Checked 27 October 2026
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Lost electricity is power the metro paid for but could not sell, so it earned nothing back for it. At 10%, the 2024-25 loss was equal to the Auditor-General's 10% norm, not above it. The Auditor-General gave these figures to Parliament. Its 2024-25 report puts four years of losses at R0.94 billion, above the 10% norm in 1 of the 4 years.
Auditor-General of South Africa. Published 28 April 2026.
Where to look: Slide 8 (PDF page 8), 'Financial health dashboard', Mangaung, gauge 'Electricity losses' at bottom right: '10%' and 'R282m' (read from the slide image; the PDF text layer is out of order). The gauge next to it reads 'Water losses' '48%' 'R496m'.
Auditor-General of South Africa. Published 24 June 2026.
Where to look: Printed page 208 (PDF page 212), Mangaung dashboard, 'Distribution losses over administration': 'Electricity losses R0,94bn (1 year more than 10% norm)'. Printed page 209 (PDF page 213), paragraph 1: the metro provides 'electricity (via Centlec)'. Printed page 55 (PDF page 59), chart 'Electricity losses at electricity service providers': groups 'above 10% norm' and 'below / equal to 10% norm'; text: 'most electricity service providers had electricity losses above the 10% norm'. 'Over administration' is the four years 2021-22 to 2024-25 (printed page 59, PDF page 63: chart 'Fruitless and wasteful expenditure incurred for municipalities over administration', years 2021-22 to 2024-25).
Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality. Published 29 January 2026.
Where to look: Printed page 13 (PDF page 18), section 1.5.8 'Centlec': 'The Municipality has created Centlec as a municipal entity to offer electrical services to its citizens'. Printed page 46 (PDF page 51), outcome indicators marked 'Not audited', EE4.4 'Percentage total electricity losses': baseline 2023/2024 8%, actual 2024/2025 '9,9%' (the metro's own unaudited figure; supporting only)
What did the council do, and when?
Who ran the council
Mayor: Gregory Nthatisi (ANC). Council run by ANC. From Apr 2023 to present.
OFM. Published 26 April 2023.
Where to look: Paragraphs 1-2 (ANC councillor Gregory Nthatisi elected acting executive mayor after the High Court interdicted AASD president Papi Mokoena); paragraph 9 (council sat on Tuesday 25 April 2023)
The Citizen. Published 26 April 2023.
Where to look: Paragraph 3 (elected acting mayor with 50 of the 93 votes cast in a secret ballot at a special council sitting); paragraph 2 (court interdict set aside Mokoena's election)
BloemNews Express. Published 26 October 2023.
Where to look: Article body paragraph 1 ('The ANC is back in the troika positions in the Mangaung Metro after an election held on Friday, 13 October'); paragraph 2 ('The newly-elected executive mayor, Gregory Nthatisi')
OFM. Published 24 October 2025.
Where to look: Paragraph 8 ('Nthatisi, who was elected as mayor in 2023 with the support of the ANC and its coalition partners, including the African Transformation Movement')
Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality. Published 29 January 2026.
Where to look: Printed page 11 (PDF page 16), section on political governance: '1) Executive Mayor: Councillor Gregory Mosala Solomon Nthatisi'
Auditor-General of South Africa. Published 28 April 2026.
Where to look: Slide 8 (PDF page 8), 'Insights on national intervention': provincial administration under section 139(5) from 1 January 2020 to 25 April 2022, national intervention under section 139(7) from 26 April 2022; still in the rescue phase of the financial recovery plan at 30 June 2025
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