The spotlight has fallen on the metro after its massive clean sweep, recently, when the Auditor General announced that the local authority had achieved its first clean audit in 14 years.
Previously, the municipality received four consecutive unqualified reports with findings.
Furthermore, Ekurhuleni’s five entities, the Brakpan Bus Company, the Ekurhuleni Development Company, the Lethabong Housing Institute, the Greater Germiston Phase Two Housing Company and the Pharo Park Housing Company, each scooped clean audits, a clear indication of the leadership qualities the metro bestows on its entities.
This clean audit is a culmination of an unwavering commitment by the metro to the Auditor General, at the end of the 2012/2013 financial year, to attend with vigour to measures that were proposed to ensure that the metro achieves a clean audit at the end of the 2013/2014 financial year.
The commitment included, among others, ensuring that the internal control environment is enhanced, audit findings are cleared in a sustainable manner, and that the metro has competent skills to enhance compliance with the laws and regulations.
Most importantly, the commitment seeks to ensure that the metro is able to deliver services in a most effective and efficient manner and in line with the Integrated Development Plans.
Ekurhuleni’s clean audit achievement sends a strong message to investors and residents alike that the metro remains in a good state of financial health, which is a prerequisite for good, corporate governance and transparency.
The metro remains committed to sustaining clean audits for the financial years to come, in the interests of residents and business.
