Tue May 21 09:42:07 SAST 2013
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Only 13 municipalities in the whole country have 'good books'

Jul 23, 2012 | Sapa | 24 comments

None of the municipalities in Gauteng received clean audit reports - and none of South Africa's Metros

Only 5% of municipalities obtained clean audit reports in the financial year 2011/2012, the auditor-general revealed on Monday.

However, Auditor-General Terence Nombembe said he was excited by the fact that six new municipalities had joined the clean audit category, taking the number to 13.

The municipalities with clean audits were in KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, and the Western Cape.

None of the municipalities in the Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, Northern Cape and North West received clean audit reports.

But Nombembe said almost half (45 percent) obtained unqualified audit reports but with concerns.

These municipalities received unqualified reports after corrections during the audit process.

Among the issues identified as a challenge were procurement, service delivery, and errors in financial information.

None of the country’s metros received clean audits while 13 percent of municipalities did not submit financial statements in time for auditing.

There are currently 343 municipalities in the country.

Nomembe commended municipalities who were putting in an effort to obtain clean audit statements.

“They are moving forward towards the clean audit space by consistently committing to take ownership of municipal performance practices, insisting on adequately qualified staff and effective performance management practices,” said Nombembe.

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Tue May 21 09:42:07 SAST 2013 ::
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Jul 23, 2012

maneater

............. and the municipal managers are paid a fortune!!!!
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Jul 23, 2012

MommaC

5% ????
And we moan about the matric pass rate requirements !
HOLY C0W can you imagine if I tried to tell SARS that 'sorry my accounts are a screwup so I can't pay you taxes'?
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Jul 23, 2012

Ubufebe

so what happens to these poor municipalities bra? Redeployment or higher salaries for the managers. Dont know why these measurements are made when f.uckall happens to the culprits.... phew, tired of all this b.ull
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Jul 23, 2012

CheeseBoy

Thank you very much cadre deployment, incompetence, corruption and nepotism, not to mention tenders and positions for buddies.

Until the voters wake up one day and see how they are screwing themselves bigtime by voting the corruption infested ANC, this will only get worse.
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Jul 23, 2012

thathakonke

There is nothing suprising about that. There are lots of people who are in positions that they are not qualified for.Then you also ask yourself why the service delivery is so slow. I will tell you the answer again. People are in positions they have no clue on what they are suppose to do and and no qualification nor experience of that sort. Do away with nepotism and unqualified baboons then you will have correct audits and service delivery
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Jul 23, 2012

MicaParis

Comrade Terence is right Municipalities will never get it right for the following obvious simple reasons,
1. CFO 's with a metric without any relevant experience!
2. Advertisement of tenders which are not existing but payment exist.
3. Top posts are being filled without any advertisement and interviews.
4. Taxi drivers getting in and out of the Mayors Office for what!?
5. Lots of women who work there with a non corresponding surname to the seniors are all having a child or two with the seniors or are baby mamas of the Mayor or the Municipal Manger hence most are men!
6. A fresh graduate can be a section 26 Manager because the father or the mother are Mayor or Municipal Manager.
7. The Mayor and the Municipal Manager as well as the CFO are always in position of hard cash of more than 30 000 every day!!
8. Beautiful ladies, top models and celebrities of all kinds always get in and out of the Mayors Office since most are men.
9. If you are a male outsider than obviously you are a Mayor or Municipal Manager's ''toyboy'' and you are there for her intimate service in case the Mayor or Municipal Manager are women!
10. Just like in National and Provincial Government, Municipalities as well are not an exception to the ''Government General Problem'' which is lot of sexual activities taking place during lunch in the Offices during work break or at the nearest surrounding lodges to the Municipality which are owned by either the Premiers, MEC's or Mayors of that Municipality.
We appeal to the President of RSA to please open Political participation to academically and intellectually deserving civil servants to serve in our Government more often on merit but not on Political ground for the sake of quality production on service delivery issues, those individuals might be sourced from Universities, Civil Society, NGO's and Community Forums.
Promulgate a Legislation which must have a Constitutional basis and effects that will enable the 59 million South African citizens to elect the Political Heads of different departments and the President.
The ANC should let the 59 million South Africans to advance a reasonability test when electing leaders from Branch level to the top NEC hierarchy as the freedom charter said the people shall govern.

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Jul 23, 2012

SENDELENZULE

What do you expect when you hire a bunch of useless id!ots who cannot even spell their names let alone read their names in the name of comrades must work.
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Jul 23, 2012

Ubufebe

@thathakonke

STOP INSULTING BABOONS hahahahahahaha
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Jul 23, 2012

ngutha

None of the municipalities in Gauteng received clean audit reports - and none of South Africa's Metros
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obvious...the a.nc is in charge
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Jul 23, 2012

Ayobas

@MicaParis,

you are right girl, at my house in Mmabatho, drinking ke sebudu fela, maspa. They don't take meter-reading during the month, but comes month end, the fcuked RATES are higher the Mount Everest.
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