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Presentation on Audit Outcomes

This presentation by Shauket Fakie covers the audit outcomes of key departments, including Water Affairs and Forestry, Health, Labour, Social Development, Education, Housing, DPLG, and Transport, from 2000-05. It highlights the transitions from qualified to unqualified opinions, recurring issues, and compliance challenges, particularly focusing on inadequate policies, poor asset management, and the necessity for improved internal audit coverage and documentation. The presentation aims to shed light on strategic issues critical for enhancing public service accountability and governance.

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Presentation on Audit Outcomes

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  1. Presentation on Audit Outcomes Presented by Shauket Fakie (Portfolio Committee on Public Service & Administration)

  2. Strategic Issues - Departmental focus

  3. 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)

  4. 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)

  5. 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)

  6. 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)

  7. 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)

  8. 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)

  9. 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)

  10. 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)

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