Insufficient financial records, poor procurement processes and a lack of accountability resulted in R11.6bn in irregular expenditure in 2012-2013.
Tsakani Ratsela, who had been working as the leader of audit services, has become the first woman to be hired as deputy auditor general.
Auditor general Thembekile Makwetu says government entities wasted more than R2-billion in the past year despite an improvement in audit outcomes.
In Mothotlung, where three people died this week during a stand-off with police at a service delivery protest, municipal failures are the norm.
Outgoing auditor general Terence Nombembe’s report on national and provincial departments reflect "a pattern of positive outcomes".
Parliament has bid farewell to outgoing auditor general Terence Nombembe, whose term in office ends at the end of November.
The Gauteng health department cannot account for more than R12-billion, nearly half its budget, reported the Star.
Current deputy auditor general Kimi Makwetu is set to take over as the country’s auditor general from Terence Nombembe later this year.
Candidates for the position of auditor general have squirmed, shuffled and shone at a grilling by MPs.
Auditor general Terence Nombembe has received a salary increase of close to a million rand a year, backdated for more than six years.
State probes into the possible improper use of state resources around the Gupta wedding will be studied by the auditor general, but not investigated.
North West municipalities have spent R29-million on consultants to help prepare financial statements for audit in the past financial year.
Wasteful government spending of R24.8-billion could have been used for numerous beneficial projects, the SA Institute of Race Relations said.
Auditor general Terence Nombembe’s findings have shown a string of failures to spend state funds well – in some cases for more than a decade.
Municipalities have a bad name in business, but choose the right one and you’re set.
Cape Town’s financial boss tells Heather Formby why it did not get a clean audit from the auditor general.
Auditors claim to have been intimidated and instructed to cover up evidence of corruption while examining municipalities.
There seems to be scant will to rectify mistakes or to hold accountable those responsible for a litany of financial transgressions in municipalities.
An auditor general report shows that 74 cases of alleged irregularities were investigated in the 2010/2011 financial year in the City of Johannesburg.
There are so many tough decisions in South Africa and so few people to make them.
Delivering a report on provincial finances, the auditor general has refused to be drawn on the move to place key departments under central control.
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/ 13 October 2011
The auditor general’s reports reveal almost half of provincial health departments’ projects contravene procurement and contracting procedures.
The department of cooperative governance and traditional affairs is seeking a chartered accountant to rescue it from its worst financial crisis.
Naming and shaming poor performing municipalities has helped to drastically improve the financial health of many KwaZulu-Natal municipalities.
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/ 26 February 2009
The South African Police Service were implementing corrective measures following a performance audit by the Auditor General.
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/ 13 February 2009
The Democratic Alliance on Friday called for a forensic audit into the Gauteng Economic Development Agency while Carl Niehaus worked there.
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The <em>Mail & Guardian</em> follows up on the findings of contract irregularities by the Auditor General.
A report on the state of South Africa’s prisons by the Auditor General reveals a serious lapse in maintenance standards.
More than 60% of municipalities cannot say where their money comes from and more than half cannot provide proof of how they spend it.