MPAC Oversight Report 2024/2025
The Municipal Public Accounts Committee embarked on a rigorous process of reviewing the Annual Report, and as a result the committee came across with some challenges but steamed ahead without losing focus. In this regard, the committee convened number of Public Participations meetings to solicit inputs from the communities on Annual Report and Audit Report 2024-2025.
Although the city’s financial statements were found to fairly present the financial performance, it received a qualified audit opinion on five issues such as, Service charges; Bulk purchase (water distribution losses); Property, plant and equipment (sanitation network and water meters), Employee’s related costs (overtime), and commitments not disclosed. Flowing from the MPAC meeting with the Office of the AG, Chairperson of Risk Management Committee and finally with the community of Mangaung through Public participations, number of concerns regarding the service delivery were raised sharply. Also, there was inconsistency on visibility of the senior management to the public participation meetings. Honourable Speaker, to this end, I would like to thank the MPAC members for commitment shown in developing this Oversight Report 2024-2025. Further I take this opportunity to thank the MPAC Officials, Technical Advisors, Committee Service for the sterling work to assist the MPAC Committee.