After each of the many Springbok losses former Boks coach Allister Coetzee oversaw, he always found "much positive to build on". Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Zweli Mkhize and his deputy, Andries Nel, were like Coetzee when reacting to the auditor-general’s scathing report about financial management at local government level. The auditor-general reported a 75% deterioration in unauthorised expenditure to R28.3bn — more than the expected income from the increase in the VAT rate. Team Failing Clean Audit Municipalities trumped team Clean Audit Municipalities by 224–33, like the All Blacks’ 57–0 trashing of the Boks. In Free State, Limpopo and the North West, the Failing Clean Audit Municipal Team achieved 100% control. Were it not for clean play by ZF Mgcawu and Midvaal, the Northern Cape and Gauteng would have joined the success rate of 100% failure. Material noncompliance with key legislation reached a record at 86% of municipalities; recommendations on ho...
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