Risk Register
121 risks · 5 open · 9 critical
| Risk ID | Description | Category | Department | Rating | Band | Status | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RSK-005 | Fraud risk in grant management — | Fraud / Corruption | — | 6L2 × I3 | Medium | Open | |
| RSK-007 | IT infrastructure obsolescence — | Strategic | — | 8L2 × I4 | Medium | Open | |
| RSK-003 | Data security vulnerabilities in systems — | Information | — | 12L4 × I3 | High | Monitoring | |
| RSK-001 | Budget shortfall impact on service delivery — | Financial | — | 6L3 × I2 | Medium | Open | |
| RSK-004 | Procurement delays affecting projects — | Operational | — | 6L3 × I2 | Medium | Open | |
| RSK-006 | Compliance with audit recommendations — | Compliance | — | 12L4 × I3 | High | Monitoring | |
| RSK-002 | Staff capacity constraints in Finance — | HR / People | — | 6L3 × I2 | Medium | Open | |
| RSK-030 | Library service interruption Community Services | Operational | — | 8L2 × I4 | Medium | ||
| RSK-034 | Project cost overruns Infrastructure and Technical Services | Operational | Sibusiso Dube | 12L3 × I4 | High | Closed | |
| RSK-048 | Asset losses Budget and Treasury Office | Operational | Mthokozisi Ndlovu | 16L4 × I4 | Critical | ||
| RSK-033 | Litigation losses Corporate Services | Compliance | Dumisani Majola | 16L4 × I4 | Critical | ||
| RSK-041 | Cemetery space exhaustion Community Services | Operational | — | 12L3 × I4 | High | ||
| RSK-053 | Sports programme attendance low Community Services | Operational | — | 4L2 × I2 | Low | ||
| RSK-043 | Fire response delay Community Services | Operational | — | 6L2 × I3 | Medium | ||
| RSK-045 | Tourism strategy failure Local Economic Development and Planning | Strategic | — | 8L2 × I4 | Medium | ||
| RSK-031 | EPWP under-performance Local Economic Development and Planning | Strategic | — | 9L3 × I3 | Medium | ||
| RSK-047 | Critical post vacancies (engineering) Infrastructure and Technical Services | HR / People | Sandile Gwala | 20L5 × I4 | Critical | ||
| RSK-055 | Annual Performance Report tabled late Office of the Municipal Manager | Compliance | Lungelo Khumalo | 8L4 × I2 | Medium | ||
| RSK-044 | Investment income loss Budget and Treasury Office | Financial | Kefilwe Motsepe | 6L2 × I3 | Medium | ||
| RSK-046 | Council resolutions not implemented Office of the Municipal Manager | Compliance | Lungelo Khumalo | 15L3 × I5 | High | ||
| RSK-051 | Bribery / kickbacks in capital projects Infrastructure and Technical Services | Fraud / Corruption | Sibusiso Dube | 6L2 × I3 | Medium | ||
| RSK-049 | Climate change / drought impacts Infrastructure and Technical Services | Strategic | Mduduzi Msweli | 6L2 × I3 | Medium | ||
| RSK-052 | Loss of historical performance data Office of the Municipal Manager | Information | Lungelo Khumalo | 12L4 × I3 | High | ||
| RSK-039 | Discrimination / harassment claims Corporate Services | HR / People | Dumisani Majola | 12L4 × I3 | High | ||
| RSK-042 | Non-publication of bid awards Budget and Treasury Office | Compliance | Nhlanhla Buthelezi | 6L2 × I3 | Medium | ||
| RSK-050 | SPLUMA Tribunal not functional Local Economic Development and Planning | Compliance | — | 6L2 × I3 | Medium | ||
| RSK-054 | Failure to obtain landfill licence Community Services | Strategic | — | 10L2 × I5 | High | ||
| RSK-035 | Performance information not credible Office of the Municipal Manager | Compliance | Lungelo Khumalo | 12L3 × I4 | High | ||
| RSK-037 | Disaster Management Centre dormant Community Services | Operational | — | 9L3 × I3 | Medium | ||
| RSK-032 | Adverse VAT and PAYE assessments by SARS Budget and Treasury Office | Financial | Mthokozisi Ndlovu | 25L5 × I5 | Critical | ||
| RSK-036 | SMME programme failure Local Economic Development and Planning | Strategic | — | 9L3 × I3 | Medium | ||
