I hereby present to the legislature of the KwaZulu-Natal province my 2011-12 general report summarising the results of the audit outcomes of the provincial government for the financial year ended 31 March 2012.

The province was unable to build momentum on the clean audit outcomes previously reported due to provincial efforts to respond to prior year commitments revealing additional risk that first needed attention in order to sustain the internal control environment and accountability. With a greater effort in this direction, the 26 (67%) unqualified reports can be converted to clean audits.

Following the 2010-11 audit outcomes, the provincial leadership committed to the following: The leadership across the board pledged intensified regular monthly reporting, validation of reported financial, service delivery and compliance information and constant monitoring, with specific emphasis on a vigorous and proactive approach to eliminate irregular expenditure.

The leadership also pledged to ensure effective internal audit units and audit committees to continuously verify the credibility of internal controls supporting monthly reports. To give effect to these commitments, key vacant positions will need to be filled with suitably skilled persons.

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