Auditor General exposes Kwekwe council rot

📅 Published: August 26, 2025

Curated by AllZimNews.com

According to the OAG, this is likely to cause financial loss and compromise service delivery. “Management should follow up with the supplier and ensure delivery of the procured goods,” urged the acting auditor general, Rheah Kujinga, in the report.

Kwekwe, like other local authorities, procures and manages ambulances as part of its mandate to deliver health services to residents.

The Kwekwe municipality management did not give a reason for the delay.

However, in its response to the audit findings, it conceded that the ambulance had not been delivered and promised to rectify the error, without specifying how.

On another note, the OAG report indicates that the Kwekwe council did not include assets relating to roads, sewerage, water distribution and street lights in its financials as required.

This, says the report, distorted the financial statements. “Had the council recognised infrastructure assets, the financial statements would have been materially different,” noted the audit.

Council management said it had already advertised for the valuation of its assets
The OAG also flagged the council for not remitting statutory deductions from employee wages, among them pay-as-you-earn to the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA), social security to the National Social Security Authority (NSSA) and payments to the Local Authorities Pension Fund.

The council was levied interest amounting to ZWL$15. 8 million (US$530,000) for non-compliance in remitting the statutory deductions. 🔗

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