Auditor-General Tsakani Maluleke. (Darren Stewart/Gallo Images)
Poor audit outcomes in local government continue unabated, with only 34 of South Africa’s 257 municipalities obtaining clean bills of health.
Auditor-General Tsakani Maluleke, released the 2022-23 consolidated general report on local government audit outcomes on Tuesday, saying that no meaningful improvement occurred over the first two years of the current term.
Maluleke has called on “all roleplayers in the accountability ecosystem to work deliberately and with urgency towards a culture of performance, accountability, transparency, and institutional integrity that will ultimately result in a better life for the people of South Africa”.
More to follow.
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