Professionals, accountants and auditors serve in the public interest within this accountability ecosystem
Auditor-general Tsakani Maluleke's office is feared by government departments for highlighting their procurement failures. Picture: SUNDAY TIMES/ALAISTER RUSSEL
“That's how you're going to set about creating a culture where wrongdoing is not the norm, but rather the exception. I would like to believe that we are a society that is capable of fixing things, that is capable of renewal and capable of greatness. “We see as an instrument to influence and enforce change, a change that society yearns for and a change that should influence better governance and better outcomes.
She said the punitive part only comes afterwards, and does not replace the duty and the responsibility of accounting officers to act proactively, to prevent problems or deal with them as soon as they arise.
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