Finance · 10 min

Government finance and fiscal evidence

Learning objective

Read municipal, provincial and inter-government finance correctly.

Municipal figures are live from National Treasury. Provincial spending comes from the official 2025 release; allocations come from the Division of Revenue Act; budgeted receipts from provincial budget documents.

Step by step

1
Open the provincial optimiser and read the coverage table first. Open →

What the result means

A difference between documents is labelled a document difference, not an error.

Limitations and common mistakes

Limpopo receipts are incomplete.

Check your understanding

Optional and not scored — pick an answer to see the explanation.

A province has a Division of Revenue Act allocation for a grant. Does that show the money was paid or received?

Yes — an allocation is a paymentNo — an allocation is a legal amount; transfers, receipts and spending are separate stagesOnly if the province's budget agrees

The resource-allocation engine shows an available envelope. Can the council spend it tomorrow?

Yes, it is cash in the bankNot necessarily — it is arithmetic room; legal conditions, cash flow and council approval still applyOnly on salaries

Open provincial optimiser