{"id":882,"date":"2026-07-11T10:06:02","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T08:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mk-party.co.za\/weak-governance-causes-r268-billion-in-wasteful-municipal-spending-reports-show\/"},"modified":"2026-07-11T10:06:02","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T08:06:02","slug":"weak-governance-causes-r268-billion-in-wasteful-municipal-spending-reports-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mk-party.co.za\/zu_za\/ukubusa-okubuthakathaka-kubangela-imibiko-yokusebenzisa-imali-kamasipala-echitha-imali-eyizigidigidi-ezingama-r268\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukubusa Okubuthakathaka Kubangela U-R268 Billion Ekubikweni Kwezimali Zomasipala Ezimoshayo Kubonisa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Omasipala baseNingizimu Afrika baqophe ukwenyuka kokusetshenziswa kwemali okungagunyaziwe, okungajwayelekile, okungenazithelo, nokuchitha imali (i-UIFWE) kwaya ku-R268.13 billion ngo-2024\/25, kusuka ku-R264.10 billion ngonyaka odlule, ngokusho kombiko wakamuva woMgcinimafa Kazwelonke, okubonisa ukwehluleka kwesistimu ekuphathweni kwezimali kanye nokuqapha kuzo zonke izinhlaka zohulumeni basekhaya.<\/p>\n<h4>Ukuhlolwa Kwezimali Kwembula Ukwehluleka Okuhlelekile<\/h4>\n<p>Umbiko woMcwaningi-Jikelele ka-2024\/25 uthole ukuthi akekho komasipala abayisishiyagalombili basemadolobheni amakhulu ezweni othole ukuhlolwa okuhlanzekile, okugqamisa ukungaziphathi kahle kwezezimali kanye nokwehluleka okuqhubekayo kokulethwa kwezinsizakalo. UMcwaningi-Jikelele uTsakani Maluleke uthe, \u201cIzimali zomasipala zinenkinga enkulu futhi yize izimali zinciphile, omasipala, amakhansela kanye nomasipala ababonisi ukuziphathi kahle kwezezimali,\u201d ngesikhathi sokukhishwa kombiko ngoMeyi 2025.<\/p>\n<p>NgoJulayi 2026, uMgcinimafa Kazwelonke wamisa ukudluliselwa kwesabelo esilinganayo kumakhansela endawo angama-60 ngenxa yokuphathwa kabi kwezezimali okuqhubekayo, okubangelwa ukusetshenziswa kwemali okungajwayelekile okufika ku-R145.21 billion. UMgcinimafa uphinde waveza ukwehluleka kokulawula kwangaphakathi kanye nokuphathwa kwemiphumela okubuthakathaka njengezimbangela eziyinhloko zesimo esibi sezimali zomasipala.<\/p>\n<h4>Ochwepheshe Nemibiko Yomlando Bagcizelela Inkinga Yobuholi<\/h4>\n<p>I-2022 Municipal Financial Sustainability Index iveze omasipala abangu-107 abasengozini yokungasebenzi kahle kwezezimali, yathi lezi zingozi zibangelwa ukubusa okubuthakathaka kanye nokuphathwa okungasebenzi kahle. UHarlan Cloete, ekhuluma ne-SABC News, uxhumanise le nkinga ngqo nobuholi bendawo: \u201cKonke kuncike ebuholini, ebuholini obunokuziphatha okuhle kanye nobokuzibophezela. Uma unomeya onentshisekelo kulo msebenzi, khona-ke unomsebenzi omuhle.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Izikhulu zoMnyango Wezezimali Kazwelonke, ziphendula idatha yakamuva, zivumile ukuthi imiphumela yokuhlolwa kohulumeni basekhaya ka-2024\/25 ehlanganisiwe yoMcwaningi-mabhuku Jikelele iqinisekisa kakhulu imiphumela yazo yobuthakathaka obuqhubekayo ekuphathweni kwezimali komasipala. Ukuntuleka kokuzibophezela phakathi kwezikhulu zomasipala kanye nezindlela ezinganele zokuphatha imiphumela kusalokhu kuyinselele enkulu.<\/p>\n<p>UMnyango Wezezimali kanye noMcwaningi-zimali Jikelele bayaqhubeka nokubiza ukuziphatha kobuholi okuthuthukisiwe kanye nokulawulwa kwezezimali okuqinile ukuze kubuyiselwe impilo yezezimali zomasipala futhi kuqinisekiswe ukulethwa kwezinsizakalo eziyisisekelo okuthembekile emiphakathini. Umjikelezo wesabelomali ozayo uzohlola ukuqaliswa kwalezi zincomo ngaphansi kokubhekisiswa okuseduze kuzwelonke.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UMgcinimafa Kazwelonke uqinisekisa ukwenyuka kokusetshenziswa kwemali komasipala okungajwayelekile kufinyelele ku-R268.13 billion, njengoba ukuhlolwa kwezimali kwembula ukuthi akukho masipala amakhulu ane-audit ehlanzekile kanye nokwehluleka kobuholi okuqhubekayo.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[235,236,410,348,234],"class_list":["post-882","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sa-news","tag-auditor-general","tag-municipal-finances","tag-municipal-governance","tag-national-treasury","tag-service-delivery"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v21.5 (Yoast SEO v21.5) - 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