Report of the Standing Committee on Auditor General on the Strategic Plan and Budget of the Auditor General, dated 12 November 2009:

The Standing Committee on Auditor General (SCoAG), having considered the Strategic Plan and Budget of the Auditor General in accordance with section 38 (3) (a) of the Public Audit Act 2004 (No. 25 of 2004), recommends that the House approves the Strategic Plan and Budget of the Auditor General.

The Committee would like to draw attention to matters that it considers especially important if the AGSA is to succeed in its objectives of achieving clean audit opinions:

§ the AGSA must incorporate context to the measures as reflected in the presentation and word document (entitled “AGSA Balanced Scorecard 2010-2013) submitted on 30 October and 5 November 2009 into the final Strategic Plan and Budget which will be updated by 30 November 2009. The final Strategic Plan and Budget will be available in print form to all AGSA stakeholders in January 2010. An electronic copy of the Strategic Plan and Budget will however be available as from 30 November 2009. These measures are at an output or outcome level and they replace the operational measures that were submitted on the 16 October 2009.

§ SCoAG encourages other government structures to strive towards the goal of achieving clean audits.

§ AGSA consulted with SCoAG on the Audit Directives as required in terms of the Public Audit Act as part of the Budget and Strategic Plan.

Report to be considered.