LUCAS LEDWABA
The SA Local Government Association (SALGA) has told parliament it will roll out the Municipal Performance Management Training Programme after Members of Parliament enquired why corruption is still on the rise in the sector when the number of Councillors attending training is increasing every year.
SALGA this week presented its 2020/21 annual performance plan to the Portfolio Committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA) as well as the Select Committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Water and Sanitation and Human Settlements.
The local government sector has been fingered for rampant corruption and declining financial management standards.
Last year Auditor-General Kimi Makwetu said in his report for the 2017/18 financial year there had been an overall decline in audit results. Makwetu said the state of deteriorating audit outcomes showed that various local government role players had been slow in implementing, and in many instances even disregarded, the
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