Local Government Highlights for 2013/2014
The Western Cape department of local government's annual report for 2013/2014 has been tabled before the Standing Committee on Public Accounts (Scopa) today. The department has received a clean audit opinion from the Auditor General.
Some of the highlights mentioned in the report includes:
Seven of the top ten best performing municipalities in the country are in the Western Cape, according to the December 2013 Municipal IQ survey.
Twenty-nine out of the thirty Municipalities in the province managed to attain unqualified audits in their latest financial years with 11 of the 29 getting a further accolade, that of getting clean audits. Only 22 municipalities in the entire country managed to get clean audits in the year under review.
The Minister of Local Government, Environmental Affairs and Development Planning, Anton Bredell, says the accolades are the result of hard work and having all communities' best interests at heart.