Ekurhuleni scoops four awards for clean governance from SALGA

The City of Ekurhuleni recently scooped four awards for excellent governance at the Inaugural Municipal Audit Awards hosted by the South African Local Government Association (Salga).

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The city officials walked away with two first-place awards for the 2021/22 financial year with clean audit outcomes and good record keeping, which is a critical process for audit purposes and measuring service delivery achievements.

The city was also awarded a second-place award for capital expenditure on the allocated budget and another second place for revenue collection and management.

The awards came after the city’s remarkable feat of securing three consecutive clean audits.

“I receive these awards with great honour and humility. We all know it is never easy to achieve and maintain a clean audit in local government.

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“However, as the city, we have always made this one of our key targets and managed to achieve it,” said the city manager, Dr Imogen Mashazi, at the awards ceremony.

“We are proud to have received three consecutive clean audit opinions from the Auditor-General and remain determined to maintain the status quo going forward.”

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The audit committee conducts quarterly reviews of internal processes and interrogates the city’s performance to ensure the administration remains committed to improving the controls.

“The oversight from the audit committee also contributes to the effectiveness of the turnaround strategy, which has translated to positive audit outcomes,” said Mashazi.