Right hands not at the till in municipalities, says Makwetu

SA’s cash-strapped municipalities have enough assets to fulfil most of the basic needs of citizens but still need to deal with not having the right people in charge of their finances, auditor-general Kimi Makwetu said on Wednesday.      

Makwetu released the outcomes of SA’s local government audits for 2018/2019 and painted yet another dire picture of municipal outcomes regressing further. ..

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