{"id":1956,"date":"2018-02-22T12:43:50","date_gmt":"2018-02-22T12:43:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kzncogta.gov.za\/?p=1956"},"modified":"2025-08-01T13:55:04","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T11:55:04","slug":"cogta-to-crack-whip-on-municipalities-as-clean-audits-regress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/devtst.kznsshf.gov.za\/kzncogta.gov.za\/index.php\/2018\/02\/22\/cogta-to-crack-whip-on-municipalities-as-clean-audits-regress\/","title":{"rendered":"COGTA to crack whip on Municipalities as Clean Audits Regress"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" src=\"http:\/\/devtst.kznsshf.gov.za\/kzncogta.gov.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/mmkhize_AG-audit-outcomes_13-1-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10234\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs MEC Nomusa Dube-Ncube briefing the members of the media on the the audit outcomes for 53 municipalities for the 2016\/2017 financial year at Mayville in Durban.22.02.18<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<div dir=\"auto\">KZN Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) has vowed to ensure harsh consequences for poorly performing municipalities as the number of clean audits for 2016\/2017 in KZN has regressed to seven from eleven in the previous financial cycle.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;The audit outcomes for 53 municipalities for 2016\/2017 include: seven unqualified audits with no findings \u2013 that is clean audits; 33 unqualified audits with findings; ten qualified audits; two adverse audit opinions; and one audit disclaimer,&#8221; said KZN MEC for Cogta Nomusa Dube-Ncube.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">KZN Cogta has also acknowledged one outstanding audit opinion for Inkosi Langalibalele municipality which did not submit its annual financial statements on time. The department has already intervened in this municipality in terms of section 139(1)b of the Constitution and a recovery plan is in place.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;KZN municipalities that maintained their clean audits in 2016\/2017 and therefore deserve a round of applause for their consistently hard work are Umzumbe, uMuziwabantu, Okhahlamba, King Cetshwayo district, uMhlathuze and uMhlabuyalingana. All of them have made us proud,&#8221; said Dube-Ncube.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The root causes of the negative audit outcomes in 13 municipalities include slow response to improving key internal controls by senior management and the political leadership, inadequate consequences for poor performance, and vacancies in key management positions in municipalities.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;We are introducing a radical audit outcome strategy going forward. 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