Northern Cape Co-operative Governance MEC Bentley Vass has expressed concern on the poor state of municipalities in the province.
Only two municipalities in the province received clean audits.
The Auditor-Generals 2023-2024 report showed a deteriorating financial state of municipalities. Most of them are struggling to collect revenue as well as pay suppliers and have continued to use third parties as consultants.
Irregular expenditure stands at R3.67 billion. Vass says serious action is urgently needed.
As the government we are committed in terms of transparency and making sure that all processes are followed to the letter, making sure that there are no issues in terms of irregular expenditure. In terms of how we appoint service providers in our institutions, it should be a transparent process so that at least people can own up and take responsibility as a collective from our side as a provincial government," says Vass.
