National coalition group meets Tshwane executive on Audit Report

10 January 2023

The national coalition oversight group of the City of Tshwane coalition government met last night to receive reports from the Tshwane Mayoral Committee on the adverse audit outcome for the 2021/2022 financial year.

All political parties remain unequivocal in their view that the audit outcome was unacceptable by the higher standards of a group of parties working to reverse the legacy of failed ANC governance.

The meeting received compelling information that a number of audit findings arose from the seemingly deliberate actions of the former CFO to mislead the structures of the City of Tshwane and undersupply available information to the Auditor General.

Equally, serious concerns about systems and controls have been revealed that demonstrate important improvements of governance that must be implemented urgently as well as consequence management for departmental failures.

The coalition oversight group concluded to meet again in the coming days. The focus of this meeting will be the issue of political consequence management as well as the oversight the group will have of the Tshwane multi-party coalition government’s plans to implement the remedial steps outlined by the Auditor General.

All political parties in the governing multi-party coalition in Tshwane have indicated a commitment to demonstrate our difference to failed ANC governance by virtue of the decisive actions we take in response to the Auditor General’s report.

Issued by Corne Mulder, 10 January 2023