Rise Mzansi warns of weak municipal accountability [SOUND]

# RISE Mzansi leader and the chairperson of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts, Songezo Zibi, says the biggest challenge facing local government is a lack of accountability. In a media panel discussion on the future of the metro’s, Zibi said the Auditor-General’s findings are designed to highlight real-world harm caused by poor governance, yet municipal councils repeatedly fail to act on these warnings. He says treating internal oversight as optional allows service delivery failures to worsen and called for improved municipal governance: