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MUNICIPALITIES in North West are in a state of financial anarchy, the Democratic Alliance said yesterday.

According to Auditor-General Terence Nombembe's report, the 10 municipalities in North West, which were able to provide financial statements, had regressed, the DA's spokesman in the province Chris Hattingh said.

"The information ... indicated that the North West local government crisis has deepened and that the lack of capacity, caused by vacancies and the deployment of incompetent ANC cadres, has led to a state of financial anarchy.

"Even the very expensive appointment of consultants to manage the financial affairs could not succeed to stop the free-falling North West municipalities," Hattingh said.

He said there was an increase of millions of rands in unauthorised and irregular expenditure.

Four of the audited municipalities had spent R114million on unauthorised expenditure and all 10 councils had spent a total of R210million on irregular expenditure, Hattingh said.

This was even more concerning because an investigation in 2009 by the ANC's national executive committee had revealed that the tender system had been subverted to fund factionalism within the ANC in the province.

Prior to the recent local government elections, the ANC had promised to implement a North West local authority turn-around plan, Hattingh said.

"[This] may prove too much for the ANC to handle," he said.

The North West provincial government was unable to comment immediately.

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Jul 5, 2011

jacksprat

Terece 83

Truth hurts dont it. Your anc are useless incompetent and uneducated idiots!!! Pity you cant see the truth as reported by the anc's Auditor-General Terence Nombembe's report!!!
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Jul 5, 2011

Terence83

FCUK DA
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Jul 5, 2011

takoskonvict

@jacksprat

Truth hurts dont it. Your anc are useless incompetent and uneducated idiots!!! Pity you cant see the truth as reported by the anc's Auditor-General Terence Nombembe's report!!!
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Jul 5, 2011

vicky

ANC supporters you are pathetic indeed. ANC failed you and you still supporting them that much. Smell the cofee people of South Africa. Up until qualified people are empolyed to run municipalilities, we are going nowhere. This people do not even see when the light are blinking.
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Jul 5, 2011

RAD

i looked into a pothole the other day and saw the corrupt men who wasted their chances on doing something for themselves and others in this province. they were begging for another chance but got none.
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Jul 5, 2011

DJI

Terrance, truth really hurt, especially if you see that the DA areas got clean audits, anc is really the CancER of this country. Go and read what cancer does to the body, you will see the same happening in this country.

Supporting the CancER party who is stealing from YOU with a straight face and you still blindly fall at their feet. Tell me Terrance, do you help a raper and house breaker to have sex with YOUR wife and help him carry YOUR belongings to his car?

You can just as well do that if you support the anc, that is what YOU are doing by voting for the CancER. They are stealing YOU blindly, but YOUR little ego jumps in front of you.

WAKE UP, VOTE FOR TRUE DEMOCRACY.
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Jul 5, 2011

pan

Terence83

Another ANCYL fucktard. Is there no end to the supply of these simpletons? Sorry, rhetorical question, when the ANA results come out at an average of 28%, then we know the supply of ANCYL fucktards is limitless.
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