A report from the Municipal Public Accounts Committee (MPAC) highlighted that the eThekwini Municipality has written off R13.5 million in irregular, fruitless, and wasteful expenditure.
The eThekwini Municipality has written off R13.5 million in irregular, fruitless, and wasteful expenditure deemed irrecoverable from the 2024/25 financial year.
However, in compliance with the Municipal Finance Management Act (MFMA), fruitless and wasteful expenditure totalling R71 million is expected to be recovered from the relevant officials and former officials of the municipality.
A report from the Municipal Public Accounts Committee (MPAC) on unauthorised, irregular, fruitless, and wasteful expenditure (UIFWE) for various directorates for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 financial years disclosed deviations from the Supply Chain Management (SCM) Policy. The report also gave the reasons for the deviation and the value of the expenditure.
The report explained that R7.7 million in UIFWE was incurred when a former employee in the Energy Management Directorate failed to pay an invoice, resulting in a court order against the municipality.
