Cape Town Loses Clean Audit Status as Governance Declines

ActionSA is seriously concerned following the City of Cape Town’s loss of its clean audit status, exposing how DA Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis is leading the city backwards.

ActionSA warned as early as February about Cape Town’s regression in its audit outcomes and the City’s attempts to conceal this reality from residents by failing to table the Auditor-General’s report on the state of governance in the municipality, much like Johannesburg and Ekurhuleni.

The Auditor-General’s findings expose a city administration that is increasingly failing to live up to the standards it so often hides behind to mask the reality of a city that is becoming more unaffordable and less safe, while public infrastructure continues to deteriorate and inequality between communities deepens.

Cape Town deserves more than a government obsessed with Public Relations. It deserves a government that delivers results, spends public money responsibly, and remains accountable to every resident.

ActionSA will continue fighting for a Cape Town that is safer, more affordable, more transparent, and more inclusive. We will not allow residents to be misled by branding exercises while governance standards decline and service delivery failures continue to mount.

ActionSA Michael Beaumont (National Chairperson/Strategic Lead) The Architect: Often described as the “brains” behind the party’s operational machinery. Background: He served as the Chief of Staff to Herman Mashaba during his Johannesburg Mayoralty and was a high-level DA administrator before that. The Book: Authored The Accidental Mayor, detailing the challenges of coalition governance in South Africa.