| RSK-038 | Records management non-compliance Corporate Services | Information | Sindisiwe Molefe | 12L3 × I4 | High | ||
| RSK-040 | SDF implementation failure Local Economic Development and Planning | Strategic | — | 3L1 × I3 | Low | ||
| RSK-001 | Inability to deliver on IDP commitments due to grant under-spending Infrastructure and Technical Services | Strategic | Zanele Mokoena | 6L3 × I2 | Medium | ||
| RSK-028 | Non-compliance with OHS Act Corporate Services | Compliance | Sindisiwe Molefe | 15L3 × I5 | High | ||
| RSK-018 | Disaster — flood / fire Community Services | Operational | — | 12L4 × I3 | High | ||
| RSK-009 | Property rates revenue underperformance Budget and Treasury Office | Financial | Thandeka Mthethwa | 16L4 × I4 | Critical | ||
| RSK-010 | Refuse collection service interruption Community Services | Operational | — | 2L1 × I2 | Low | ||
| RSK-012 | Failure to attract investment Local Economic Development and Planning | Strategic | Lindiwe Hadebe | 12L4 × I3 | High | ||
| RSK-029 | Low employee engagement Corporate Services | HR / People | Sandile Gwala | 2L1 × I2 | Low | ||
| RSK-003 | Service delivery protests Office of the Municipal Manager | Strategic | Sipho V. Mthembu | 12L4 × I3 | High | ||
| RSK-014 | Labour unrest Corporate Services | HR / People | Dumisani Majola | 12L3 × I4 | High | ||
| RSK-019 | Procurement fraud Budget and Treasury Office | Fraud / Corruption | Nhlanhla Buthelezi | 20L4 × I5 | Critical | ||
| RSK-022 | Unfunded mandates eroding budget Office of the Municipal Manager | Strategic | Nomvula Dlamini | 12L4 × I3 | High | ||
| RSK-024 | Failure to spend MIG within prescribed period Infrastructure and Technical Services | Compliance | Sibusiso Dube | 9L3 × I3 | Medium | ||
| Categories: Strategic, Operational, Compliance, Financial, HR/People, Information (ICT), Fraud/Corruption. | — | — | — | — | |||
| RSK-016 | Cyber-attack / data breach Corporate Services | Information | Ntombifuthi Cele | 6L2 × I3 | Medium | ||
| RSK-020 | Fraudulent indigent applications Budget and Treasury Office | Fraud / Corruption | Thandeka Mthethwa | 25L5 × I5 | Critical | ||
| RSK-023 | Road network deterioration Infrastructure and Technical Services | Operational | Phindile Luthuli | 12L4 × I3 | High | ||
| Risk ID | Risk Description Department ID | Category | — | — | — | ||
| RSK-004 | Aged water reticulation infrastructure leading to non-revenue water losses Infrastructure and Technical Services | Operational | Mduduzi Msweli | 6L3 × I2 | Medium | ||
| RSK-005 | Electricity infrastructure failure Infrastructure and Technical Services | Operational | Hlengiwe Gumede | 6L2 × I3 | Medium | ||
| RSK-026 | Council instability Office of the Municipal Manager | Strategic | Sipho V. Mthembu | 9L3 × I3 | Medium | ||
| RSK-008 | Liquidity shortfall — inability to pay suppliers within 30 days Budget and Treasury Office | Financial | Kefilwe Motsepe | 25L5 × I5 | Critical | ||
| RSK-021 | SDF and LUS misalignment Local Economic Development and Planning | Compliance | — | 20L4 × I5 | Critical | ||
| RSK-025 | Bucket sanitation reversal Infrastructure and Technical Services | Operational | Mduduzi Msweli | 12L4 × I3 | High | ||
| RSK-006 | Non-compliance with mSCOA Budget and Treasury Office | Compliance | Kefilwe Motsepe | 12L4 × I3 | High | ||
| RSK-007 | Non-compliance with PPPFA / SCM regulations Budget and Treasury Office | Compliance | Nhlanhla Buthelezi | 8L2 × I4 | Medium | ||
| RSK-017 | POPIA non-compliance Corporate Services | Compliance | Dumisani Majola | 8L4 × I2 | Medium | ||
| RSK-011 | Landfill site non-compliance Community Services | Operational | — | 15L3 × I5 | High | ||
