The office of the Auditor-General of South Africa (AGSA) recently published its annual review of local municipalities, including the best-run ones.
The audit covered results for the 2023/24 financial year and revealed the best-run municipality in the country, as well as in each province.
The AGSA listed the 25 municipalities in the country that had achieved consecutive clean audits, and only one Eastern Cape municipality received this.
Eastern Cape’s best-run municipality
According to the results of the audit, Joe Gqabi District Municipality was the best-run municipality in the Eastern Cape.
Joe Gqabi District Municipality maintained its clean audit status for 4 consecutive years, the only municipality to do so in the whole province.
A clean audit means that financial statements are free from material misstatements, performance objectives are reported accurately, and all relevant legislation is complied with.
“This recognition reflects on the hard work undertaken by the municipalities and entity to implement clean governance and having the systems and records in place to justify their financial and performance status,” the municipality said, as per BusinessTech.
Joe Gqabi District Municipality sits in the north-eastern part of the Eastern Cape, bordering the Free State and Lesotho.
Local municipalities that make up the district include Walter Sisulu, Senqu, and Elundini. The area also encompasses high-altitude regions like Barkly East, Lady Grey, and Rhodes, sitting in the Stormberg Mountains and near the Drakensberg Escarpment, which occasionally receive a lot of snow during strong winter cold fronts.
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