The auditor-general has slammed Buffalo City Metro for failing to install proper financial management systems. This resulted in a qualified audit opinion with findings for the 2022/2023 financial year.The recent audit opinion is a regression from the unqualified opinion with findings the city got in the 2021/2022 financial year.
Pressure is mounting on the cash-strapped Buffalo City Metro to account for its ballooning spending on several multimillion-rand projects, most of which were either completed late or are still awaiting completion, and need even more money.While the metro is cutting back on overtime and fleet vehicle costs, and desperately trying to recoup money spent on the Settlers Way upgrade, the city has unveiled its now controversial Court Crescent project which has caused an uproar over its price tag.
Security for councillors and senior officials in Buffalo City Metro is again in the spotlight after the council, in a closed meeting on Friday, approved a security detail for key officials.This comes just weeks after infrastructure director Nceba Ncunyana, who had previously acted as municipal manager, was shot dead on the N2 near Ntabozuko (formerly Berlin) on his way to a meeting. Ncunyana had been granted a protection detail by the city after he survived a second attempt on his life in 2022.
Just four months into her plum job as the city’s number one citizen, Buffalo City Metro mayor Princess Faku is facing a motion of no confidence.The motion has been brought by the UDM over her University of Fort Hare qualifications saga, the party’s Anele Skoti has confirmed.
The ruling ANC in the Buffalo City Metro is on a collision course with opposition parties after it filed a motion to rescind a council resolution meant to deal with Awol councillors. In August, the council decided to refer a report on attendance of councillors at meetings of the council, including committees, to the conduct committee for investigation.