Gauteng awards departments and entities for performing well

By Lungile Ntimba

There has been a steady increase in the number of department and state entities in Gauteng achieving clean audits over the past three years.

They were acknowledged by Premier Panyaza Lesufi at the Gauteng Clean Audit Awards on Sunday.

A total of 14 entities and six provincial departments received clean audits, while seven departments and four entities received unqualified audit opinions for the 2023/24 financial year.

The community safety department improved from an unqualified audit to a clean audit.

Lesufi noted that the seven departments remained stagnant.

“We need to encourage them to work hard to get the clean audit. We also need to pay our service providers within 30 days and support the departments that are struggling,” he told the gathering.

Lesufi said he was proud that there was no department that got a disclaimer or unqualified audit opinion.

He emphasised that the government was committed