The minister of COGHSTA Thembi Nkadimeng during a visit to the
northern cape this week on the 13 September 2023, lead a ministerial
outreach program in Kimberley as part of a series of strategic engagements
designed to address persistent challenges that impede the effective and
efficient functioning of municipalities. In a statement, COGHSTA says during the activities of the day a media
address was conducted and COGHSTA says in an official statement that included
in the communication was the acknowledgment by the minister of the challenges faced in 6 particularly
identified municipalities including the Kai Garib, Thembelihle, Kareeberg,
Gamagara, !Kheis as well as Sol Plaatjie local municipalities. COGHSTA further
added to a recent statement to correct miscommunications that were made and says that with regards to Annual Financial Statements the MEC Bantley Vass says at his turn in his word that The Auditor General raised that the
financial statements are prepared by consultants because the municipalities
have no capacity to prepare them and added that these prepared financial statements
by the consultants are in themselves not quality reports which currently poses
as a challenge for them.
Journalist: Mbali Masiza
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