Thursday, November 20, 2008

Auditor-General presents his analysis of financial management in national and provincial government departments


Auditor-General (AG), Terence Nombembe, briefed Parliament on the national and provincial government audit outcomes and trends for the 2007-08 financial year, and focused on the analysis of financial management status in government departments and related entities as well as constitutional institutions.
According to the information available at the time of the analysis, the Auditor-General’s coverage comprised of:
  • 34 national departments, all of which had been included in the analysis
  • 201 national related entities of which 195 (97%) is included in the analysis
  • 9 constitutional institutions all included in the analysis
  • 120 provincial departments, all except one included in the analysis and
  • 122 provincial entities of which 106 (87%) have been included in this analysis.
  • Overall, out of the total of 486 departments, institutions and entities, the analysis covered 463 (95%).
Overall, the audit outcomes for the national and provincial government are as follows:
  • 9 (2%) received adverse audit opinions
  • the reports of 21 (5%) had disclaimers
  • 105 (23%) received qualified audit opinions
  • the reports of 216 (47%) departments and entities that received unqualified financial opinions had concerns raised on “other matters”
  • while 112 (23%) received an unqualified financial opinion without significant concerns on any other matters (referred to as clean audit opinions.
Read the whole press release here.

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