The Superintendent General of the Department of Local Government and Traditional Affairs Advocate Stanley Khanyile has assured municipal managers of continued meaningful support from his department.Speaking to Municipal Managers of the forty five (45) municipalities of the Province at a two-day Technical MuniMEC meeting in East London today, Advocate Khanyile urged municipalities to play their part to end the drought on unqualified audit outcomes in the Province. Adv Khanyile said “we need to do things better with limited financial resources at our disposal. “The department is concerned about poor audit outcomes, he added. “I am disappointed by the negative audit outcomes of some of our municipalities. It is unacceptable to have only nine (9) municipalities with unqualified audit outcomes. Given the support we have been providing to municipalities, we had hoped for improved outcomes. “He said, already there are perceptions in some communities about government’s inability to deliver services to communities. Our municipalities should be preoccupied with administrative stability and improved audit outcomes will come as an outcome. He added that some of the challenges bedeviling municipalities including the submission of credible Annual Financial Statements (AFS) are the responsibility of Municipal Managers.

Advocate Stanley Khanyile has been re-appointed to head Eastern Cape’s Department of Local Government and Traditional Affairs Department (DLGTA) as its Superintendent General.  

A decision, which was sealed during the week with Adv Khanyile accepting the Eastern Cape Government’s offer, will see him leading the DLGTA for the next five years.  

His previous three-year employment contract with the Provincial Administration drew to a close at the end of March 2013 and the post was advertised along with those of other Heads of Departments including Public Works, Education.  

Welcoming Adv Khanyile’s re-appointment, MEC for DLGTA, Mlibo Qoboshiyane said he wished to stress that the next chapter of improving local government in the province needs people like Adv Khanyile.