South African municipalities spent R5.3 billion in the past five years on consultants. A whopping 70% of them used these consultants every single year. | Fin24
The Auditor General's office has lambasted the excessive use of external consultants by municipalities.But the AG plans to crack down on the inefficient use of consultants now.spent R5.3 billion on consultants in the past five years. A whopping 70% of them used these consultants every single year. From preparing financial statements to managing assets and tax services, the permanently employed financial managers and their teams couldn't complete those tasks without external help.
In 2020/21 alone, the salary bill, plus the total cost of the consultant saw municipalities incur a total bill of R11.6 billion. There were also 100 municipalities whose audits looked like they had improved as they got unqualified audit opinions with findings, i.e., they did produce quality financial statements, but struggled to produce quality performance reports. But Sedikela said that too is no course for celebration.
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