Finance and Economic Opportunities
(a) What are the details of the findings of material irregularities that have been made by the Auditor-General per municipality in the province in (i) 2019, (ii) 2020, (iii) 2021 and (iv) 2022 and (b) what are the costs associated with these findings?
[a]
[i] No instances of material irregularities have been reported by the AGSA for municipalities in the Western Cape for the period ending 30 June 2019 [Since April 2019, when the Public Audit Act was amended, the AGSA has performed selective audits of municipalities and municipal entities for material irregularities].
[ii] No instances of material irregularities have been reported by the AGSA for municipalities in the Western Cape for the period ending 30 June 2020.
[iii] The City of Cape Town received two material irregularity findings for the period ending 30 June 2021.
Details are available in the Auditor general’s “Material Irregularity” publication dated 15 April 2022.
[iv] The audit for the 2022 financial year will only start 1 September 2022.
[b] The costs for the material irregularities have not been disclosed.
