{"id":56572,"date":"2023-02-03T09:02:18","date_gmt":"2023-02-03T07:02:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/paarlpost\/drakenstein-municipality-gets-another-clean-audit-20230201-2\/"},"modified":"2025-03-20T01:35:50","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T23:35:50","slug":"drakenstein-municipality-gets-another-clean-audit-20230201-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/paarlpost\/drakenstein-municipality-gets-another-clean-audit-20230201-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Drakenstein Municipality gets another clean audit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Last week Drakenstein Municipality received its eighth clean audit from the Auditor-General of South Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is one of 16 municipalities in the Western Cape that have received a clean audit for the 2021-\u201922 financial year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis is the municipality\u2019s eighth clean audit and 15th unqualified audit opinion,\u201d said Conrad Poole, Executive Mayor. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt is the result of uncompromising fiscal discipline, clean governance and responsible financial management.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are delighted to again receive a clean bill of health from the Auditor-General. 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