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Castle Control Board: Organizational Update & Performance Summary

This presentation provides an update on the Castle Control Board, including performance against objectives, financial performance, and major issues identified by the Auditor-General. It also highlights the Board's new vision and strategic foci.

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Castle Control Board: Organizational Update & Performance Summary

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  1. Castle Control BoardPresentation to the Portfolio Committee on Defence and Military VeteransPresented by:Lt. Gen. JT Nkonyane & CT Gilfellan10 October 2013 1

  2. Aim The aim of this short presentation is to provide: A brief organizational update on the CCB A summary of our 2012/13 Annual Report Performance against pre-determined objectives Financial performance Major issues identified by the AG and progress in addressing them The Board’s new Vision and Strategic Foci Question and the Way Forward

  3. Organizational Update

  4. CCB Organogram

  5. The CCB Board

  6. Mandates The CCB is mandated in terms of the Constitution of South Africa, Act 108 of 1996 Legislative mandates of the CCB:

  7. CCB Strategic Objectives To preserve and protect the military and cultural heritage at the Castle To maximize the Castle’s tourism potential To optimize public access to the Castle The foundation for the efficient and cost-effective discharging of the mandate is good corporate governance, risk-management and sound financial management and best-practice administrative systems

  8. Organizational Performance 2012/13

  9. Key Points from the Audit Committee • Unqualified audit report from the Auditor-General (with KPMG), shows good progress achieved • Audit Committee in place, process to appoint new internal audit service provider underway • Ensuring adherence to all Policies and Procedures to comply with all SCM and procurement prescripts • Performance management information needs a more precise definition and focus; significant progress • R13.9m in accumulated surplus – National Treasury approval now obtained • Appointment of CFO will strengthen management team and improve delivery

  10. Executive Summary of Performance Against Pre-determined Objectives • Highly successful Military Tattoo (4000 spectators) • Shell-UK Awards evening with their top 300 executives • Jive Slave marathon with 5000 runners through the Castle • Anglo-Boer War Philatelic Exhibition attracted 3000 visitors • Annual paying tourist figures increased by 3519 • Month of Photography (October) attracted more than 3000 • Annual trading surplus of R883 000 achieved • Heritage Day 2012 (free access) numbers exploded from 1795 to 3265 • Brazilian National Day and Exhibition in September 2012

  11. Programme 1: Administration & Corporate Governance

  12. Programme 2: Preservation & Interpretation Of Castle As Heritage Site

  13. Programme 3: Maximizing The Castle’s Tourism Potential

  14. Programme 4: Increase Castle’s Public Profile And Community Access

  15. Financial Performance 2012/13

  16. FY 2012/13: Summary Of Financial Performance

  17. AG Issues 2012/13

  18. Issues Raised by the AG & Our Corrective Actions Predetermined Objectives: Performance indicators and targets not well defined Corrective Actions: Appointment of Executive Director and now CFO, trained on the requirements of the FMPPI Board and management will redefine performance indicators to be more specific as to address the required outcome Management engaged AG & Treasury and it is now done for new FY. E.g. Annual increase in the total number of visitors to the Castle*

  19. Issues Raised by the AG & Our Corrective Actions 2. Predetermined Objectives: Strategic Plan incomplete Corrective Actions: Accounting Officer in consultation with Board will update and ensure that Strategic Plan guidelines are adhered to. Done and reflected in 2014/15 APP

  20. Issues Raised by the AG & Our Corrective Actions 3. Budgets: Non-approval from National Treasury to retain surplus Corrective Actions Letter was submitted to the new Executive Authority and Treasury. Done, approval obtained in September 2013

  21. Issues Raised by the AG & Our Corrective Actions 4. Expenditure Management: Accounting Authority did not take effective steps to prevent irregular expenditure Corrective Actions: Internal Controls are being developed to prevent occurrence of irregular expenditure Accounting Officer and Accounting Authority will maintain an irregular expenditure register, which will contain detailed schedule for financial year listing and irregular expenditures incurred. Done: this was immediately put in place.

