The poor state of our municipal finances

The financial state of municipalities in South Africa has continued to deteriorate as a lack of accountability and poor governance continues to dog the country at a local government level. Presenting to parliament's standing committee on public accounts yesterday, auditor-general Tsakani Maluleke said that the country was effectively facing two main issues: there is not much money going around and yet the right hands are not at the till. We spoke to Chairman of the standing committee on the Auditor-General, Sakhumzi Somyo & Zukiswa Kota, head of monitoring and advocacy @ the Public Service Accountability Monitor (PSAM)