Tshwane metro officials involved in corruption and the misuse of municipal funds will face consequences following the release of the metro’s latest audit outcome.

Tshwane Mayor Dr Nasiphi Moya said this during a council meeting on January 29 when the Auditor General’s (AG) report for the 2024/25 financial year was tabled.

The city received a qualified audit opinion for the third consecutive year.

Moya acknowledged concerns raised by the AG over weak internal controls and consequence management.

The AG reported that unauthorised, irregular, fruitless and wasteful expenditure has exceeded by R5-billion, warning that more must be done to curb financial mismanagement.

Moya said the metro is committed to holding officials accountable and addressing weaknesses in disciplinary processes.

“We have noted that there are corrupt officials within our ranks, and we will deal with them. At the same time, the city is paying nearly R30-million annually to officials who remain at home due to prolonged legal and disciplinary processes,” she said.

She added that some officials deliberately manipulate disciplinary procedures, taking advantage of lengthy legal processes.

Moya said the recent arrest of an official implicated in issuing fraudulent contracts demonstrated that wrongdoing would not be tolerated.

“The City of Tshwane is not a playground or a place where individuals should accumulate wealth at the expense of residents,” she said.

While acknowledging challenges, Moya emphasised that most municipal employees are committed to serving residents, but warned that those linked to criminal networks would be removed.

“We will smoke out those involved in corruption. Residents can be assured we are taking action,” she said.

Moya further noted that the metro has completed 146 investigations into unauthorised and irregular expenditure during the year, with recovery recommendations worth about R3.2-billion submitted to Council as part of efforts to strengthen accountability and governance.

Xolani Zicwele, a senior auditor from the AG’s office, warned that the metro needs to strengthen consequence management.

“Officials involved in corruption, fraud or the misuse of city funds need to be attended to through strict legal actions.”

He said, according to the report, the metro has weak internal control.

We have now realised that a majority of officials in this city are good people, they mean well, we need them every day doing the work they are employed to do. But there is a minority that’s part of the criminal networks and we are going to smoke them out of the system. That you… pic.twitter.com/eLmSZUck0N

— Dr Nasiphi Moya (@nasiphim) January 29, 2026

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