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Tsakani: Municipalities with clean audits down from 33 to 27
The Auditor-General tabled a consolidated general report on the local government audit outcomes for the 2019-20 financial year to Parliament.
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State capture commission laments deaths of key witnesses Makwetu, Mthembu
Evidence leader Advocate Alec Freund said both Mthembu and Makwetu had cooperated with the commission extensively on Parliamentary oversight but the former AG passed before he could sign his affidavit.
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JUDITH FEBRUARY: Despite SA’s problems, we must still hold on to our dreams
In the midst of all the stories of democratic degradation, we can still find beacons of excellence in a sea of mediocrity, writes Judith February.
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Outgoing Auditor-General Kimi Makwetu passes away
Makwetu was officially appointed auditor-general in December 2013 by former president Jacob Zuma for seven years.
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SA set for first female AG after Parly ad hoc committee taps Maluleke for job
The committee will now send its adopted report with its preferred candidate to the National Assembly for final approval.
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Deputy AG Tsakani Maluleke in the running to replace Kimi Makwetu
A parliamentary ad hoc committee on the appointment of the Auditor General met on Tuesday to consider the names, as well as the selection process.
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Irregular expenditure by govt up from R51bn to R61.3bn, AG tells MPs
Makwetu briefed a joint meeting of Parliament’s Standing Committee on Public Accounts and Standing Committee on Appropriations.
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Ipid dismisses claims it manipulated performance figures
This follows a report by accountability journalism project Viewfinder, that the police watchdog manipulated case statistics and closed cases early.
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Makwetu: Officials of AG office require independence not to be influenced
Kimi Makwetu briefed the Standing Committee on the Auditor-General on Friday during a workshop on the work of the institution and the Public Audit Act.
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Maile: 9 municipalities in Gauteng on verge of being dysfunctional
Gauteng Cooperative Governance MEC Lebogang Maile appointed a committee to investigate allegations of fraud, maladministration and corruption.
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Tshwane ANC says not desperate for power in city
The party's chair Kgosi Maepa addressed the media on Thursday on the state of affairs in the city and the recently released Auditor-General's report.
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Tshwane ANC calls for Moeketsi Mosola to be suspended or step down
The recent auditor-general's report showed the city incurred billions of rand in irregular and fruitless expenditure.
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Money was saved by not following AG's processes - Drakenstein Municipality
Despite the Auditor-General’s red-flagging the Drakenstein Municipality, the town said that it suffered no financial losses.
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We'll do better in municipal audits, say Garden Route officials
According to the Auditor-General's report, three out of the eight local councils in the area clocked up R150 million in authorised spending.
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FIKILE NTSIKELELO-MOYA: SA's indifference to corruption will be the end of us
How is it possible that the last big march we had was about former president Jacob Zuma’s removal, yet we seem comfortable with the patronage system he left behind?
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Minister Mthembu concerned about state of municipal finances
While Cabinet has yet to deal with the Auditor-General’s report, Minister in the Presidency Jackson Mthembu said its findings were worrying.
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Irregular expenditure in WC up by R502m, AG reveals
Auditor-General Kimi Makwethu on Wednesday revealed that only 18 of the country's 257 municipalities received clean audits in the 2017-18 financial year.
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Makwetu: 88% of municipalities still awarding tenders unfairly
Auditor-General Kimi Makwetu said that tenders worth nearly a billion rand were awarded to state officials in violation of the Municipal Financial Management Act.
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VBS collapse will affect municipal service delivery for years to come, says AG
Kimi Makwetu said some municipalities in Limpopo and Gauteng invested funds that were earmarked for long-term projects with the bank.
