The Democratic Alliance (DA) in Tshwane notes that the City of Tshwane failed to get an unqualified audit in the 2024/2025 financial year.
Earlier this year the DA raised concerns that the City is not adequately dealing with Unauthorised, Irregular, Fruitless and Wasteful Expenditure (UIFW) and that there is unsatisfactory implementation of consequence management, financial recovery of losses and accountability.
Early reports on the audit outcome suggests that the Auditor General supports this view.
While the full audit outcome is not available yet, the DA is concerned about reports of R1.7 billion losses in water purchased from Rand Water, through mostly delayed repairs in water leaks, and R1.87 billion in electricity losses, in large part due to electricity theft.
During, the 2023/2024 audit cycle the City, under the leadership of DA Mayor Cilliers Brink, cleared 6 of the 13 qualified areas, building towards an unqualified audit in the 2024/2025 financial year. It is unfortunate that the current ANC government could only clear 4 of the remaining 6 qualified areas, resulting in a qualified audit opinion for the year ending July 2025.
The DA will peruse the full outcome, once it is made available, to see what the real impact on Tshwane residents are.