Auditor-General Tsakani Maluleke has warned of a potential threat of regression in municipalities, which often accompanies a change in political leadership.
This, as South Africa is preparing to host local government elections in November.
Maluleke has strongly urged both citizens and political parties to choose capable leaders who will actively restore public trust and safeguard the progress already made in some municipalities across the country.
The Auditor-General was speaking at the launch of the COGTA-AGSA 10×10 Forum alongside Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA) Minister, Velenkosini Hlabisa.
The collaborative platform is designed to tighten accountability and governance at the local level.
“As the Auditor-General South Africa, we’ve consistently said that if we are to make serious gaze on performance, accountability, transparency, and institutional integrity across the public centre, we must ensure that every role player in the accountability ecosystem plays its part effectively and does so in collaboration with other role players and so we’ve got to find every way to collaborate. So, the gains we reported on last year, in the last financial period in 2025, if we collaborate in the way that we’ve designed now, we’ll be able to preserve those gains, especially as local government transitions into new leaders following the elections.”
Today, 02 July 2026, the Auditor-General of South Africa (AGSA), in partnership with Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA), are officially launching the 10×10 Forum.#InfluenceInAction #StrengtheningOversight #IlluminatingInsightsForABetterSouthAfrica pic.twitter.com/MMZM7ihOCI
— Auditor-General South Africa (@AuditorGen_SA) July 2, 2026
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