Ratepayers have asked why municipal employees have been allowed to rack up debt for services, when ratepayers are threatened with court action
Angry ratepayers stormed out of a meeting to discuss the reasons for their rates boycott when mayor Mxolisi Kaunda declared it closed
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Tsakani Maluleke noted that municipalities failed to provide relief even when funds were available
Godongwana’s decision follows 56 public comments covering a broad spectrum of accounting, auditing, governance, legal principles and public interest issues that were raised
To become profitable, the state-owned entity requires an expanded mandate that allows it to venture into e-commerce services
Auditors general and anti-corruption agencies from 14 countries met to establish ways to stop corruption and illicit financial flows
The Road Accident Fund has been in a tussle with the auditor general over the use of accounting standards.
The consortium said Novick stepping down amid a conflict of interest would clear the path for the transaction to go ahead
Sedibeng Water took almost five years to pay its creditors, Lepelle Northern Water took over a year, Amatola Water took 283 days and Mhlathuze Water 160 days
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Of the 4 983 households affected by the floods only 1 197 have been assessed and the majority are still living in mass-relief shelters
High court action targeting the municipal manager or other leaders will send a message that mismanagement is not acceptable
Government department accounting officers can now authorise contract deviations that previously had to go through the treasury
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An investigation by the auditor general investigation has found that out of R10.5-billion of unnecessary spending, the department could neither provide a cause nor hold anyone accountable for the R1.5-billion
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Mike Mokgwamme, the high court ruled, was appointed to the crucial municipal manager post despite being the least qualified candidate
The nascent Setsoto Service Delivery Forum is confident it can remove the ‘failing ANC’ in the chronically mismanaged Free State municipality
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The country’s local governments are a drag on investment, a strain on the fiscus and pose a critical sovereign risk
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Opposition leaders hit out at ANC over social media fracas, saying residents of Enoch Mgijima municipality deserve better
The municipality has accrued billions of rand in wasteful spending, and more than 6 000 putrid bucket toilets
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The Msunduzi local municipality in KwaZulu-Natal is on permanent life support and shows no sign of being cured
Fed-up residents and businesses are turning to the courts to get their local councils to take action on power outages, sewage overflows, unrepaired roads and other failures to deliver services
Only two countries received a perfect score in ​​latest report on national audit institutions
Two months before the long-serving higher education director general was suspended, he reported Nzimande to the bargaining council
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The president wants local government overhauled, so that it no longer a manager of contracts, which has resulted in a weak tender system that has led to corruption, patronage and the poor delivery of services
Minister Lindiwe Sisulu denies she knew fraud-accused Edwin Sodi’s company won ‘Covid’ housing tenders
The Matatiele municipality has attempted to justify why it pays a full salary to an ANC councillor convicted of raping a party volunteer
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Municipalities are in dire straits, and the auditor general says many may no longer be viable at all
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The auditor general paints a dire picture of Mangaung’s finances
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Stabilisation committee on track to recover around R10-billion from the department of human settlements, water and sanitation
The minister and his management team appeared before parliament after another scathing auditor general report was tabled
Adding to the municipality’s legal costs is a pending case between it and Eskom. The municipality owes the national power utility more than R7-million and, after agreeing to pay R5-million, failed to honour it.
This decision is despite the finance minister and the bank’s chief executive dismissing the UDM leader’s allegations as unfounded
The ailing town that wasted R2-billion appoints a municipal manager rated ‘basic’, the lowest level
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