The purpose of this letter is to request that Body Corporates grant access to the Asset Management and SMEC personnel, to verify Municipal Assets within the jurisdiction of Emalahleni (Ga-nala, Thubelihle, Rietspruit, Ogies, Phola, eMalahleni) for the financial year 2023/2024.

Asset verification must be performed annually to confirm existence and completeness of assets in the Asset Register, as per the auditing assertions. The Office of the CFO (Asset Management section) does verification as part of maintaining an effective, efficient and transparent systems of internal controls as per Section 62(i) of the Local Government: Municipal Finance Management Act, No.56 of 2003.

SMEC South Africa (Pty) Ltd was appointed by the Municipality to prepare and update Infrastructure Asset Register, which includes visiting all the arears of Emalahleni to identify, inspect and take photos of Municipal Assets.

Components that will be verified include; Land and Buildings, Sanitation Infrastructure, Water Infrastructure, Electrical Infrastructure, Parks and Sports Facilities, and other Community Assets.

The details of the team on the ground are as follows:

Vehicles being used

• Grand Vitara Suzuki (LM 21 ZX GP)
• Polo Vivo (NU 8318)
• Polo Vivo (NU 21611)