The one municipality in the Eastern Cape that has turned from a financially distressed municipality plagued by governance failures into one of the leading performers in its province. 

Kouga Local Municipality has turned from a financially distressed municipality plagued by governance failures into one of the leading performers in the Eastern Cape.

The municipality includes popular coastal towns such as Jeffreys Bay and St Francis Bay, as well as Humansdorp, Oyster Bay and Patensie, and was in severe financial and operational difficulty before the 2016 local government elections.

According to the Auditor-General of South Africa (AGSA), Kouga serves just over 107,000 residents across 42,264 households.

Its recovery has included clearing inherited debt, improving revenue collection, and achieving consecutive clean audit outcomes.

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The municipality that went from the brink of collapse to the best-run in its province