{"id":8190,"date":"2023-07-28T07:46:00","date_gmt":"2023-07-28T07:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kzncogta.gov.za\/?p=8190"},"modified":"2025-07-23T05:22:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T03:22:11","slug":"kzn-treasury-and-cogta-lay-bold-ground-rules-for-the-dysfunctional-uthukela-district-municipality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/devtst.kznsshf.gov.za\/kzncogta.gov.za\/index.php\/2023\/07\/28\/kzn-treasury-and-cogta-lay-bold-ground-rules-for-the-dysfunctional-uthukela-district-municipality\/","title":{"rendered":"KZN TREASURY AND COGTA LAY BOLD GROUND RULES FOR THE DYSFUNCTIONAL UTHUKELA DISTRICT MUNICIPALITY"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a proactive and decisive step to provide redress for the dysfunctional UThukela District Municipality, both MEC for Finance, Ms Neliswa Peggy Nkonyeni, and MEC for the Department of Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Ms Bongiwe Sithole-Moloi, accompanied by their senior officials , called for a full council meeting with the Audit Committee, in order to &nbsp;to present their detailed analysis of the current financial and governance &nbsp;challenges and proposed recommendations aimed at &nbsp;turning around the current deplorable state of governance.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ugb-spacer ugb-spacer ugb-f4b0cfe ugb-spacer--v2 ugb-main-block\"><div class=\"ugb-inner-block\"><div class=\"ugb-block-content\"><div class=\"ugb-spacer--inner\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The reports presented by both departments highlight an abysmal operational culture characterized by glaring weaknesses in financial management and governance which has resulted in the UThukela District Municipality receiving qualified audit reports for the past 5 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ugb-spacer ugb-spacer ugb-e8cf579 ugb-spacer--v2 ugb-main-block\"><div class=\"ugb-inner-block\"><div class=\"ugb-block-content\"><div class=\"ugb-spacer--inner\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The reports further reveal poor financial management practices, lack of co-operation with the District Audit Committee, KZN Treasury and Cogta units responsible for support to municipalities, provision of poor and unreliable financial reports, Administrator is not submitting nor providing the Financial Recovery Plan to the Audit Committee, lack of implementation of the Audit Committee recommendations, poor organizational capacity and governance, weak internal controls , 40 percent average collection rate, among many anomalies, which are indicative of a municipality in serious financial distress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ugb-spacer ugb-spacer ugb-b8d9b3f ugb-spacer--v2 ugb-main-block\"><div class=\"ugb-inner-block\"><div class=\"ugb-block-content\"><div class=\"ugb-spacer--inner\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Also highlighted during the engagement was the rift and breakdown of working relations that the council has with the Administrator appointed by the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs which was also sanctioned by KwaZulu-Natal Executive Council.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ugb-spacer ugb-spacer ugb-cefd522 ugb-spacer--v2 ugb-main-block\"><div class=\"ugb-inner-block\"><div class=\"ugb-block-content\"><div class=\"ugb-spacer--inner\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The Mayor of UThukela District Municipality, Inkosi Ntandoyenkosi Shabalala said \u201cas a municipality, we are going to revise the organogram and address staff shortage and staff performance. We want to do this in order to restore operational culture of the municipality. We appreciate this intervention and we hope to get our house in order to ensure that we improve service delivery\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ugb-spacer ugb-spacer ugb-7dbdb2d ugb-spacer--v2 ugb-main-block\"><div class=\"ugb-inner-block\"><div class=\"ugb-block-content\"><div class=\"ugb-spacer--inner\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>MEC Sithole-Moloi said<strong> t<\/strong>heir mandate is to ensure that all municipalities are functioning optimally in line with their legislated mandate in order to ensure effective service delivery to the communities the serve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ugb-spacer ugb-spacer ugb-d6e23b7 ugb-spacer--v2 ugb-main-block\"><div class=\"ugb-inner-block\"><div class=\"ugb-block-content\"><div class=\"ugb-spacer--inner\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt is in our interest to assist UThukela District Municipality and ensure that service delivery is not affected. We will continue to provide support to this municipality until it comes out of administration. 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We want to fully support UThukela District Municipality until it is not listed among municipalities that are dysfunctional,\u201d said MEC Nkonyeni.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ugb-spacer ugb-spacer ugb-697fd26 ugb-spacer--v2 ugb-main-block\"><div class=\"ugb-inner-block\"><div class=\"ugb-block-content\"><div class=\"ugb-spacer--inner\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Nkonyeni said the engagement with UThukela District Municipality will continue until all the operational and financial governance hindrances are resolved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ugb-spacer ugb-spacer ugb-9ed65a1 ugb-spacer--v2 ugb-main-block\"><div class=\"ugb-inner-block\"><div class=\"ugb-block-content\"><div class=\"ugb-spacer--inner\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Issued jointly by KZN Treasury and the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs in KwaZulu-Natal. <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As a proactive and decisive step 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