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AG Maluleke Honoured with Chairman’s Guardian of Governance Award
While I receive this award on behalf of the Auditor-General Tsakani Maluleke, this award humbles me and equally attests to the work we do as an institution to ensure public sector accountability.
AGSA Marks Women’s Day with Commitment to Inclusion and Empowerment
AGSA celebrates Women’s Day! Under the inspiring leadership of AG Tsakani Maluleke.
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Auditor-General of South Africa (AGSA) sets the record straight on the termination of contracts with audit firms KPMG and Nkonki Inc.
PRETORIA – Auditor-General (AG) Kimi Makwetu says he has noted some misleading statements about his office’s decision to terminate the auditing contracts with KPMG and Nkonki Inc.
Auditor-General of South Africa terminates its auditing contracts with audit firms, KPMG and Nkonki Inc.
PRETORIA – Auditor-General (AG) Kimi Makwetu has announced his office’s decision to terminate, with immediate effect, the auditing contracts with KPMG and Nkonki Inc., who do public sector audits on behalf of the Auditor-General of South Africa (AGSA).
The Northern Cape’s MFMA 2012-13 audit outcome highlights
The Northern Cape has five district municipalities and 27 local municipalities. Twenty-seven of the 32 municipalities submitted their financial statements for the 2012-13 financial year for audit within the prescribed timelines. Seven per cent (7%) of auditees prepared and submitted reliable and useful financial performance information that was supported by an adequate audit trail.
Mukambelatikonkulu u vika hi mimbuyelo leyi nga erivaleni leyi kombisaka ku antswisiwa ka vukamberi bya ti nkoka ta mfumo wa muganga
CAPE TOWN – Ku engeteleka loku nga erivaleni eka timasipala na mavandla ya timasipala lama nga hava mavonelo ya vukamberi bya swa timali lama pfumalaka ti nhlamuselo leti twisisekaka laha ku nga hava leswi hoxekeke (leswi talaka ku vitaniwa’ vukamberi bya nkoka byo pfumala swihoxo’) eka lembe ximali ra 2013-14 i goza leri khensekaka swinene eka mafambiselo ya kahle lama hetisekeke eAfrika Dzonga eka xiyenge xa mfumo, leswi swi vuriwile hi Mukambelatikonkulu Kimi Makwetu namuntlha.
UMphicothi-zincwadi jikelele unika ingxelo ngebakala eliphawulekayo neliphucukayo kwiziphumo zophicotho-zincwadi zikarhulumente wommandla
EKAPA – Ukunyuka okuphawulekayo kwinani loomasipala nakumaqumrhu kamasipala athe afumana iziphumo zophicotho-zincwadi ezingenamakhwiniba ngokwezezimali (oko kwaziwa ‘njengophicotho zincwadi olusulungekileyo’) ngonyaka-mali ka-2013-14 linyathelo elinokubongwa nelikhokelela kulawulo oluncomekayo kwicandelo likarhulumente loMzantsi Afrika, umphicothi-zincwadi jikelele, uKimi Makwetu, utshilo namhlanje.
UMcwaningimabhuku-jikelele ubika okuyela ebungconweni okuphawulekayo maqondana nemiphumela yokucwaningwa kwamabhuku ezimali zohulumeni basekhaya.
EKAPA – Umcwaningi-mabhuku-jikelele, uKimi Makwetu, uthe izolo, kuyisinyathelo esincomekayo maqondana nokuphatha okuhle emkhakheni womphakathi eNingizimu Afrika, ukwanda okuphawulekayo kohulumeni basekhaya nemisebenzi yawohulumeni basekhaya abamukele imibono yokucwaningwa kwamabhuku ezimali ngokungekho ezingeni, eyayingakhombisi imiphumela yocwaningo onyakeni-zimali 2013-2014.
Auditor-General encouraged by emerging positive trend in local government audit results, but calls on government leadership to intensify drive towards total good governance
PRETORIA – Fifteen municipalities and two municipal entities improved their previous year’s audit outcomes to progress to financially unqualified opinions with no findings (commonly known as a ‘clean audit’), increasing the number of clean audits to 30 in the 2012-13 financial year, Auditor-General (AG) Kimi Makwetu announced today. Overall, there were 63 improvements in different categories of audit outcomes against 25 regressions.
Eastern Cape MFMA 2012-13 audit outcomes highlights
Eastern Cape has two metropolitan municipalities, six district municipalities, 37 local municipalities and 10 municipal entities. Fifty-two auditees (95%) submitted their financial statements (AFS) for the 2012-13 financial year for audit within the prescribed timelines, while Makana, Ngqushwa and Sundays River failed to do so. However, the financial statements submitted by most municipalities were again of poor quality, resulting in an unacceptable high level of material audit adjustments needed to produce credible financial statements.
Free State’s MFMA 2012-13 audit outcome highlights
Free State has one metropolitan municipality, four district municipalities, 19 local municipalities and three municipal entities. The Nala municipality’s financial statements were received too late for inclusion in the general report. Of the 26 auditees, 23 (88%) submitted their financial statements for the 2012-13 financial year within the prescribed timelines. All (100%) the financial statements and annual performance reports submitted for audit purposes contained material misstatements.
Gauteng’s MFMA 2012-13 audit outcome highlights
Gauteng has three metropolitan municipalities, two district municipalities, seven local municipalities and 25 municipal entities. All 37 auditees submitted their financial statements for the 2012-13 financial year for audit within the prescribed timelines. Sixty-eight per cent (68%) of auditees prepared and submitted reliable and useful financial performance information that was supported by an adequate audit tr
Limpopo’s MFMA 2012-13 audit outcome highlights
Limpopo has five district municipalities, 25 local municipalities and 2 municipal entities. At the date of finalisation of the general report, the results of six municipalities and one municipal entity were not yet available. Of the total of 25 auditees reported on, only 12% had prepared and submitted reliable and useful financial performance information that was supported by an adequate audit trail.
Mpumalanga’s MFMA 2012-13 audit outcome highlights
Mpumalanga has three district municipalities and 18 local municipalities. All 21 auditees submitted their financial statements and annual performance reports for the 2012-13 financial year for auditing within the prescribed timelines.