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

First SAIGA Annual Conference 2021