Picture: DA councillor at Nketoana Local Municipality, Diphapang Mofokeng/Facebook
By REGINALD KANYANE
10 February 2026- The Democratic Alliance (DA) said it will intensify its oversight of Nketoana Local Municipality by escalating accountability processes, pressing for consequences for those responsible and advocating for an independent investigation into financial mismanagement, following yet another damning Auditor-General report. The DA said the residents of Nketoana are failing year-after-year and the latest Auditor-General report confirms what residents already experience daily.
DA councillor at Nketoana Local Municipality, Diphapang Mofokeng said the municipality is trapped in financial chaos due to weak leadership and zero accountability. Mofokeng said the Auditor-General (AG) has again issued a disclaimer of opinion to the municipality, the worst possible audit outcome.
“In the previous 10 financial years, Nketoana received 9 disclaimers. This means the municipality could not produce credible financial evidence to support its own books, leaving residents in the dark about how their money is being spent. Such a pattern is not a mistake; it is a systemic governance failure.
“Even more alarming is the staggering R1.7 billion in unauthorised, irregular, fruitless and wasteful expenditure (UIFW). For a small municipality, this figure represents not just mismanagement but a devastating betrayal of communities who continue to suffer from failing services, deteriorating infrastructure, and declining living conditions,” he said.
Mofokeng further said this persistent failure and flagrant disregard of council resolutions reflect an administration that has caused sustained harm to the municipality and its residents. He added that they will not stand by while Nketoana is driven further into crisis.
“We will intensify oversight, demand consequences for those responsible, and push for a full, independent investigation into the R1.7 billion UIFW. Residents deserve a municipality that works, not one that repeatedly fails to meet basic financial governance standards. Nketoana’s decline is not inevitable; it is the result of political choices and failed leadership.
“Change is urgently needed, and that change requires accountable governance that puts residents first.We remain committed to restoring clean administration, rebuilding trust, and delivering a future in which public funds serve the public, not political interests,” said Mofokeng.
He said Nketoana cannot afford another year of excuses.
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