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ActionSA councillors voted to support the City of Ekurhuleni adjustment budget during council proceedings today, despite a number of reservations, to stave off the total and complete arrest of service delivery provision. If the adjustment budget was not approved, it would’ve risked the city’s financial sustainability and placed the administration in a precarious position. The alternative to not supporting the adjustments budget would have been catastrophic for the people of Ekurhuleni. ....
Auditor-General report: The good, the bad and the ugly for municipalities By Mayibongwe Maqhina Share Cape Town - Auditor-General Tsakani Maluleke this week painted a worrying picture of municipalities whose audit outcomes remained poor. In her 2019/20 report, she said 27 municipalities obtained clean audits, 89 unqualified audits, 66 qualified audits, six adverse opinions and 12 disclaimers. There were 57 municipalities that had outstanding audits. Maluleke said the number of municipalities that obtained clean audits was higher than the 20 recorded. “Our concern is that this administration inherited 33 clean audits when they began in 2015/16 so the system has gone backwards instead of making the progress that is required,” Maluleke said. ....