The Executive Mayor, Peter Teixeira, says the first certificate from the South African Local Government Association (Salga) was for the most consistent early payment of levies. “Midvaal is able to receive this great recognition due to our trustworthy residents who continue to maintain regular payments of their rates and taxes.”

The second certificate was for being most responsive to Salga programmes. “Salga aims to represent, promote, and protect local government interests and raise its profile, therefore, collaborating and participating in their programmes can only enrich our institution. Our administration will continue to shine as a beacon of hope, and exemplify what a caring, compassionate, and agile institution looks like.”

During the Mayor’s State of the Municipality Address, Teixeira described the municipality as ‘an island of greatness in the middle of mediocracy’. He said a clean audit means nothing if residents can’t reap the benefits of it. “If the residents of Midvaal cannot see, breathe, feel, or touch the clean audit we talk about, then it doesn’t mean anything to me.”

The Auditor-General, Tsakani Maluleke, said Midvaal has managed to obtain a clean audit for the ninth time this previous financial year, and the reason for this can be seen as public participation. The DA-ran municipality is one of two in Gauteng which received clean audits in the 2023/22 local government audit outcomes, the other is the coalition-run City of Ekurhuleni.

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