Not one Limpopo municipality achieves a clear audit
Penwell Dlamini | 2016-06-01 17:07:fifty nine.zero
Thembekile Kimi Makwetu
Picture by: Simon Mathebule and Nonhlanhla Msibi
The Auditor Common has expressed concern over the rot in municipalities in Limpopo which has brought about audit outcomes to regress within the province.
Not a single municipality acquired a clear audit in Limpopo. This has been the case because the 2011/12 monetary yr. Additionally‚ not one firm owned by any metropolis or city in Limpopo was capable of obtain a clear audit.
After attaining nice strides within the 2013/14 monetary yr by registering 12 unqualified audits‚ within the 2014/15 monetary yr the province regressed drastically.
These regressions have been primarily because of instability in key positions on the municipalities‚ the AG famous in his newest report on municipalities launched on Wednesday.
Limpopo province has had a few of the most violent protests within the nation seen this yr.
Presently each the nationwide and provincial departments of schooling are nonetheless making an attempt to get education again on monitor after rioting residents burned down 20 faculties‚ inflicting a complete shutdown of educating and studying in Vuwani and surrounding areas.
In his complete report‚ Auditor-Basic Kimi Makwetu complained that the standard of monetary statements regressed over the 5 yr interval and the standard of efficiency studies was “stagnant”. This was regardless of expenditure on consultants by the municipalities within the province growing 5 occasions to R122-million. These consultants have been paid to assist the municipalities enhance their monetary statements.
Vhembe district municipality‚ the place the troublesome Vuwani is predicated‚ spent R77-million of the cash however the AG stated this had “no impression on the audit outcomes”. The district acquired a disclaimer for 3 consecutive years (2011/12 to 2013/14) and an hostile opinion within the 2014/15 monetary yr.
“The province’s lack of ability to maintain and additional enhance their audit audit outcomes within the yr underneath evaluation is a sign that restricted progress has been made to deal with elementary deficiencies within the inner management setting‚” he added.
Irregular expenditure in Limpopo municipalities elevated from R730-million within the 2010/eleven monetary yr to R1.four-billion in 2014/15. Unauthorised expenditure rose from R588-million to R1.2-billion whereas fruitless and wasteful expenditure surged from R42-million to R81-million within the reporting interval.