Quality service delivery report: A valuable tool to track progress on service delivery Mr Terence Mncedisi Nombembe 9/28/2011 12:32:00 PM View Count 12188 Service delivery to citizens not only means the provision of basic amenities, but also talks to the dignity of a nation. Availability of basic services improves the overall quality of life that can be afforded to citizens. It also talks to the millennium development goals which our country as a global citizen has committed to. Read More
A keen focus on supply chain management by government will help to build confidence in our democracy Mr Terence Mncedisi Nombembe 8/31/2011 12:37:00 PM View Count 6832 In my previous article I singled out supply chain management (SCM), commonly referred to as the tender process in South Africa, as one of the focus areas for national and provincial role players. It is an area across all spheres of government (national, provincial and local) on which citizens are raising major concerns as billions of rands are spent through SCM to procure goods and services. Read More
Clean administration at all municipalities by 2014 is still an achievable target Mr Terence Mncedisi Nombembe 7/28/2011 12:40:00 PM View Count 4223 In May I had the great honour and satisfaction of presenting my office's inaugural Clean Audit Awards to seven municipalities that had achieved the ultimate clean administration, as measured by our audit reports for the 2009-10 financial year. Read More
Implementing key internal controls to eliminate undesirable audit outcomes Mr Terence Mncedisi Nombembe 6/24/2011 12:44:00 PM View Count 10903 Auditor-General of South Africa (AGSA) facilitates a process of in-year reviews of key controls by management and oversight structures When you read this, my second in a series of candid opinion pieces on public sector governance and clean administration, many elected public representatives will still be settling into their new roles as local government councillors, mayors or senior administrators of their respective municipalities. And I would like to believe that clean administration will b... Read More
Simplifying audit opinions and findings to enable government leadership to exercise oversight Mr Terence Mncedisi Nombembe 5/25/2011 12:56:00 PM View Count 2861 Auditor-General of South Africa (AGSA) is on a drive to help national, provincial and local government improve their control systems and to empower leadership to hold public administrators accountable on financial management and service delivery. In 2007 my office embarked on an intensive drive to reach out, simplify and help make our audit opinions and findings understandable to as many South Africans as possible. Our initiatives have largely included making our audit reports simpler, cleare... Read More