Johannesburg - The provincial government in the Western Cape says it has received clean audits in 24 out of 25 reports for the 2017/18 financial year.

It said the Department of Health received a clean audit outcome on its financial statements, but its overall audit was “unqualified” due to what it called minor technical matters.

"At the core of this government’s brand lies good financial governance," Western Cape Premier Helen Zille said.

"The quality of our audits confirms the high standard of financial management within the Western Cape public sector. "

Western Cape finance minister Dr Ivan Meyer said robust engagements between the provincial Treasury and departments had laid the basis for embedding good financial governance.