Sources: Stellenbosch Municipality Audited Annual Financial Statements for the year ended 30 June 2025 (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details; Report of the Auditor-General to the Western Cape Provincial Parliament and the council on Stellenbosch Municipality, year ended 30 June 2025 (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · archived copy of Report of the Auditor-General to the Western Cape Provincial Parliament and the council on Stellenbosch Municipality, year ended 30 June 2025 (opens in a new tab) · details — AFS note 5.2; AGSA para 8 |
| CLM-3111 | Figure: stage unknown | At 30 June 2025 gross consumer service receivables were R503.6 million with an impairment allowance of R263.2 million; non-exchange receivables were R338.3 million gross, including R261.1 million in traffic fines of which R208.2 million was impaired. | Sources: Stellenbosch Municipality Audited Annual Financial Statements for the year ended 30 June 2025 (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details; Report of the Auditor-General to the Western Cape Provincial Parliament and the council on Stellenbosch Municipality, year ended 30 June 2025 (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · archived copy of Report of the Auditor-General to the Western Cape Provincial Parliament and the council on Stellenbosch Municipality, year ended 30 June 2025 (opens in a new tab) · details — AFS notes 5.1, 6; AGSA paras 8-9 |
| CLM-3112 | Figure: stage unknown | Stellenbosch Municipality's borrowings fell from R584.3 million at 30 June 2024 to R514.7 million at 30 June 2025, while cash and cash equivalents fell from R150.7 million to R30.7 million and short-term investments rose from R455.7 million to R518.8 million. | Source: Stellenbosch Municipality Audited Annual Financial Statements for the year ended 30 June 2025 (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — SFP p.7; note 19 |
| CLM-3113 | Figure: stage unknown | Unspent conditional grants at 30 June 2025 totalled R27.2 million (capital R9.2m, operational R18.1m), down from R37.2 million a year earlier. | Source: Stellenbosch Municipality Audited Annual Financial Statements for the year ended 30 June 2025 (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — notes 18, 18.1, 18.2; SFP |
| CLM-3114 | Figure: stage unknown | The 2025/26 MTREF tabled in May 2025 budgeted revenue excluding capital transfers of R2 869.3 million, expenditure of R2 741.1 million and capital expenditure of R642.5 million, of which R198.0 million was to be funded by borrowing. | Source: Appendix 1: MTREF 2025/2026 budget documentation, May 2025 (Council) - final/approved budget tabled at 32nd Council 30 May 2025 (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · archived copy of Appendix 1: MTREF 2025/2026 budget documentation, May 2025 (Council) - final/approved budget tabled at 32nd Council 30 May 2025 (opens in a new tab) · details — Table A1 |
| CLM-3115 | Figure: stage unknown | The draft 2026/27 MTREF tabled at Mayco on 25 March 2026 proposed operating revenue of R3 232.3 million (+6.71%), operating expenditure of R3 073.2 million (+7.86%), a capital budget of R579.3 million (down 2.64%), a 6.00% property rates tariff increase with a new General Valuation Roll from 1 July 2026, and external loans of R437 million over the MTREF, R222 million in year one. | Source: MayCo 2026-03-25 item 6.3: Medium Term Revenue and Expenditure Framework 2026/2027-2028/2029 (draft budget annexure) (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · archived copy of MayCo 2026-03-25 item 6.3: Medium Term Revenue and Expenditure Framework 2026/2027-2028/2029 (draft budget annexure) (opens in a new tab) · details — PDF pp.2 (loans, purpose para (b)), 34 (revenue), 36 (rates, GV roll), 39 (expenditure), 42 (capital budget) |
| CLM-3541 | Figure: stage unknown | The plaintiff claimed R4 374 192.67 (R3 955 405.52 in lost earnings and R418 787.15 in establishment costs) arising from the municipality's cancellation, on 22 Sep 2020, of a contract concluded on 30 May 2019 under tender BSM 07/19. The contract was for invasive alien vegetation clearing in WC024, with a panel of 13 contractors, and ran to 30 June 2021. | Source: Deon Garden and Construction CC v Stellenbosch Municipality (9140/2021) [2026] ZAWCHC 504 (4 September 2026), Fortuin J (original, opens in a new tab) ↗ · details — paras 1, 5, 15-16 |
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