During the 2018 CoGTA budget vote, Minister Zweli Mkhize announced a list of 87 priority municipalities that were identified as distressed or dysfunctional requiring urgent intervention.
Those municipalities are the following:
MUNICIPALITY | District Municipality | National Treasury | Dept of Cooperative Governance simplified Revenue | Section 139 | CoGTA Ministerial Priorities | MISA | VBS1 | Joint CoGTA/NT Priorities | |
1 | Makana | Sarah Baartman | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
2 | Dr Beyers Naude | Sarah Baartman | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
3 | Mnquma | Amathole | 1 | ||||||
4 | Amahlati | Amathole | 1 | ||||||
5 | Raymond Mhlaba | Amathole | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
6 | Inxuba Yethemba | Chris Hani | 1 | ||||||
7 | Enoch Mgijima | Chris Hani | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
8 | Walter Sisulu | Joe Gqabi | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
9 | Joe Gqabi | Joe Gqabi | 1 | ||||||
10 | Matatiele | Alfred Nzo | 1 | 1 | |||||
11 | Mbizana | Alfred Nzo | 1 | ||||||
12 | Alfred Nzo | Alfred Nzo | 1 | ||||||
13 | Port St Johns | OR Tambo | 1 | 1 | |||||
14 | King Sabata Dalindyebo | OR Tambo | 1 | ||||||
15 | Letsemeng | Xhariep | 1 | ||||||
16 | Kopanong | Xhariep | 1 | ||||||
17 | Masilonyana | Lejeweleputswa | 1 | 1 | |||||
18 | Maluti-a-Phofung | Thabo Mofutsanyana | 1 | ||||||
19 | Nketoana | Thabo Mofutsanyana | 1 | ||||||
20 | Mantsopa | Thabo Mofutsanyana | 1 | ||||||
21 | Mafube | Fezile Dabi | 1 | 1 | |||||
22 | Emfuleni | Sedibeng | 1 | ||||||
23 | Lesedi | Sedibeng | 1 | ||||||
24 | Mogale City | West Rand | 1 | ||||||
25 | Merafong  City | West Rand | 1 | 1 | |||||
26 | Rand West City | West Rand | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
27 | West Rand District | West Rand | 1 | Â | |||||
28 | uMuziwabantu | Ugu | 1 | ||||||
29 | Ray Nkonyeni | Ugu | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
30 | Mpofana | Umgungundlovu | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
31 | Msunduzi | Umgungundlovu | 1 | 1 | |||||
32 | Richmond | Umgungundlovu | 1 | ||||||
33 | Amajuba | Amajuba | 1 | ||||||
34 | Umkhanyakude | Umkhanyakude | 1 | ||||||
35 | Alfred Duma | Uthukela | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
36 | Endumeni | Umzinyathi | 1 | ||||||
37 | Umzinyathi | Umzinyathi | 1 | ||||||
38 | eMadlangeni | Amajuba | 1 | ||||||
39 | eDumbe | Zululand | 1 | 1 | |||||
40 | Abaqulusi | Zululand | 1 | 1 | |||||
41 | uMlalazi | uThungulu | 1 | ||||||
42 | Umzimkhulu | Harry Gwala | 1 | ||||||
43 | Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma | Harry Gwala | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
44 | Jozini | Umkhanyakude | 1 | 1 | |||||
45 | Inkosi Langalibalele | Uthukela | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
46 | Mopani | Mopani | 1 | ||||||
47 | Greater Giyani | Mopani | 1 | ||||||
48 | Makhado | Vhembe | 1 | ||||||
49 | Collins Chabane | Vhembe | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
50 | Vhembe | Vhembe | 1 | Â | |||||
51 | Molemole | Capricorn | 1 | ||||||
52 | Capricorn | Capricorn | 1 | ||||||
53 | Thabazimbi | Waterberg | 1 | ||||||
54 | Modimolle – Mookgopong | Waterberg | 1 | ||||||
55 | Ephraim Mogale | Sekhukhune | 1 | ||||||
56 | Makhuduthamaga | Sekhukhune | 1 | ||||||
57 | Greater Tubatse/Fetakgomo | Sekhukhune | 1 | ||||||
58 | Sekhukhune | Sekhukhune | 1 | ||||||
59 | Lekwa | Gert Sibande | 1 | ||||||
60 | Govan Mbeki | Gert Sibande | 1 | ||||||
61 | Emalahleni | Nkangala | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
62 | Thaba Chweu | Ehlanzeni | 1 | ||||||
63 | Nama Khoi | Namakwa | 1 | ||||||
64 | Ubuntu | Pixley Ka Seme | 1 | ||||||
65 | Emthanjeni | Pixley Ka Seme | 1 | ||||||
66 | Kareeberg | Pixley Ka Seme | 1 | ||||||
67 | Siyancuma | Pixley Ka Seme | 1 | 1 | |||||
68 | Renosterberg | Pixley Ka Seme | 1 | ||||||
69 | Joe Morolong | John Taolo Gaetsewe | 1 | ||||||
70 | Tsantsabane | ZF Mgcawu | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
71 | Moretele | Bojanala | 1 | 1 | |||||
72 | Madibeng | Bojanala | 1 | 1 | |||||
73 | Kgetlengrivier | Bojanala | 1 | ||||||
74 | Moses Kotane | Bojanala | 1 | ||||||
75 | Tswaing | Ngaka Modiri Molema | 1 | ||||||
76 | Mafikeng | Ngaka Modiri Molema | 1 | ||||||
77 | Ditsobotla | Ngaka Modiri Molema | 1 | ||||||
78 | Ngaka Modiri Molema | Ngaka Modiri Molema | 1 | ||||||
79 | Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati | Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati | 1 | ||||||
80 | City of Matlosana | Dr Kenneth Kaunda | 1 | ||||||
81 | Cederberg | West Coast | 1 | ||||||
82 | Langeberg | Overberg | 1 | ||||||
83 | Swellendam | Overberg | 1 | ||||||
84 | Beaufort West | Central Karoo | 1 | Â | |||||
85 | Kannaland | Eden | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
86 | Laingsburg | Central Karoo | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
87 | Central Karoo District | Central Karoo | 1 |