{"id":17027,"date":"2012-12-07T04:02:08","date_gmt":"2012-12-07T02:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/ag-disclaims-whole-province\/"},"modified":"2012-12-07T04:02:08","modified_gmt":"2012-12-07T02:02:08","slug":"ag-disclaims-whole-province","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/ag-disclaims-whole-province\/","title":{"rendered":"AG disclaims whole province"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t<!-- Start Shareaholic LikeButtonSetTop Automatic --><!-- End Shareaholic LikeButtonSetTop Automatic --><\/p>\n<p>The disclaimer by the Auditor General on the combined financial statements of the Province for the 2011\/12 year is another red light that is flashing when it comes to the state of governance in this Province.<\/p>\n<p>The reasons as outlined by the Auditor General are a sad indictment of all that is wrong in this Province.\u00a0 The Auditor General\u2019s criticism of the Provincial Leadership is profound \u201cThe Provincial Leadership disregarded its oversight responsiblities regarding the implementation and monitoring of internal controls and compliance with laws and regulations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Furthermore the AG pointed out:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sufficient appropriate audit evidence was not available to support compensation of employees expenditure of R4.8 billion;<\/li>\n<li>Expenditure relating to goods and services of R1.1 billion was not supported by adequate documentation;<\/li>\n<li>Similarly transfers of R1.2 billion to non profit organisations were not supported by adequate documentation;<\/li>\n<li>There was not sufficient records and systems in place for the leave entitlement balance of R3.2 billion; and<\/li>\n<li>There was also understatement of irregular expenditure by R3.7 billion and fruitless and wasteful expenditure of R1.5 billion.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Auditor General also points out that the intervention of the National Treasury, the Provincial Treasury and the office of the Premier in the Department of Education did not yield an improvement in the audit outcome.<\/p>\n<p>The MEC for Finance Phumulo Masualle cannot stand in this house and bemoan the lack of accountability as the reason for the poor audit outcomes and not do anything about it.<\/p>\n<p>MEC\u2019s must take action against HOD\u2019s who do not perform.\u00a0 HOD\u2019s must take action against officials who do not perform.\u00a0 The Premier must take action against MEC\u2019s who do not perform and if none of the above takes place, then this Legislature must introduce motions of no confidence in non performing MEC\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s time to stop protecting the few at the expense of the many.\u00a0 You must act against the few so that the many will benefit.\u00a0 We want a Government that works for the many and not for the few.<\/p>\n<p>It is time that there is competency testing in those Departments where there are repeated audit findings.\u00a0 We must identify the culprits, we must isolate them, they must either be empowered or they must be fired \u2013 but it is no longer business as usual.\u00a0 This Province stands at the crossroads.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bobby Stevenson, MPL<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start Shareaholic LikeButtonSetBottom Automatic --><!-- End Shareaholic LikeButtonSetBottom Automatic -->\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The disclaimer by the Auditor General on the combined financial statements of the Province for the 2011\/12 year is another red light that is flashing when it comes to the state of governance in this Province. 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