Msunduzi is pulling out all the stops to get out of its disclaimer audit opinion, with councillors saying even a qualified opinion would be a welcome relief.
The City will be submitting its statements for the 2017/18 financial year to the office of Auditor-General (AG) Kimi Makwetu today (Friday).
The acting municipal manager, Neli Ngcobo, said the finance and internal audit units have done everything they could to cover all the bases with both the 2017/18 statements as well as addressing the 41 disclaimer issues.
The municipality also brought in three audit firms to review their statements for gaps that could result in audit queries from the AG.
This week Ngcobo produced a report with adjustments worth R250 million before council for its approval. This expenditure, which includes R849 890…
