PHUTI MOSOMANE
THE Premier of the Free State province, Mxolisi Dukwana, held a high-level meeting with Tsakane Maluleke, the Auditor General of South Africa, along with Mayors and Municipal Managers from the municipalities with the poorest audit outcomes.
Municipalities which participated in the training session on Wednesday included Masilonyana, Mohokare, Maluti-a- Phofung, Maluti Water, Tokologo, Mantsopa, Mafube, Kopanong and Nketoana.
Last year, the Auditor-General revealed that irregular expenditure in the Free State has increased from over R7.6 billion to now more than R9 billion.
“Inaction by political and administrative leadership continued to be a deliberate obstruction to municipalities’ effective functioning. The provincial leadership should be very concerned about this state of affairs,” Maluleke said.
Dukwana reiterated the need for all municipalities, their entities, provincial departments and all other role-players, to remain firmly planted within the accountability ecosystem.
Maluleke briefed municipal officials about the significance of tracking the management of projects and by extension,
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