AG raises red flags over DWYPD and CGE financial governance
DWYPD and CGE audit findings have relapsed from clean audit outcomes to unqualified audit opinions.
The Office of the Auditor General (AG) has issued a concerning report on the 2025/2026 audit outcomes for the Department of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities (DWYPD) and the Commission for Gender Equality (CGE). Both institutions have seen their audit findings regress from clean to unqualified opinions for the year under review.
The AG provided an update on the audit outcomes of these two entities. Representative and Audit Manager Anelisa Madyongolo explained that the decline is primarily due to significant findings identified during the auditing process. She stated, "With regard to those two audits, I am not bringing positive outcomes. I am bringing a chair that there is a regression in the audit outcomes of the portfolio with regards to those two audits, and the regression chair is mainly arising from the material findings that were identified on compliance as well as material findings that were identified and reported on performance information."
The Department of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities (DWYPD) has been specifically flagged for non-compliance with the Professional Financial Management Act (PFMA).
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