Hon Minister, the Auditor-General paints a bleak picture about the state of finances of municipalities. And, five top contributors to the irregular expenditure of R71 billion are Nelson Mandela Bay, Johannesburg, Matlosana and others. And you are right when you say it is not the governing party in those municipalities.
But the problem is, these municipalities do as they wish, they act as they want, they act with impunity because there are no consequence management. What is it that the department is doing to put up systems and structures in place for consequence management, because that is fundamentally important? Thank you.