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BL Premium reports that Cosatu has slammed the medium term budget policy statement (MTBPS) and its proposed allocation of revenue for making little mention of rampant corruption and wasteful expenditure at provincial government and municipal level.
The trade union federation and the SA Local Government Association (Salga), which represents municipalities, appeared before parliament’s select committee on appropriations on Tuesday to discuss the MTBPS presented by finance minister Enoch Godongwana earlier in November. “A culture of simply handing over billions of rand to provinces and municipalities with little accountability and few consequences for criminal wrongdoing cannot continue,” Cosatu’s Matthew Parks said of the number of poor audit opinions, especially at municipal level. Audits of municipalities show governance is regressing in most of SA’s 257 municipalities with fruitless, wasteful, and unauthorised expenditure remaining a serious problem. “Cosatu is disappointed that the DORA [division of revenue amendment] bill and the MTBPS are silent on the litany of damning finds by the auditor-general on the rampant corruption and wasteful expenditure in our provincial government and more especially in countless municipalities,” Parks said. He indicated that Cosatu hoped the main budget in February will deal with corruption and wasteful expenditure and decisively “tackle the dysfunctionality that has come to mark so many municipalities.” Salga councillor Bongani Baloyi said organised local government acknowledged the tough economic outlook and limited fiscal space that has been worsened by Covid-19 pandemic.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Bekezela Phakathi at BusinessLive (subscriber access only)
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