With the exception of seven public entities that stringently implemented remedial administrative plans to achieve clean audits, the overall 2011-12 audit results for Gauteng have regressed, including those of the Gauteng Office of the Premier and the Gauteng Provincial Legislature, Auditor-General (AG) Terence Nombembe announced today.

The Mpumalanga Office of the Premier is amongst the provincial auditees that improved its audit results to take the lead in the province's drive towards total clean administration. The office achieved its improved results by developing and tightly monitoring remedial plans aimed at addressing negative findings highlighted in last year's audit report.

The North West Gambling Board has improved its previous year’s audit outcomes to receive the province’s only clean audit opinion for 2011-12.

Auditor-General (AG) Terence Nombembe has welcomed as pleasing, the recent pronouncement by Northern Cape's Acting Premier Grizelda Cjiekella that her provincial government has developed a strategy aimed at drastically improving audit outcomes to meet the government's fast-approaching Clean Audit 2014 deadline.

The Limpopo provincial leadership must immediately develop and implement turnaround strategies to arrest the current situation which shows the provincial government moving further away from the desired clean audit outcomes, Auditor-General Terence Nombembe cautioned today.