Kimi Makwetu

Municipalities need youthful leaders

Analysis Sello Ivan Phahle - 21 Feb 2020

Midvaal mayor Bongani Baloyi shows the value of competent young leaders who prioritise accountability and challenge the status quo

Council officials must explain wastage or pay up

Article Thando Maeko - 8 Feb 2020

The last full municipal audit, for 2017-2018, showed that unauthorised, irregular, fruitless and wasteful expenditure at municipalities has reached R122-billion

Impossible choices in QwaQwa: What it takes to get water

Article Bongekile Macupe - 7 Feb 2020

A broken municipality and a four-year crisis forces residents to consider desperate choices, such as trading sex for water

How the auditor general plans to get some billions lost to corruption

Article Athandiwe Saba - 28 Nov 2019

Irregular expenditure is increasing, but the Auditor General is using more of its powers to get the money back

Urgent measures needed to address the poor state of municipalities

Article Paul Kariuki - 10 Jul 2019

Local government officials must work together with citizens to ensure communities participate in decision-making that affects them

Billions lost in disorganised municipalities

Article Sabelo Skiti - 26 Jun 2019

The AG has called for more leadership from municipalities and local government, as his office prepares to get more power to force accountability

Financial state of municipalities has worsened — AG

Article Mashadi Kekana - 26 Jun 2019

Although irregular expenditure has decreased slightly in municipalities, most of them were unable to achieve a clean audit

LIVESTREAM: Auditor General to report on municipal finances

Article Staff Reporter - 26 Jun 2019

Auditor General Kimi Makwetu will release the latest audit of the state of municipalities throughout the country

Municipal cost-containment measures gazetted as state seeks to tighten its belt

Article Natasha Marrian - 10 Jun 2019

The regulations form part of cost-cutting measures by the state as it seeks to improve its balance sheet

Budget notes from the bathroom

Article Lester Kiewit - 22 Feb 2019

Run your home like a country and you’ll soon learn how to hold the government accountable

Civil society in 2019 — the year of redemption and renewal

Article Paul Kariuki - 24 Jan 2019

Citizens must exercise their right to vote to ensure responsible governance

New NPA boss to be announced on Tuesday

Article Agency - 3 Dec 2018

President Cyril Ramaphosa is expected to make the announcement at the Union Buildings in Pretoria

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Response to the report of the independent assessors

IT Web - 17 Feb 2020

VUT welcomes the publishing of the report of the independent assessors to investigate concerns of poor governance, leadership, management, corruption and fraud at the university.

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