Geordin Hill-Lewis seeks to stay on as the mayor of Cape Town rather than take a portfolio in the national cabinet should he win the partys leadership race in April.
He says the decision to remain mayor is mostly about leverage and workload.
Based on the Auditor-General of SAs municipal audit outcomes, the City of Cape Town is widely regarded as the best-run metropolitan municipality in the country in financial governance terms. The AGs consolidated report for the 2022/23 and 2023/24 financial years shows that Cape Town was the only one of SAs eight metros to receive a clean audit. A clean audit primarily measures financial governance and compliance, not the full quality of service delivery.
