Kimberley – After two years of improvements, the Northern Cape provincial government has shown a regression in the overall audit outcomes for the last financial year, with both provincial Treasury and the Department of Economic Development and Tourism failing to receive clean audits this year.

Releasing this year’s audit outcomes of national and provincial government departments and public entities in Pretoria on Wednesday, Auditor-General Kimi Makwetu said the Northern Cape showed a total of six regressions, including the two departments that had received clean audit opinions in the previous year but were not able to maintain this status due to a regression in their compliance with legislation.

“The management of the four auditees that had regressed to a qualified audit opinion were not able to respond to concerns that, in most instances, were highlighted as risk factors during the previous audit.

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