NATASHA MARRIAN: Municipal money mayhem
More and more municipalities are plunging into such financial disarray that their future operations are in doubt, auditor-general says
01 June 2023 - 05:03
Auditor-general Tsakani Maluleke has a knack for packaging bad news. Her latest report on local government audits, released this week, is clearly expressed, unemotionally describing the financial mess at the core of the country’s chaotic service delivery.
The water and sanitation crisis, the cholera deaths, the potholed roads — the reasons for them are neatly contained in her 144-page report...
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