. the South African Local Government Association (SALGA) request its members to pay all outstanding audit fees owed to the Auditor-General of South Africa (AGSA); . the Executive Leadership, including Ministers, Premiers and Mayors should work together to improve co-ordination, for the achievement of clean audit outcomes; . AGSA should notify the Speaker, National Treasury and the provincial Member of the Executive Council's for Local Government and Finance, of the failure by certain municipalities to submit financial statements and to put in place measures that will ensure full compliance in future; . SALGA to investigate the reasons for the high staff turnover rate amongst senior managers in municipalities which had received disclaimers from the Auditor-General; . AGSA provides municipalities with the recently drafted compiled check- list, which was modelled on a municipality that had received a qualified report; and . AGSA considers making use of the media to publicise visits and road- shows to municipalities to conduct audits as a means of increasing awareness.