‘We will do our best,’ says Maile as Gauteng municipalities fail to comply with legislation

“Another initiative explored was the introduction of the audit preparation workshop where the roles of municipal managers, CFOs, audit committee chairpersons and audit executives were highlighted for the audit process.” All municipalities managed to submit their draft AFS by August 31 as legislated. They would continue technical support to local government by providing technical astuteness during the audit. When pressed if the intervention would be consistent while some of the municipalities continue to change mayors, he said their intervention was not dependent on any…