By Akani Nkuna
Auditor-General Tsakani Maluleke has warned that South Africa’s metros are regressing on audit outcomes, financial health and service delivery, saying weaknesses in institutional capability are undermining their ability to deliver and maintain infrastructure.
Maluleke was briefing Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs on Wednesday during the tabling of the 2024-25 local government audit outcomes.
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“In fact what we are seeing is that, on the whole Metros are regressing not just on audited outcomes, but importantly on financial health and also on service delivery,” she said.
“We looked at how they were managing the grants that were available to them to build houses and we found that there was a big struggle in ensuring that projects are delivered on time, at the right cost, and at the right value. Simply put, it tells us that
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