The Auditor-General emphasised that its office is committed to providing assurance and confirming credibility in respect of how public funds have been utilised. Furthermore, the AG's office pays critical attention to the role the AG's leadership plays in facilitating a common understanding of the Auditor-General's mandate among both internal and external stakeholders. The AG stressed that the ultimate goal is to achieve clean administration, with good governance characterised by clean audit findings. The AG envisages that the fulfilment of the noble mandate of supporting democracy in South Africa is to improve its business processes continuously in order that the AG can lead by example in the field of public accountability. The Auditor-General further indicated that leading by example values the benefit of supreme audit institutions in changing the lives of ordinary citizens.