Maquassi Hills Local Municipality should act on the forensic investigation by the Auditor-General and the one instituted by the suspended municipal manager as these two reports address similar issues. The council should deal with the issue of irregular expenditure separately, instead of using this as the basis for rejecting the report.
The oversight committee of the Maquassi Hills council should be established to deal with the audit report and fast-track each process in dealing with the reports on the forensic investigations and implement the recommendations of the Auditor-General. The council of Maquassi Hills Local Municipality should deal with its political instability in order for the municipality to be able to provide services to its communities.
The Select Committee on Finance will do a third follow-up visit to the municipalities in the North West before the end of term in 2014. I put this report before the NCOP. Thank you. [Applause.]
Debate concluded.
Question put: That the Report be adopted.
IN FAVOUR: Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Northern Cape, North West, Western Cape.