Johannesburg Mayor Dada Morero. The Auditor-General said the City of Joburg’s core has regressed to a qualified opinion, with persistent control and reporting weaknesses escalating into material misstatements and audit qualifications.
The Auditor-General has raised serious concerns about governance failures, weak compliance controls, deteriorating infrastructure and poor information technology management at the City of Johannesburg, warning that urgent intervention is needed to prevent further decline in service delivery and financial management.
Presenting the 2024/25 audit outcomes before Parliament's Standing Committee on Public Accounts (Scopa) on Tuesday, AG business unit leader Fhumulani Rabonda said the majority of the city's municipal entities remain trapped in a cycle of poor governance and inadequate accountability.
The city has entities such as Joburg Water, City Power, Pikitup, City Parks and Zoo, Metropolitan Trading Company, Joburg Market, Joburg Roads Agency, Metrobus, Johannesburg Development Agency, Joburg Property Company and the Joburg Social Housing Company.
Rabonda said only a handful of entities had achieved positive audit outcomes, with the City of Joburg's main municipality receiving a qualified audit opinion, while Joburg Market and Joburg Theatre achieved clean audits.
