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Presentation on Audit Outcomes. Presented by Shauket Fakie (Portfolio Committee on Public Service & Administration). Strategic Issues - Departmental focus. Department of Water Affairs and Forestry. Qualified opinion since 2000-01 to 2003-04, Unqualified in 2004-05
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Presentation on Audit Outcomes Presented by Shauket Fakie (Portfolio Committee on Public Service & Administration)
Department of Water Affairs and Forestry • Qualified opinion since 2000-01 to 2003-04, • Unqualified in 2004-05 • Key recurring issues linked to: • Documentation incomplete (P1, P2) • Lack of policies and procedures (P1, P2, G) • Improvement in respect of relationship with trading entities (P1, G) • 2004-05 issues • Inadequate IT policies and procedures (P1, P2, G)
Health • Unqualified 2000-01, 2002-03 • Qualified in 2001-02, 2003-04 and 2004-05 • Key recurring issues linked to: • Non compliance with DoRA (monitoring function of department) (P1, P2, G) • Poor monitoring of assets (P1, P2) • 2004-05 Issues • Audit Committee weaknesses (G)
Labour • Unqualified 2000-01, 2001-02 and 2003-04 • Qualified in 2002-03, 2004-05 • Key recurring issues linked to: • Non compliance with policies and procedures in asset management (P1, P2, G) • 2004-05 issues • No reconciliation between PERSAL and BAS (P1, P2) • Lack of supporting documentation for journals (P1, P2)
Social Development • Unqualified throughout • Key recurring issues linked to: • Conditional grants to provinces not fully utilised (P1, P2) • 2004-05 issues • Monitoring of DoRA issues (P1, P2, G) • Capacity issues in carrying out the functions of registering NGOs (P1) • Problems with SocPen systems (P1, P2)
Education • Qualified in 2001-02 • Unqualified 2000-01, 2002-03, 2003-04 and 2004-05 • Key recurring issues linked to: • Fixed Assets systems (P1, P2) • DoRA compliance and monitoring (P1, P2, G) • Inadequate IT policies and procedures (P1, P2, G) • 2004-05 issues • Fixed asset register not up to date (P1, P2)
Housing • Unqualified throughout • Key recurring issues related to: • Inadequate internal audit coverage of DoRA (P1, G) • 2004-05 issues: • Poor management of assets (P1, P2) • DoRA compliance and monitoring (P1, P2, G) • Inadequate IT policies and procedures (P1,P2, G)
DPLG • Unqualified throughout • Key recurring issues linked to: • DoRA compliance and monitoring (P1,P2,G) • Inadequate internal audit coverage compared to what was planned (P1, G) • 2004-05 issues • IRP 5 reconciliations not done due to staff capacity (P1) • Inadequate IT policies and procedures (P1,P2,G)
Transport • Unqualified 2000-01 to 2003-04 • Qualified only in 2004-05 • Key recurring issues linked to: • Non compliance with laws and regulations (P1, P2) • Audit committee failed to meet its responsibility (G) • 2004-05 issues • Improper accounting for credit card drivers licenses (P1, P2) • Poor controls of staff expenditure (P1, P2) • Poor controls over debtors (P1, P2) • High vacancy rates (P1) • No policies and procedures for appointment of board members of public entities (G)