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Auditor-general Tsakani Maluleke released audit outcomes for national and provincial government departments in 2019/20 on Wednesday. File photo.Image: Freddy Mavunda
AUDITOR GENERAL

Light at the end of tunnel as government shows improved audit outcomes

Is President Cyril Ramaphosa’s anti-corruption stance beginning to bear fruit in the accounting on public funds? That is the question after an improvement in the submission of credible financial information in provincial and national…

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President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed Tsakani Maluleke as the auditor-general. Maluleke served as deputy auditor-general since 2014. File photo.Image: Esa Alexander
AUDITOR GENERAL

Ramaphosa appoints Tsakani Maluleke as SA’s new auditor-general

President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed Tsakani Maluleke as auditor-general (AG) of SA for a non-renewable term of seven years with effect from December 1. Maluleke succeeds Kimi Makwetu, who passed away due to illness on November 11,…

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Auditor-general Kimi Makwetu on Wednesday launched six new guidelines on preventive controls to support oversight structures, accounting officers and authorities to remedy governance lapses.Image: SUNDAY TIMES
ABILITY TO FEIGN IGNORANCE

New guidelines will stop politicians and officials ‘feigning ignorance’: AG

Government officials and politicians will no longer have the ability to feign ignorance about the measures that should have been taken to prevent financial mismanagement and corruption, after auditor-general Kimi Makwetu released specific…

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