By Palesa Nguqu
A landmark development in South Africa’s efforts to clamp down on municipal corruption has been warmly welcomed by the Democratic Alliance (DA), after Auditor-General (AG) Tsakani Maluleke issued the country’s first-ever Certificate of Debt against a senior municipal official.
The certificate, announced on 15 November 2025, holds Ngaka Modiri Molema District Municipality manager Allan Losaba personally liable for R4.6 million in irregular expenditure.
The move follows an audit that uncovered inflated water-tanker tenders and long-standing financial discrepancies that Losaba failed to address despite repeated warnings, remedial directives, and statutory obligations to act.
For the DA, the Auditor-General’s unprecedented action marks a decisive turning point in enforcing accountability within North West municipalities.
DA spokesperson on the Provincial Public Accounts Committee, Freddy Sonakile, said the AG’s intervention is a historic and necessary step forward in restoring integrity to local governance.
Sonakile, who serves on the Legislature’s Standing Committee on
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