Lack of Consequence Management Will Collapse the City of Johannesburg
Cllr. Mpumi Edward
ActionSA S79 CoJ Finance Chairperson
ActionSA notes with utmost disgust the continuation of a tradition within the City of Johannesburg which protects those who have been found guilty of financial misconduct.
A typical example is the recent revelation where a city Director spent more than R62.5 million to purchase 20 cars in 2019 only to receive 12 of the acquired cars. Six years later, the city cannot account for 8 remaining cars, yet the accounting officers implicated are still roaming within the city’s corridors.
This demonstrate failures by the city to hold those who are found guilty and contributing to the city’s financial collapse accountable. In the 2023/24 financial year alone, there were 1, 094 cases of accounting irregularities related to financial misconduct.
If we are to change the negative outlook of the city and its finances, we need to implement the Auditor General’s report, which emphasized a need for consequence management and hiring of people who are fit for purpose. This will save the city from corruption as well as fruitless and wasteful expenditure.
The Auditor General also gave the Council a mammoth task to improve disciplinary processes to hold the Executive accountable for non- performance and cautioned MPAC for not being effective in dealing with transgressions. It is important that every mechanism that has been put in place to propel the city function optimally.
ActionSA will be revisiting all financial misconduct cases to ensure that those who have been fingered are brought to book and the monies are recouped.
ActionSA believes that South Africa is being held back by unethical leadership and unqualified public servants who have no regard for the rule of law
Lack of Consequence Management Will Collapse the City of Johannesburg
ActionSA notes with utmost disgust the continuation of a tradition within the City of Johannesburg which protects those who have been found guilty of financial misconduct.
A typical example is the recent revelation where a city Director spent more than R62.5 million to purchase 20 cars in 2019 only to receive 12 of the acquired cars. Six years later, the city cannot account for 8 remaining cars, yet the accounting officers implicated are still roaming within the city’s corridors.
This demonstrate failures by the city to hold those who are found guilty and contributing to the city’s financial collapse accountable. In the 2023/24 financial year alone, there were 1, 094 cases of accounting irregularities related to financial misconduct.
If we are to change the negative outlook of the city and its finances, we need to implement the Auditor General’s report, which emphasized a need for consequence management and hiring of people who are fit for purpose. This will save the city from corruption as well as fruitless and wasteful expenditure.
The Auditor General also gave the Council a mammoth task to improve disciplinary processes to hold the Executive accountable for non- performance and cautioned MPAC for not being effective in dealing with transgressions. It is important that every mechanism that has been put in place to propel the city function optimally.
ActionSA will be revisiting all financial misconduct cases to ensure that those who have been fingered are brought to book and the monies are recouped.
ActionSA believes that South Africa is being held back by unethical leadership and unqualified public servants who have no regard for the rule of law