Cape Town the only metro to get clean audit, says auditor-general
Councils grapple with poor service, instability and sheer incompetence
27 August 2024 - 13:48
UPDATED 27 August 2024 - 23:13
The auditor-general’s findings on the embattled local government sector speak to the magnitude of the task of turning around the country’s municipalities grappling with poor service, political instability, sheer incompetence and lack of consequence management.
The number of municipalities receiving clean audits continues to dwindle while fruitless and wasteful expenditure surged to R7.4bn in 2022/23 from R4.8bn in the previous year...
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