Author: SAIGA

Auditors urged to act in the best interest of the public.

Pretoria: Auditor-General (AG) Tsakani Maluleke has called on auditors and accounting professionals to monitor public finance in order to ensure that wasteful expenditure that does not benefit the public is highlighted. “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 Read More

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Auditor-General Tsakani Maluleke has called on auditors and accounting professionals to monitor public finance in order to ensure that wasteful expenditure that does not benefit the public is highlighted. Click here to read more.

Auditors urged to act in the best interest of the public

Auditor General (AG) Tsakani Maluleke called on auditors and accounting professionals to monitor public finances to ensure unnecessary spending that does not benefit the public is highlighted. “I think we have to build this data and we have to start by restoring confidence in our country. We must therefore act in the public interest and Read More

Government had inadequate controls of R500 billion Covid-19 relief funds, says Auditor-General

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 finances

Maluleke 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

MTBPS focus: make local government a priority

Citing a Southern African Institute of Government Auditors (SAIGA) that found only seven municipalities in the country doing well, the Institute has called on the Minister of Finance, Enoch Godongwana to present a clear strategy to revive South Africa’s torpid economy and return public finances to a sustainable path when he presents his first mid-term Read More

SAIGA hopes local elections will see the election of more skilled councillors

Media statement 24 October 2021   SAIGA hopes local elections will see the election of more skilled councillors   Johannesburg – The Southern African Institute of Government Auditors (SAIGA) says it hopes most of the upcoming councillor candidates who are standing for the local government elections will possess the right skills to deliver sound budgets. Read More

Unpacking the accounting profession in South Africa

UNISA’s College of Accounting Sciences (CAS) hosted the first of its kind seminar on unpacking the accounting profession on 4 December 2019. The World Bank Report commissioned in 2013 by the then Minister of Finance identified that the lack of supervision of all the professional accounting bodies by a regulatory institution hindered effective promotion of Read More

SA Auditors up tech investment as they shun physical contact

Auditors in SA have increased their investment in technology to fulfil their audit obligations, as the profession is becoming digital with less physical contact, says the Southern African Institute of Government Auditors (SAIGA). Click here to read more