The Auditor-General says Harare City Council failed to provide payroll records supporting ZiG691.29 billion in employee costs, resulting in adverse audit opinions. By Southerton Business Times Reporter | HARARE The Harare City Council (HCC) failed to provide supporting payroll records for ZiG691.29 billion in employee salary payments over two financial years, prompting the Auditor-General to issue adverse audit opinions on the municipality's 2022 and 2023 financial statements

The Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee has criticised Mwenezi RDC CEO Albert Chivanga after an Auditor-General's report revealed that a council motorcycle was allocated to a non-employee without council approval.

MASVINGO – Parliament's Portfolio Committee on Public Accounts has summoned 10 local authorities to explain financial irregularities highlighted in the Auditor-General's 2021 to 2023 audit reports, as lawmakers intensify oversight of public spending by councils across Zimbabwe. The hearings, being held at Clever's Lodge near Lake Mutirikwi in Masvingo, form part of a nationwide inquiry into the management of public funds by local authorities.