Good governance

Provincial audit outcomes

The Auditor General of South Africa (AGSA) has completed the audit for the 2019/20 financial year in the Western Cape. 

We are pleased to announce that of the 22 provincial departments and entities that received an audit outcome, 21 (96%) of the auditees received an "unqualified" audit outcome on their annual financial statements, while 17 (77%) received a coveted "clean" audit (unqualified with no findings).

One department , the Department of Health, has not been finalised due to a delay by the AGSA as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. They have estimated that the audit results for the Department of Health will be finalised in January 2021.

In the 2019/20 financial year, of the 12 Western Cape Government departments that received audit outcomes, 10 received “an unqualified opinion with no findings”, or “clean audit”, 1 received an “unqualified opinion with findings”, and 1 received a “qualified opinion with findings”.

The Department of Agriculture remains qualified as a result of a long-standing matter of a technical nature. After a Western Cape High court exonerated the department, we now await the matter to be finally determined by the supreme court of appeal.

Of the 10 Western Cape Government public entities, 7 received an “unqualified opinion with no findings”, or “clean audit”, 3 received an “unqualified opinion with findings”, and none received a “qualified opinion with findings” in the 2019/20 financial year.

And the Western Cape Provincial Parliament received an “unqualified with no findings”, or “clean audit”, for the 2019/20 financial year.

These audit outcomes are the result of a concerted effort by all officials to ensure that good governance and good financial management remain at the heart of what we do in the Western Cape Government.

I would like to express my sincere gratitude to all the officials within these departments and entities for their diligent leadership and hard work in delivering this result.

Click here to view the PFMA 2018-19 Consolidated General Report

Municipal audit outcomes

At 70%, Western Cape municipalities still had the largest number of clean audits when compared to other provinces.

The Municipal Finance Management Act (MFMA) consolidated general reports are based on audit work performed on municipalities and their entities. Its focus is on auditing areas that matter to achieve the country’s sustainable developmental goals and objectives. These focus areas use a majority of public funds and have the greatest impact on the lives of citizens.

2016/17 municipal audit outcomes

Municipal Money is a web tool developed by the National Treasury, which has extensive municipal financial data and audit outcomes. It aims to make this data widely available in order to increase transparency, strengthen civic oversight and promote accountability.