Municipal audits
Report lays bare the poor state of SA's municipalities
While the report notes the grim yearly findings of the Auditor-General in his inspection of municipal finance management, it calls for a legislative shift that...
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KZN Cogta MEC wants improvement plans from mayors after poor audit results
Only one of the province’s 54 municipalities received a clean audit.
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There'll be change in municipalities if leaders held accountable - Salga
The organisation said it would encourage treasury to implement Section 216 of the Constitution to withhold equitable share to address financial misconduct.
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Tau: No excuses for governance lapses highlighted by AG's audit report
Deputy Minister for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Parks Tau said that a set of systematic issues needed to be resolved in the local government sphere to ensure better performance of municipalities.
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WC Local Govt Dept pleased with province's municipal audit outcomes
Thirteen of the country's 20 municipalities to have received clean audits are in the Western Cape.
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Municipalities' irregular expenditure up by R7bn, now sitting at R32bn - Makwetu
This has been attributed to departures from prescribed regulations a problem that has hogged municipal finances for some time.
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Makwetu expected to release consolidated local govt audits today
However, this is also the first time that the AG’s office will exercise its new powers to act on corruption and the abuse of public finances.
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Plato pleased with CoCT's unqualified audit, concerned about irregular spending
Cape Town Mayor Dan Plato is happy about the assessment but said he remained worried about the city’s inefficiencies.
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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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Committee set up to probe fraud, corruption at Gauteng municipalities
Gauteng Cooperative Governance MEC Lebogang Maile said the committee would investigate and act on corrupt activities.
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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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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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Drakenstein Municipality's streak of clean audits suffers a blow
Municipality spokesperson Riana Geldenhuys said the non-compliance finding related to the expansion of two open tenders.
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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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Bredell: Municipalities had no choice but to hike tariffs
Western Cape Local Government MEC Anton Bredell said that the increased population growth has added pressure on municipal infrastructure.
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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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Accountability worsening as only 18 municipalities get clean audits - AG Makwetu
Auditor-General Kimi Makwetu has revealed the local government audit results for the 2017-2018 financial year.
