We want to tell you that the Western Cape itself says that it launched Operation Clean Audit 2014. They are stealing our ideas without acknowledging that they have taken our ideas. [Interjections.] What is that called?
You are here to judge. In this campaign you can see that it has a vision, a goal, a purpose and at the same time some milestones. We are putting ourselves in front of you to say that you must judge us on the clear objectives that we are setting up in front of you today as South Africans.
The question that we must ask ourselves, when we talk about this vision and this goal is: Where are we? Let me analyse the Auditor-General's reports of 2006-07 and 2007-08, which read thus in terms of municipalities. There are 283 municipalities in South Africa. In 2006-07 disclaimers were at 105, which is 36%, and they decreased to 90, which is 31% in the 2007-08 financial year. Adverse audit opinions decreased from 21, which is 7%, in 2006-07 to 10, which is 3%, in 2007-08; qualified audit opinions decreased from 82, which is 29%, in the 2006-07 financial year to 63, which is 22%, in the 2007-08 financial year; financial unqualified audit opinions with matters of emphasis increased from 79, which is 27%, to 122, which is 42%, in the 2007-08 financial year.
Financial unqualified audit opinions with no maters of emphasis - that means with a clean bill of health - increased from three, which is 1%, in the 2006-07 financial year to six, which is 2%. That is a 100% increase in 2007-08.
The provincial departments and their entities have shown a steady increase in terms of the management of their finances. The statistics are as follows: disclaimers decreased from four, which is 3%, to three, which is 3%, in 2007-08; adverse audit opinions decreased from three, which is 2%, in 2006-07 to two, which is 1% in 2007-08; qualified audit opinions decreased from 56, which is 47%, in 2006-07 to 38, which is 32% in 2007-08; financial unqualified audits increased from 50, which is 42%, to 69, which is 58%; financial unqualified audit opinions with no matters of emphasis have increased from six, which is 6%, to seven, which is also 6%. That is the picture that we have and that is where we are as we speak. And we have outlined a vision for where we want to be.
The question then is: What is your role as Members of Parliament? What I am saying here today is that I am throwing down the gauntlet and that, in your area of responsibility, you must be able to ...