MEYERTON – The Midvaal Local Municipality has secured its 12th consecutive clean audit for the 2024/25 financial year, cementing its reputation as one of South Africa’s most accountable and well-governed municipalities.

The clean audit follows a rigorous assessment of the municipality’s financial statements, performance reporting, and compliance with key legislation. Areas scrutinised included procurement, contract and revenue management, asset control, and overall financial oversight.

According to the Auditor-General, Midvaal continues to demonstrate strong financial discipline, spending 97% of its budget and meeting 89% of its service delivery targets—an impressive improvement from the previous year’s 65%. The municipality was further commended for maintaining its infrastructure at levels that support sustainable service delivery and for cultivating a firm culture of accountability through consistent consequence management.

In 2023/24, the Auditor-General highlighted several areas requiring attention, including reducing water and electricity losses, strengthening debt collection, and tightening supply chain processes to prevent Unauthorised, Irregular, Fruitless, and Wasteful Expenditure (UIFW). Midvaal has since acted on these recommendations.

Over the past year, the municipality replaced ageing water infrastructure, repaired leaks, penalised illegal connections, and converted all electricity meters to TID. These measures helped reduce electricity losses to 7.28%, well below the national norm. Revenue collection has also been intensified with prepaid meter rollouts, stricter credit control, disconnections of non-paying businesses, and the appointment of debt collectors. The Municipal Public Accounts Committee (MPAC) has accelerated UIFW investigations and strengthened oversight mechanisms.

Midvaal’s Executive Mayor Peter Teixeira emphasised that the clean audit is more than an accounting milestone—it reflects a commitment to ensuring that public funds directly uplift communities. The municipality says it will continue working to translate good governance into service delivery that residents can “see, feel and touch.”