ROLIVHUWA SADIKI
THE cash strapped Vhembe district municipality which lost over R300 million that was illegally invested in the VBS Mutual Bank faces a bleak future in terms of service delivery objectives following another poor audit showing.
The municipality’s executive mayor Dowelani Nenguda said during the state of the district address on Friday that the municipality has implemented austerity measures and its revenue collection is improving.
However, Auditor General advocate Kimi Makwetu said the resultant lack of funds in the municipality affected its ability to deliver on infrastructure and maintenance projects in the current year.
He added that the achievement of service delivery objectives in the coming years looks bleak.
The AG revealed that the beleaguered Limpopo municipality achieved a qualified audit opinion in the Local Government Audit Outcomes for the 2018/19 financial year.
A qualified audit opinion is a reflection of the auditor’s inability to give an unqualified or
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