Not a single municipality in the Free State has received a clean audit in the past five years. According to the Auditor-General, the province is in serious trouble.
According to the AG’s report, on 1 January 2020, the provincial executive intervened at Mangaung “by imposing, and assuming responsibility for a recovery plan that aimed to secure the metro’s ability to provide basic services and meet its financial commitments”.
“In 2016-17, only 10% did not meet project deadlines, but this had increased to 60% in 2020-21. For example, at Metsimaholo, the project for installing 4,000 sewer connections was delayed by almost two years due to poor planning,” read the report. “Although the metro held public participation sessions where the needs of the community were received and planned for, many of the planned targets were not achieved because they were not prioritised and/or because of a lack of funding,” read the AG’s report.
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