To fix dysfunctional municipalities, start from the ground up

Auditor-General Kimi Makwetu has recently lamented that the recommendations his office made to improve accountability and internal controls during the 2016/17 financial year were largely ignored by municipalities. Yet, Nadine Kater, General Manager of Accounting Technicians South Africa AT(SA), believes Makwetu’s advice could prove to be ‘a reactive approach that may only solve the problem…