The provisions of the establishment and the mandate of the Committee are outlined in the Public Audit Act 25 of 2004 (PAA). Section 10(3) of the PAA prescribes that the National Assembly (NA) must provide for a mechanism to maintain oversight over the AG in terms of section 55(2)(b)(ii) of the Constitution. Section 2(c)(i) and (ii) provide that the Committee must assist the AG in order to ensure the independence, impartiality, dignity and effectiveness of the AG; and to advise the NA. Therefore, the Committee assists the AG to improve the effectiveness of the public audit service. The AG, accompanied by the Committee, visited the above municipalities in North West and the eThekwini Metro Municipality to ensure adequate implementation of systems of financial management, governance, supply chain management, and human resource capacity. The dashboard report of the AG indicates (that these are) the drivers of internal control to achieve clean administration.