Auditor-General Tsakani Maluleke said the City of Cape Town regressed on supply chain management or procurement issues that led to non-compliance, which then landed the municipality in the unqualified audit space with findings.
Auditor-General Tsakani Maluleke has raised serious concerns about the state and financial health of the country’s eight biggest municipalities, as she released the 2024/25 consolidated general report on local government audit outcomes.
Maluleke on Wednesday painted a bleak picture of the financial health of the eight metropolitan municipalities before the National Assembly’s Portfolio on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs.
She said the metros warranted particular attention because together they look after almost 54% of the expenditure budget in local government, 40% of the population and households, and are responsible for significant service delivery.
“On the whole, metros are regressing not just on audit outcomes, but importantly, on financial health, but also on service delivery,” Maluleke disclosed.