  22. Issues Raised by the AG & Our Corrective Actions Internal Audit Function: No Internal Audit function for some part of the year Corrective Action: Internal procurement process was aborted due to SCM challenges New process has been initiated Imminent appointment of CFO will also assist

  23. Issues Raised by the AG & Our Corrective Actions 6. Procurement and Contract Management: Goods and services with transaction value below 500 000 procured without obtaining required price quotations, as required by Treasury Regulation 16A6.1 Contracts and quotations awarded to suppliers whose tax matters had not been declared by SARS to be in order as required by TR 16A9.1(d) and Preferential Procurement Regulations The preference point system was not applied in all procurement of goods and services above R30 000 as required by section 2(a) of the PPPFA and TR16A6.3(b) Contracts were awarded to bidders based on preference points that were not calculated in accordance with requirements of the PPPFA Corrective Actions Issues raised by the Auditor-General assimilated and addressed by the newly appointed Accounting Officer The SCM policy being amended to address these issues

  24. Issues Raised by the AG & Our Corrective Actions 7. Annual Financial Statements: The financial statements not prepared in all material respects in accordance with requirements of section 55(1)(b) of PFMA Corrective Action: Material misstatements were corrected resulting in the financial statements receiving an unqualified opinion

  25. Issues Raised by the AG & Our Corrective Actions 8. Leadership: Accounting authority did not establish and communicate policies and procedures to enable and support understanding and execution of internal control objectives, processes and responsibilities. Accounting authority did not implement SCM and performance reporting framework that complies to requirements of PFMA and SCM Regulations, as issued by National Treasury Regulations Castle Manager has not been trained on and exposed to the requirements of the FMPPI Accounting authority has not implemented internal policies and procedures for performance information management and reporting Corrective Actions: Shortcomings in the SCM policy being addressed – new draft updated Appointment of the CFO will ensure all procurement is done in terms of PFMA regulations and Treasury prescripts

  26. Issues Raised by the AG & Our Corrective Actions 9. Financial And Performance Reporting: Lack of monitoring and review to ensure correct application of the requirements of legislation ito SCM Management has no supervisory and review function in place to govern the procurement of expenditure relating to the Castle Control Board to ensure that irregular and wasteful expenditure is timeously identified. The entity relied on consultants to prepare the annual financial statements and the responsibility to review the financial statements was not delegated to any of the personnel at the entity as the finance personnel do not have the necessary knowledge to perform such a review. Corrective Actions: Internal control mechanisms in place were inadequate as they were determined by a SCM policy not fully compliant with the PFMA Misstatements in the financial statements occurred in the draft, submitted for audit and adjustments were made after deliberation between management and the Auditor-General

  27. Issues Raised by the AG & Our Corrective Actions 10. Governance: Internal Audit not adequately resourced and functional for duration of the year Corrective Actions: Previous contract with IA expired 31 October 2012 and new appointment to follow shortly Board initiated process aborted due to SCM contradictions New advert already placed and appointment imminent

  28. Moving towards 2014/15…

  29. The Board’s New Vision and Strategic Foci • Strategic planning session 15 August: Castle positioned as SA’s next UNESCO World Heritage Site • Ten-point Heritage Tourism Action Plan adopted – the Castle repositioned as a living, vibrant and inclusive heritage precinct • Seven strategic themes identified dealing with: (1) protecting the cultural significance of the site, (2) exploiting the full tourism potential, (3) marketing, public relations & communication, (4) human resource development, (5) a customer-focus, (6) heritage enterprise development and (7) demonstrate leadership with partners in the heritage and tourism field.

  30. Thank You & Questions CONTACT DETAILS: Calvyn Gilfellan Executive Director/CEO Castle Control Board ceo@castleofgoodhope.co.za 0823346098 021-7871339

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