| RSK-015 | ICT system downtime Corporate Services | Information | Ntombifuthi Cele | 6L3 × I2 | Medium | ||
| RSK-027 | Streetlight vandalism / theft Infrastructure and Technical Services | Operational | Hlengiwe Gumede | 5L1 × I5 | Medium | ||
| RSK-002 | Loss of unqualified audit opinion Budget and Treasury Office | Strategic | Nomvula Dlamini | 6L3 × I2 | Medium | ||
| RSK-013 | Loss of key skills (S56 turnover) Corporate Services | HR / People | Sandile Gwala | 9L3 × I3 | Medium | ||
| RSK-050 | SPLUMA Tribunal not functional Local Economic Development and Planning | Compliance | — | 6L2 × I3 | Medium | ||
| RSK-042 | Non-publication of bid awards Budget and Treasury Office | Compliance | Nhlanhla Buthelezi | 6L2 × I3 | Medium | ||
| RSK-035 | Performance information not credible Office of the Municipal Manager | Compliance | Lungelo Khumalo | 12L3 × I4 | High | ||
| RSK-039 | Discrimination / harassment claims Corporate Services | HR / People | Dumisani Majola | 12L4 × I3 | High | ||
| RSK-043 | Fire response delay Community Services | Operational | — | 6L2 × I3 | Medium | ||
| RSK-044 | Investment income loss Budget and Treasury Office | Financial | Kefilwe Motsepe | 6L2 × I3 | Medium | ||
| RSK-047 | Critical post vacancies (engineering) Infrastructure and Technical Services | HR / People | Sandile Gwala | 20L5 × I4 | Critical | ||
| RSK-037 | Disaster Management Centre dormant Community Services | Operational | — | 9L3 × I3 | Medium | ||
| RSK-038 | Records management non-compliance Corporate Services | Information | Sindisiwe Molefe | 12L3 × I4 | High | ||
| RSK-040 | SDF implementation failure Local Economic Development and Planning | Strategic | — | 3L1 × I3 | Low | ||
| RSK-051 | Bribery / kickbacks in capital projects Infrastructure and Technical Services | Fraud / Corruption | Sibusiso Dube | 6L2 × I3 | Medium | ||
| RSK-052 | Loss of historical performance data Office of the Municipal Manager | Information | Lungelo Khumalo | 12L4 × I3 | High | ||
| RSK-054 | Failure to obtain landfill licence Community Services | Strategic | — | 10L2 × I5 | High | ||
| RSK-046 | Council resolutions not implemented Office of the Municipal Manager | Compliance | Lungelo Khumalo | 15L3 × I5 | High | ||
| RSK-049 | Climate change / drought impacts Infrastructure and Technical Services | Strategic | Mduduzi Msweli | 6L2 × I3 | Medium | ||
| RSK-045 | Tourism strategy failure Local Economic Development and Planning | Strategic | — | 8L2 × I4 | Medium | ||
| RSK-036 | SMME programme failure Local Economic Development and Planning | Strategic | — | 9L3 × I3 | Medium | ||
| RSK-041 | Cemetery space exhaustion Community Services | Operational | — | 12L3 × I4 | High | ||
| RSK-048 | Asset losses Budget and Treasury Office | Operational | Mthokozisi Ndlovu | 16L4 × I4 | Critical | ||
| RSK-055 | Annual Performance Report tabled late Office of the Municipal Manager | Compliance | Lungelo Khumalo | 8L4 × I2 | Medium | ||
| RSK-053 | Sports programme attendance low Community Services | Operational | — | 4L2 × I2 | Low | ||
| RSK-005 | Electricity infrastructure failure Infrastructure and Technical Services | Operational | Hlengiwe Gumede | 6L2 × I3 | Medium | ||
| RSK-008 | Liquidity shortfall — inability to pay suppliers within 30 days Budget and Treasury Office | Financial | Kefilwe Motsepe | 25L5 × I5 | Critical | ||
| RSK-006 | Non-compliance with mSCOA Budget and Treasury Office | Compliance | Kefilwe Motsepe | 12L4 × I3 | High | ||
| RSK-009 | Property rates revenue underperformance Budget and Treasury Office | Financial | Thandeka Mthethwa | 16L4 × I4 | Critical | ||
| RSK-021 | SDF and LUS misalignment Local Economic Development and Planning | Compliance | — | 20L4 × I5 | Critical | ||
