For the past five years the Western Cape government has shown an impressive upward movement towards achieving overall clean administration, but the latest audit outcomes indicate that the province needs to ensure sustainability of its results to achieve the ultimate prize - blanket clean administration.

The KwaZulu-Natal provincial government is on the verge of immediately eliminating its remaining administrative hurdles that caused the province to stumble and register slightly regressed audit outcomes in 2011-12 compared to its impressive record last year.

Government's recent pronouncements, in particular the public service administrative initiatives linked to the National Development Plan, are positive and welcomed measures that are likely to bolster public sector governance considerably when they are implemented, Auditor-General (AG) Terence Nombembe said today.

PRETORIA – The government needs to immediately implement stricter controls to get the best value for money for services provided by external consultants to the public sector, South Africa’s Deputy Auditor-General, Kimi Makwetu, said today.