Kouga Municipality
The Kouga Municipality has been celebrating its first-ever clean audit, since its formation in 2000.
Executive mayor, Hattingh Bornman, said this landmark achievement highlights the municipality’s unwavering commitment to financial accountability, sound governance, and service excellence.
He said the clean audit, for the 2023/24 financial year, also cemented the municipality’s status “as the best-performing municipality in the Eastern Cape”.
Bornman said the clean audit signifies that the municipality demonstrated credible and reliable financial and performance reporting, with all expenditure properly accounted for.
“It reflects a strong financial position, underscored by zero instances of irregular, fruitless, wasteful, or unauthorized expenditure – a distinction achieved by very few municipalities nationwide,” the mayor said.
He also expressed “immense pride" in the municipality’s accomplishment, crediting the dedication and professionalism to the Municipal Manager, Charl du Plessis and the Chief Financial Officer, Riaaz Lorgat.
“This clean audit outcome is a testament to our unwavering commitment to transparency, accountability, and good governance.
“It confirms the municipality’s position as the best in the Eastern Cape in both service delivery and financial stability”.
Bornman said the broader significance of this achievement is that good governance forms the foundation of a thriving community.
“While we still have many challenges in Kouga Municipality, I take confidence in the fact that we are building a brighter future for Kouga, setting the standard for what effective local government should look like,” he said.
