Every year, the Office of the Auditor General publishes detailed reports on how public resources were managed across Local Authorities, Parastatal Bodies, and the Accounts of the Republic. These reports are long, technical, and often go unread by the public they are meant to serve.
Auditor General Explained is a public education series from The Zambian Economist that translates these findings into plain language, building on the OAG’s published reports and simplified public versions, so every citizen can see how public money is managed, where the risks are, and what still needs fixing.
Get the 2024 Reports
📥 New: 2024 reports ready to download
Three plain-language summaries of the Auditor General’s findings for the year ended 31st December 2024, free to download and share.
Parastatal Bodies
How 16 state-owned enterprises and statutory institutions performed in 2024.
Accounts of the Republic
How central Government revenue and spending were managed in 2024.
Read the Series
Plain-language explainers building on these reports, part of our ongoing OAG Reports Simplified series.
What’s Actually in an Auditor General’s Report?
A plain-language guide to how to read an OAG report and what its findings language really means.
These summaries were independently prepared by The Zambian Economist to make the Auditor General’s findings accessible to the public, based on the OAG’s published reports. They were not produced by the Office of the Auditor General itself. Full reports are available at www.ago.gov.zm.