AG report | Service delivery continues to lag

JOHANNESBURG - Auditor-General Tsakani Maluleke says there's been a gradual improvement in the achievement of clean audits at government departments.

Maluleke tabled her audit report for the 2021/2022 financial year on Wednesday.

She adds those responsible for service delivery lag far behind.

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"Here we’re reflecting into the sectors on human settlements, on health, on public works, on transport on sanitation, and they are the ones if you look at them, only 6 percent of them have clean audits,” she said.

"On paper, there’s been a significant reduction in irregular expenditure from R167-billion in the previous year to R51-billion in the period under review."

Maluleke says greater focus and energy need to be put into performance, planning and management in government.

* eNCA’s Aviwe Mtila reports.