| RSK-032 | Adverse VAT and PAYE assessments by SARS Budget and Treasury Office | Financial | Mthokozisi Ndlovu | 25L5 × I5 | Critical | ||
| RSK-013 | Loss of key skills (S56 turnover) Corporate Services | HR / People | Sandile Gwala | 9L3 × I3 | Medium | ||
| RSK-018 | Disaster — flood / fire Community Services | Operational | — | 12L4 × I3 | High | ||
| RSK-033 | Litigation losses Corporate Services | Compliance | Dumisani Majola | 16L4 × I4 | Critical | ||
| RSK-015 | ICT system downtime Corporate Services | Information | Ntombifuthi Cele | 6L3 × I2 | Medium | ||
| RSK-030 | Library service interruption Community Services | Operational | — | 8L2 × I4 | Medium | ||
| RSK-004 | Aged water reticulation infrastructure leading to non-revenue water losses Infrastructure and Technical Services | Operational | Mduduzi Msweli | 6L3 × I2 | Medium | ||
| RSK-011 | Landfill site non-compliance Community Services | Operational | — | 15L3 × I5 | High | ||
| RSK-016 | Cyber-attack / data breach Corporate Services | Information | Ntombifuthi Cele | 6L2 × I3 | Medium | ||
| RSK-026 | Council instability Office of the Municipal Manager | Strategic | Sipho V. Mthembu | 9L3 × I3 | Medium | ||
| RSK-029 | Low employee engagement Corporate Services | HR / People | Sandile Gwala | 2L1 × I2 | Low | ||
| RSK-001 | Inability to deliver on IDP commitments due to grant under-spending Infrastructure and Technical Services | Strategic | Zanele Mokoena | 6L3 × I2 | Medium | ||
| RSK-007 | Non-compliance with PPPFA / SCM regulations Budget and Treasury Office | Compliance | Nhlanhla Buthelezi | 8L2 × I4 | Medium | ||
| RSK-010 | Refuse collection service interruption Community Services | Operational | — | 2L1 × I2 | Low | ||
| RSK-012 | Failure to attract investment Local Economic Development and Planning | Strategic | Lindiwe Hadebe | 12L4 × I3 | High | ||
| RSK-027 | Streetlight vandalism / theft Infrastructure and Technical Services | Operational | Hlengiwe Gumede | 5L1 × I5 | Medium | ||
| RSK-028 | Non-compliance with OHS Act Corporate Services | Compliance | Sindisiwe Molefe | 15L3 × I5 | High | ||
| RSK-034 | Project cost overruns Infrastructure and Technical Services | Operational | Sibusiso Dube | 12L3 × I4 | High | ||
| RSK-023 | Road network deterioration Infrastructure and Technical Services | Operational | Phindile Luthuli | 12L4 × I3 | High | ||
| RSK-024 | Failure to spend MIG within prescribed period Infrastructure and Technical Services | Compliance | Sibusiso Dube | 9L3 × I3 | Medium | ||
| RSK-019 | Procurement fraud Budget and Treasury Office | Fraud / Corruption | Nhlanhla Buthelezi | 20L4 × I5 | Critical | ||
| RSK-022 | Unfunded mandates eroding budget Office of the Municipal Manager | Strategic | Nomvula Dlamini | 12L4 × I3 | High | ||
| RSK-025 | Bucket sanitation reversal Infrastructure and Technical Services | Operational | Mduduzi Msweli | 12L4 × I3 | High | ||
| RSK-031 | EPWP under-performance Local Economic Development and Planning | Strategic | — | 9L3 × I3 | Medium | ||
| Risk ID | Risk Description Department ID | Category | — | — | — | ||
| RSK-003 | Service delivery protests Office of the Municipal Manager | Strategic | Sipho V. Mthembu | 12L4 × I3 | High | ||
| RSK-017 | POPIA non-compliance Corporate Services | Compliance | Dumisani Majola | 8L4 × I2 | Medium | ||
| RSK-002 | Loss of unqualified audit opinion Budget and Treasury Office | Strategic | Nomvula Dlamini | 6L3 × I2 | Medium | ||
| RSK-014 | Labour unrest Corporate Services | HR / People | Dumisani Majola | 12L3 × I4 | High | ||
| RSK-020 | Fraudulent indigent applications Budget and Treasury Office | Fraud / Corruption | Thandeka Mthethwa | 25L5 × I5 | Critical | ||
| Categories: Strategic, Operational, Compliance, Financial, HR/People, Information (ICT), Fraud/Corruption. | — | — | — | — |