Councils face budget freeze over unaudited accounts

THE government will stop approving budgets for councils that fail to pro­duce up-to-date financial statements as it seeks to make local authorities drivers of investment and economic develop­ment. Local Government permanent secre­tary Tafadzwa Muguti told council ex­ecutives that outdated accounts would prevent local authorities from access­ing new allocations. Muguti said some councils were three to…