By Cllr Nasiphi Moya
Executive Mayor of Tshwane
On Thursday, 30 January 2025, the Auditor-General of South Africa (AGSA) tabled to Council the City’s 2023/24 audited annual report.
The report’s adoption by Council follows steps taken by the mayoral executive to strengthen consequence management
and implement remedial action as flagged by the AGSA.
On Wednesday, 29 January 2025, the mayoral executive convened the City of Tshwane Consequence Management Committee (CMC), which was established to provide oversight over financial, legal and human resources matters in the City.
The CMC’s objective is to restore accountability, tackle corruption and improve service delivery for Tshwane residents by ensuring that governance structures actively address misconduct and inefficiencies.
One of the biggest priorities of my administration is to make accountability and ethical governance the foundation of how we run the City of Tshwane.
For too long, weak consequence management has allowed financial mismanagement, irregular spending and administrative failures to persist without repercussions.
This has been one of the key factors behind the stagnation in the City’s audit outcomes, as highlighted by the
AGSA.
The CMC was updated on ongoing forensic investigations and disciplinary actions, with the following key outcomes reported:
• 180 forensic investigations have been concluded, resulting in the following:
-129 cases where disciplinary action is recommended against employees
-39 cases referred for criminal prosecution
-48 cases identified for financial recoveries
R3,6 billion in unauthorised, irregular, fruitless and wasteful expenditure was investigated in Quarter 2, with findings now being processed by the Municipal Public Accounts Committee for further action.
• 67 officials have been dismissed following due disciplinary processes, while 31 officials have received final written warnings.
• 70 cases have been referred to the Financial Disciplinary Board – the first time such referrals have been made – further strengthening financial oversight mechanisms.
These actions form part of the mayoral executive’s 100-day Action Plan, which prioritises clean governance, improved financial oversight and the professionalisation of public service.
To embed a culture of accountability and excellence and ensure proper consequence management going forward, we are taking firm action in several key areas:
1. We are changing the culture of governance by addressing the root causes of nonperformance, as highlighted by the AGSA.
2. We are clearing the backlog of investigations, including over 1 000 forensic reports inherited by my administration, many of which had not been acted upon.
3. We are reducing wasteful expenditure on precautionary suspensions, as the City is currently spending R30 million cumulatively on prolonged suspensions due to delays in disciplinary processes.
This administration will not tolerate corruption, financial mismanagement or inefficiency.
We remain committed to ensuring that Tshwane is governed with integrity, and I look forward to updating residents on our continued progress in strengthening accountability, improving financial governance and ensuring that every public servant upholds the highest ethical standards.