QUESTION 5

[SERIES OF UNANSWERED QUESTIONS FROM PUBLIC MEETING AT MLM]

According to the Municipal Finance Management Act, the municipality is obliged to make the Annual Financial Statement available to the public by 30 January. It is almost 9 months later. You have been repeatedly asked to provide this to MBF but you continue to ignore their request.

Why do you keep avoiding and ignoring your obligation? When can we expect the financial statements to be made available?