DA asks Cogta minister to investigate 10 municipal managers
The DA says it will refer 10 municipal managers to Cooperative Governance Minister Velenkosini Hlabisa after laying criminal charges against them in four provinces.
The DA has requested that Cooperative Governance Minister Velenkosini Hlabisa investigate 10 municipal managers in the Western Cape, Free State, North West and Eastern Cape for alleged maladministration and financial mismanagement. This comes after the party announced criminal charges against implicated municipal managers in August.
Party spokesperson Marina van Zyl stated that the DA wants Cogta to exercise full powers to address financial mismanagement in municipalities, particularly focusing on the 68 financially distressed municipalities. Van Zyl emphasized that municipalities with disclaimed audit opinions should be immediately investigated, and a percentage threshold for irregular, fruitless, and wasteful expenditure should be set for investigation.
The DA hopes to work with Hlabisa to strengthen section 106 investigations, a tool that has only been used 32 times in the past five years despite ongoing financial mismanagement in municipalities.
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