A presentation before the Western Cape Provincial Parliament’s Budget Committee today revealed that 100% of provincial government departments received a clean or unqualified with findings audit opinion for the 2021/2022 financial year.
An impressive 85.7% of Western Cape Government Departments (including the Western Cape Provincial Parliament) received a clean audit (unqualified with no findings) and 14.3% received unqualified with findings. Combined, this amounts to 100% of all provincial departments receiving positive audit opinions.
The Auditor-General (AG) can classify audit outcomes into several categories, the best opinions being clean and unqualified with findings.
| Auditee | Finding for 2021/22 | ||
| Agriculture | Unqualified with no findings | ||
| Community Safety | Unqualified with no findings | ||
| Cultural Affairs and Sport | Unqualified with no findings | ||
| Department of the Premier | Unqualified with no findings | ||
| Economic Development and Tourism | Unqualified with no findings | ||
| Education | Unqualified with findings | ||
| Environmental Affairs and Development Planning | Unqualified with no findings | ||
| Health | Unqualified with no findings | ||
| Human Settlements | Unqualified with 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 | ||
| Provincial Parliament | Unqualified with no findings |
Provincial Minister of Finance and Economic Opportunities, Mireille Wenger said: “I would like to congratulate my colleagues in cabinet, our accounting officers, CFOs, and of course, all our employees across the government for making sure the Western Cape Government maintains its excellent track-record of good governance in South Africa. This is quite frankly an unparalleled achievement in our country.”
The Minister added: “We place a strong emphasis on good governance and strong financial management because it is a necessary foundation for efficient service delivery, boosting business confidence and economic growth and ultimately improving the lives of our residents.”
Commenting on the Department of Health and Wellness’s clean audit finding, Minister Wenger said: “It is remarkable and worthy of the highest praise that a Department, under so much pressure during the pandemic, was able to achieve the best possible opinion. My congratulations go to Minister Nomafrench Mbombo and Head of Department, Dr. Keith Cloete.”
Reporting on the outcomes of the public entities, 90.1% received either clean or unqualified with findings audit opinions for the period under review.
| Auditee | Finding for 2021/22 | ||
| Western Cape Gambling and Racing Board | Unqualified with no findings | ||
| Government Motor Transport | Unqualified with no findings | ||
| Saldanha Bay IDZ Licensing Company | Unqualified with no findings | ||
| Western Cape Nature Conservation Board | Unqualified with no findings | ||
| Western Cape Tourism, Trade and Investment Promotion Agency | Qualified | ||
| Casidra | Unqualified with 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 Liquor Authority | Unqualified with no findings | ||
| Atlantis Special Economic Zone | Unqualified with no findings |
Minister Wenger said: “I would like to also congratulate the boards of our public entities, as their accounting officers, for this achievement. If one considers the management of State-Owned Enterprises nationally, this really is a shining example to the rest of the country and demonstrates what is possible in South Africa if we get our governance right.”
