The council has racked up billions in irregular and unauthorised expenditure, impacting services and ratepayers

Operational inefficiencies and infrastructure neglect have led to logistical challenges costing the economy R1 billion daily in lost economic output

A disregard for the rule of law also saw the country lose R14 billion through payment of goods not received

An internal report shows that the municipality bungled two tenders related to street lights, one of which exceeded its budgeted amount by R24 million