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The 2010-11 audit outcomes of national and provincial departments and public entities show a combination of improvement, stagnation and regression as a reflection of the tone set by the national and provincial leadership

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“Setting the right tone and playing an active role in governance, and interaction with oversight structures is a pivotal step on the part of leadership towards improvement in the audit outcomes of national and provincial departments as well as public entities”.

These were the words of the Auditor-General (AG), Terence Nombembe today on his release of the 2010-11 general reports on the national and provincial audit outcomes of government. 

PRETORIA – The office of the Auditor-General of South Africa (AGSA) has released its report on the performance audit of the infrastructure delivery process at the provincial departments of Education and Health in Parliament.

CAPE TOWN – Deputy Auditor-General Kimi Makwetu today presented Parliament with yet another set of positive annual results for the Auditor General of South Africa (AGSA) for the period 2010-11.

BLOEMFONTEIN – Auditor-General Terence Nombembe today released the 2009-10 provincial general report on local government and indicated that the audit outcomes of municipalities and municipal entities in the province for the 2009-10 financial year showed a steady reduction in audit qualifications.

JOHANNESBURG - Auditor-General (AG) Terence Nombembe today released his 2009-10 provincial general report which shows that the audit results of Gauteng municipalities have remained relatively static with a high concentration of unqualified financial audit opinions, while municipal entities have registered a significant improvement towards clean audits.

POLOKWANE – Auditor-General (AG) Terence Nombembe today released Limpopo’s improved local government audit results, which included the province’s first clean municipal audit.

NELSPRUIT – Mpumalanga has generally produced improved audit results for the 2009-10 financial year, Auditor-General (AG) Terence Nombembe announced today.

However, the AG was quick to urge provincial leadership to increase their efforts to improve their internal control systems in the drive towards the ideal of clean audit reports.

KIMBERLEY – The Auditor-General (AG), Terence Nombembe, has noted with concern that only 15 of the 32 Northern Cape municipalities had submitted their financial statements for auditing in accordance with the legislated time frames. The province is one of only two provinces that did not submit financial statements for more than 50% of their portfolio of municipalities for audit on time. This has adverse implications for the timely exercise of oversight by those charged with governance and may defer the opportunity for accelerated movement towards achievement of clean administration, the AG cautioned.

PRETORIA – With only two years left for the government’s drive towards clean audits in all its spheres, Auditor-General Terence Nombembe today cautioned that for Operation Clean Audit 2014 to succeed, South Africa’s mayors need to lead the movement towards the clean administration of their municipalities.

MAFIKENG – Auditor-General (AG) Terence Nombembe today released his 2009-10 provincial general report on local government which shows that the audit results of the North West municipalities have regressed further.

CAPE TOWN - Auditor-General (AG) Terence Nombembe today released his 2009-10 provincial general report on local government which shows that the audit results of most Western Cape municipalities have remained static, while municipal entities have registered a significant improvement towards clean audits.