{"id":73038,"date":"2024-08-28T17:04:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-28T17:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/cape-town-receives-another-clean-audit-the-only-metro-to-achieve-it"},"modified":"2024-08-28T17:04:00","modified_gmt":"2024-08-28T17:04:00","slug":"cape-town-receives-another-clean-audit-the-only-metro-to-achieve-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/cape-town-receives-another-clean-audit-the-only-metro-to-achieve-it","title":{"rendered":"Cape Town receives another clean audit \u2014 the only metro to achieve it"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>The City of Cape Town has received a clean audit for the 2022\/23 financial year.<\/p>\n<p>Finance MMC Siseko Mbandezi said on Wednesday Cape Town was the only metro that received a clean audit for the financial year. He said the auditor-general had lauded the city as a \u201cpocket of excellence\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt its heart, this recognition means that public money that is earmarked for service delivery is spent correctly, transparently and within all the requirements of legislation governing public spending,\u201d said Mbandezi.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe ones who ultimately win when government performs well are the residents. We go out to bat for our residents every day and will continue to find ways to improve our service delivery, building on the sound backbone of accountability and good governance that we\u2019ve developed over more than a decade.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mbandezi said while the city was proud to have a clean audit, the fact that it was the only metro in South Africa to get one was a real concern.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNevertheless, the city will continue to strive to [live up to] this accolade.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mbandezi said the city planned to spend R39.5bn on infrastructure from July 2024 to June 2027.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is South Africa\u2019s largest-ever three-year infrastructure investment by a metropolitan municipality.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA clean audit, underpinned by good governance, a great future vision and sound financial management is vital for Cape Town\u2019s development.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b> <\/b><\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\">South-Africa<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. The City of Cape Town has received a clean audit for the 2022\/23 financial year. Finance MMC Siseko Mbandezi said on Wednesday Cape Town was the only metro that received a clean audit for the financial year. He said the auditor-general had lauded the city as a \u201cpocket of excellence\u201d. \u201cAt its [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":73037,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[274,315,275],"class_list":["post-73038","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-south-africa","tag-south-africa-2"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Cape Town receives another clean audit \u2014 the only metro to achieve it - South Africa<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/cape-town-receives-another-clean-audit-the-only-metro-to-achieve-it\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Cape Town receives another clean audit \u2014 the only metro to achieve it\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. 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