AG Report: Emfuleni loses R768 million of the people’s money
8 February 2018
The DA calls on the MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Paul Mashatile, to intervene in the financial irregularities at the Emfuleni Local Municipality. Mashatile needs to do the job that the people of Gauteng pay him to do, and ensure that municipalities function by delivering services to the people and that money is not squandered and lost.
The Auditor General's report has revealed that the Emfuleni Municipality has incurred a net loss of R768 870 050 during the year that ended 30 June 2017.
The Emfuleni Municipality routinely fails to deliver services to residents, despite a recent salary increase for the employees at the municipality.
Last week, residents of Emfuleni were without electricity for a number of days and the municipality failed to resolve this matter speedily. Many businesses and hospitals were left without electricity. Members of the community were forced to take matters into their hands to resolve this by fixing electricity meters themselves.