Auditor-general owed R1bn as municipalities fall behind on audit fees
MP Wouter Wessels warns that unpaid audit fees threaten the watchdog’s funding
19 June 2025 - 05:00
The auditor-general (AG) is owed about R1bn in fees by municipalities, with the biggest culprits in the Free State, North West and the Northern Cape.
This is according to the chair of parliament’s standing committee on the AG, Wouter Wessels. Wessels, who served as the FF Plus’s head of elections last year, has been chair of the committee since the seventh administration was formed a year ago...
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