AUDITOR-GENERAL Tsakani Maluleke has decried the lack of co-ordination in the government and weak controls as regards its R500 billion Covid-19 relief fund for health and socio-economic alleviation which left it vulnerable to fraud and looting. Speaking at the inaugural conference of the Southern African Institute of Government Auditors (Saiga) yesterday, Maluleke said with financial Read More
Weak controls lead to public sector initiatives failing” Government needs to strengthen its management of public finance systems in order to ensure that South Africans will benefit fully from the social initiatives put in place to serve them. This is according to Auditor-General (AG) Tsakani Maluleke, who was a keynote speaker on day one of the Southern African Institute of Government Auditors’ (SAIGA’s) Read More
AG Maluleke calls on auditors to play a vigilant watchdog role to protect public financesMaluleke said: “We need to monitor public finances in order to ensure that any wasteful expenditure that does not benefit the public is highlighted and I believe we ought to build that data and we need to start by restoring trust in our country. We therefore need to act in the public interest and we need Read More