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Another year of clean audits in WCape – David Maynier

Minister says 17/22 provincial depts and entities achieved this outcome

Another year of clean audits confirms commitment to good governance

2 November 2020

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.

Western Cape Government Department

Audit Outcomes

Community Safety

Unqualified with no findings

Cultural Affairs and Sport

Unqualified with no findings

Office of the Premier

Unqualified with no findings

Economic Development and Tourism

Unqualified with no findings

Environmental Affairs and Development Planning

Unqualified with no findings

Human Settlements

Unqualified with no findings

Local Government

Unqualified with no findings

Provincial Treasury

Unqualified with no findings

Social Development

Unqualified with no findings

Transport and Public Works

Unqualified with no findings

Education

Unqualified with findings

Agriculture

Qualified

Health

Outstanding

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.

Western Cape Government Entity

Audit Outcomes

Government Motor Transport

Unqualified with no findings

Saldanha Bay IDZ Licencing Company

Unqualified with no findings

Western Cape Nature Conservation Board

Unqualified with no findings

Western Cape Liquor Authority

Unqualified with no findings

Western Cape Language Committee

Unqualified with no findings

Western Cape Cultural Commission

Unqualified with no findings

Heritage Western Cape

Unqualified with no findings

Western Cape Tourism, Trade and Investment Promotion Agency

Unqualified with findings

Western Cape Gambling and Racing Board

Unqualified with findings

Cassidra

Unqualified with findings

And the Western Cape Provincial Parliament received an “unqualified opinion 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.  

Issued by Francine Higham, Spokesperson for the Provincial Minister of Finance and Economic Opportunities(Responsible for the Provincial Treasury and the Department of Economic Development and Tourism), 2 November 2020