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The Star reports that Auditor-General Kimi Makwetu has painted a grim picture of financial mismanagement in the country’s 257 municipalities, saying that accountability continued to deteriorate while irregular expenditure still remained high.
On Wednesday, Makwetu vowed to hold mayors and municipal managers, including those in the big metros, accountable for any financial losses incurred by the municipalities in their tenure. He issued this stern warning when delivering the consolidated general report on the local government audit outcomes of 257 municipalities, and 21 municipal entities. None of the big metros escaped Makwetu’s wrath. He also lamented the growing number of regressions of various municipalities, particularly in the Western Cape and KwaZulu-Natal, although wasteful expenditure was lowered to R25 billion from the R27bn reported in the previous financial year. Makwetu remarked: “Many of the challenges across local government are vast and require attention and long-term solutions. Equally, there are basic lapses that are sometimes overlooked which can be fixed easily and quickly by addressing the building blocks of a sound system of internal control.” He added: “We are going to identify the material irregularities and act on them. Accounting officers such as municipal managers will be summoned before a special committee.”
- Read the full original of Baldwin Ndaba’s The Star report at Security.co.za
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