On 5 February 2025, KDM issued a press statement confirming that ‘unauthorised activity’ had taken place affecting the primary municipal account, on 31 January 2025. They characterized the incident as a ‘deliberate breach’ rather than a banking error and opened a case with SAPS. Prior to this statement, a video of a political party member, disclosing the alleged theft of R30 million, was widely circulated in the community, raising the alarm. Subsequently, a press statement, issued by COGTA, confirmed the amount missing as approximately R37 million

DOCRRA welcomes the Auditor General’s clean report for the KwaDukuza Municipality’s 2023-24 finances and in particular the reduction in illegal and wasteful expenditure. The six-monthly budget overview also indicates the bottom line is positive.
But, once again there is questionable under-expenditure in both operational and capital budgets. Huge challenges lie ahead and the costs of this summer’s electricity crisis have still to be brought to book.

DOCRRA is delighted to share an update with the community on the various interventions that were launched since the outset of this crisis. We understand how incredibly frustrating this has been for such a long period of time, and we are putting all resources at our disposal (as well as our entire team of volunteers) to work to bring this untenable situation to an end.

The DOCRRA Team has been hard at work this week putting together several of the important pieces of our strategy to tackle the electricity crisis. Click here for more detailed information.