Government in bad state

07 October 2009 - 02:00
By Anna Majavu

FINANCIAL mismanagement, fraud and corruption in all three spheres of government are partly to blame for the wave of protests.

Service delivery is unlikely to improve unless the financial management of municipalities is better, said Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs minister Yunus Carrim at the 80th conference of the Institute of Municipal Finance Officers in Johannesburg yesterday.