In a turn of events recently, the City of Cape Town lost is clean audit reputation following the report on the audit outcomes of local government for the 2024-2025 financial year, with little sign of progress in service delivery in South Africa.
Picture: Pixabay The City fell from a clean audit to an unqualified audit
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The City of Cape Town was previously the only metropolitan
municipality to have received a clean audit outcome for the prior three
financial years.
Opposition parties criticised this, with Action SA’ saying Cape Town deserves a
government that delivers results, spends public money responsibly, and remains
accountable to every resident.
According to the ANC, the
findings undermine the Democratic Alliance’s (DA) long-standing claim of clean
governance in the city.
The ANC’s Sifiso Mtsweni says
the DA’s claim of perfect governance is a carefully maintained political image
that cannot withstand proper scrutiny.
“The party cannot claim to
represent strong leadership while weakness is in procurement controls over
sight processes and internal accountability mechanisms continue to surface
within one of its flagship administrations. It is also not worthy that, these failures
have emerged under the leadership of the newly elected DA federal leader,
Geordin Hill-Lewis who also serves as the mayor of the City of Cape Town “said
Mtsweni
In response the City welcomed
the AG’s confirmation of Cape Town’s unqualified and sound financial management
which it noted as being without merit.
Done By: Elona Sibunzi
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