By Nkhensani Chauke
The Portfolio Committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA), in collaboration with the Standing Committee on the Auditor General and the Standing Committee on Public Accounts (SCOPA), has embarked on a unified strategy for municipal oversight to address persistent audit failures.
This initiative comes in light of concerning municipal audit findings reported earlier this year by the Office of the Auditor-General (AG).
The AG highlighted that the trend of poor audit outcomes persists, with only 41 municipalities (16%) achieving clean audits. Although 59 municipalities have shown improvement since 2020-21, 40 have regressed.
During a committee meeting on Tuesday, Dr. Zweli Mkhize, Chairperson of COGTA, expressed serious concerns over limited progress in municipal financial management.
The audit outcomes for the 2023/2024 financial year underscore that only 16% of 257 municipalities obtained clean audits, while the majority received qualified, disclaimer, or non-submission opinions.
Responding to these findings, Mkhize
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