Parliament, Sunday, 2 May 2021 – The Standing Committee on Public Accounts (Scopa) will this week visit Eastern Cape municipalities.
The municipalities that the committee is going to visit include, Buffalo City and Nelson Mandela Bay metropolitan municipalities, Amathole District Municipality as well as OR Tambo, Enoch Mgijima and Makana local municipalities.
The committee will also meet with the Provincial MEC of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs on the status of municipalities in the province.
The aim of the oversight visit is to follow up on the Auditor-General’s audit outcome for the 2018/19 financial year and look at investigations that are being conducted including the Special Investigations Unit report.
The committee will also check consequence management measures that have been applied and whether there is sound financial management and accounting at these municipalities.
Details of the visits are as follows:
Date: Tuesday, 3 May 2021 – OR Tambo and Enoch Mgijima Local Municipalities
Time: 08:30 – 13:00
Date: Tuesday, 3 May 2021 - Amathole District Municipality and Buffalo City Metro
Time: 14:00 – 18:00
Date: Wednesday, 4 May 2021 – Makana Local Municipality (Makhanda)
Time: 12:00 – 13:30
Date: Thursday, 6 May 2021 – Meeting with Municipal Managers, Mayors, Speaker and Administrator of Makana and Nelson Mandela Bay municipalities
Time: 09:00 – 14:00
Date: Thursday, 6 May 2021 - Meeting with the provincial MEC of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Time: 14:30 – 18:00
ISSUED BY THE PARLIAMENTARY COMMUNICATION SERVICES.
For media enquiries, please contact the committee’s Media Officer:
Name: Ms Faith Ndenze
Parliamentary Communication Services
Tel: 021 403 8268
Cell: 081 377 0686
Email: fndenze@parliament.gov.za
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