GAUTENG’s health department and fleet management division have finally received unqualified audit outcomes after years of financial issues.On Wednesday, Gauteng Premier David Makhura, revealed in a briefing in Soweto, that both departments had improved, as the province recorded its best financial performance in 13 years.The briefing came after auditor-general Kimi Makwetu released his report on the 2015/16 financial year.G-Fleet, the province’s fleet management entity, has been at the centre of financial problems, receiving a disclaimer and adverse audit in the 2014/15 and 2013/14 financial years respectively.Makhura said a change in leadership was behind its improvement."Our decisive interventions to address challenges at G-Fleet, the agency of the Gauteng Department of Roads and Transport, led to this public entity moving from a disclaimer last year to achieving an unqualified audit status in this audit cycle," he said.The health department, which Makhura said had been "a cloud ha...
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