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The Auditor General has commended the Western Cape government for achieving a 100% unqualified audit outcome for all 14 provincial departments and 11 entities.

 

The AG presented the findings for the 2022/23 financial year, in the Western Cape Provincial Parliament today. This follows the release by Premier Alan Winde and MEC of Finance and Economic Opportunities, Mireille Wenger, yesterday.

 

This is the best audit outcome in five years. Winde says good governance means good service delivery.

 

“We do not action good governance for the sake of it. We do it because this is how we improve our service delivery. These audit outcomes are the tangible result of the WCG’s drive for clean governance, because it the bedrock on which the service delivery needs of our residents’ rest.”

 

 

 

Wenger says it’s clear and indisputable evidence that endorse the province’s ”culture of ethical governing.”

 

“By using funds in a responsible, transparent manner we demonstrate our commitment to our citizens. These results also show that we are a partner that you can do business with and is one of the reasons the WCG has had great success in the number of local, national international partnerships and funding agreements that we have and are forging. Our partners and investors have confidence that money will be spent where it is meant to be spent. Ultimately people want to do business in the Western Cape because our provincial government works in the best interests of residents.”

 

The Auditor-General (AG) classifies audit outcomes into several categories, namely unqualified, qualified, adverse and disclaimer.

 

The best outcome possible from the AG is an unqualified audit without findings (clean audit), with unqualified with findings also being classified as desirable.

 

Wenger says while these results are sadly unprecedented in South Africa, it does show what can be done if there is a strong focus on ensuring accountability and transparency.

 

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Liesl Smit
Liesl Smit
Liesl is the Smile 90.4FM News Manager. She has been at Smile since 2016, with nearly 20 years experience in the radio industry, including reading news, field reporting and producing. In 2008 she won the Vodacom Journalist of the Year Award, Western Cape region. liesl@smile904.fm

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