# Auditor-General, Tsakani Maluleke, has urged National Assembly speaker, Thoko Didiza, to exercise her statutory powers to clamp down on municipalities that fail to submit annual financial statements on time. As of 31 January, the number of outstanding audits was reduced to nine, while the Mafube Municipality in the Free State has not yet submitted its annual financial statements. Maluleke says appropriate steps may include referring municipalities to Parliament’s standing committee on Public Accounts, to scrutinise the reasons for the delays.
Auditor-General requests National Assembly speaker to deal with errant municipalities