Auditor-General of South Africa

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constitutional institution public office supreme audit institution

The Auditor-General of South Africa is the independent supreme audit institution responsible for auditing and reporting on the financial management and performance of South Africa’s public sector entities.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	constitutional institution ⓘ public office ⓘ supreme audit institution ⓘ
abbreviation	AGSA NERFINISHED ⓘ
appointmentBy	President of South Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ
appointmentProcess	recommended by the National Assembly ⓘ
auditType	compliance audits ⓘ financial audits ⓘ performance audits ⓘ
constitutionalBasis	Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 NERFINISHED ⓘ
constitutionalProvision	Chapter 9 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa ⓘ
constitutionalStatus	Chapter 9 institution NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	South Africa ⓘ
function	identifies fruitless and wasteful expenditure ⓘ identifies irregular expenditure ⓘ identifies unauthorised expenditure ⓘ issues audit opinions on financial statements ⓘ submits general reports on audit outcomes ⓘ supports oversight by legislatures ⓘ
headquartersCountry	South Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Pretoria NERFINISHED ⓘ
independence	independent of political parties ⓘ independent of the executive ⓘ independent of the legislature ⓘ
jurisdiction	Republic of South Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfWork	English ⓘ
legalBasis	Public Audit Act, 2004 NERFINISHED ⓘ Public Audit Amendment Act, 2018 NERFINISHED ⓘ
memberOf	International Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions NERFINISHED ⓘ
objective	improve public financial management ⓘ strengthen democracy through auditing ⓘ
oversightArea	service delivery performance ⓘ use of public resources ⓘ
publicBodyType	independent constitutional body ⓘ
reportsTo	Parliament of South Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ municipal councils ⓘ provincial legislatures ⓘ
role	audits public sector entities ⓘ promotes accountability in the public sector ⓘ promotes transparency in the use of public funds ⓘ reports on financial management of public sector ⓘ reports on performance of public sector entities ⓘ
sectorAudited	municipalities ⓘ national government departments ⓘ provincial government departments ⓘ public entities ⓘ state-owned enterprises ⓘ
termLength	fixed, non-renewable term ⓘ

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National Revenue Fund → auditedBy → Auditor-General of South Africa ⓘ

subject surface form: National Revenue Fund (South Africa)