Staff Reporter
KwaZulu-Natal Finance MEC Francois Rodgers said this week that citizens must demand accountability from municipalities and elected leaders.
“Citizens must actively exercise their democratic rights. Communities have the power to demand accountability, to ask how their money is spent, and to hold elected representatives to account for poor governance and maladministration,” he said.
Rodgers was reacting to Auditor-General Tsakane Maluleke’s 2024-2025 MFMA Audit Outcomes presentation to members of the provincial legislature, in which she again highlighted weak adherence to the Act as a leading cause of recurring audit failures.
Rodgers said those failures were visible in poor financial discipline, weak governance systems and inadequate consequence management, all of which undermined service delivery and eroded public trust in local government.
“The MFMA is not optional — it is a legal and ethical obligation. Poor compliance with the Act leads directly to poor audit outcomes, financial instability, and ultimately the
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