THEBE MABANGA
OUTGOING Auditor-General Kimi Makwetu used his last presentation of the Municipal Audit Outcomes to plead for good leadership in order to turn the tide on crumbling municipal finances.
This is despite the fact that the picture had deteriorated in each of his seven years in office, which come to an end in November this year.
“In every society some people do not want to work. Unfortunately, they have the upper hand in a society that lacks good leadership,” Makwetu said to conclude his virtual presentation.
He noted that in South Africa, those who do not want to work hope to prosper by obtaining an illegitimate municipal for which they can be paid with no delivery having occurred.
Makwetu’s office found R32 billion worth of irregular expenditure in South Africa’s local government system and found no evidence of a willingness to take corrective action to stop this leakage.
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