DA calls for provincial intervention over 'financial collapse' in Capricorn Muni

The DA is deeply alarmed by what it termed 'ongoing financial collapse and systemic governance failures' within the Capricorn District Municipality (CDM) and its four local municipalities - Polokwane, Lepelle-Nkumpi, Molemole and Blouberg, and has called for the urgent deployment of Provincial Treasury and Cooperative Governance, Human Settlements and Traditional Affairs (Coghsta) intervention teams to enforce compliance in municipal matters.

- Barry Viljoen

Bianca Mocke, DA caucus leader and municipal public accounts committee (MPAC) member in CDM, said in a media release that immediate investigations into all unauthorised, irregular and fruitless expenditure (UIFW) across the district is imperative and that ring-fenced budgets and permanent staff for all MPACs should be instituted to guarantee independence and functionality. “A full forensic audit into all water and infrastructure projects falsely reported as completed and regular public hearings to restore transparency and ensure meaningful community participation in oversight processes should be held,” Mocke insisted and explained that recent MPAC reports reveal escalati