The Premier, Dr. Zamani Saul, met with the Auditor-General, Tsakani Maluleke, and her team. The focus of the discussion was the 2024–25 PFMA audit outcomes. This engagement serves as a crucial platform for jointly exploring solutions informed by audit insights, identifying areas for improvement, and reinforcing the importance of each stakeholder's role within the accountability ecosystem.

The Northern Cape Provincial Government continues to register progress in strengthening financial governance, as demonstrated by improved audit outcomes for the 2024–25 financial year.

The Province has twenty (20) institutions, of which eighteen (18) institutions — ten (10) departments, the Legislature, and seven (7) entities — were subjected to an audit by the AGSA. The results were as follows:

• Nine (9) institutions received clean audit opinions, an improvement from eight (8) in the previous audit cycle.
• Seven (7) institutions received unqualified audit outcomes.
• Two (2) institutions received qualified audit opinions.
• Two (2) audits are still outstanding.

This marks an improvement from the previous cycle and signals the effectiveness of deliberate, intensified oversight, collaboration, and leadership commitment across the provincial administration.