MINISTRY OF DEFENCE & MILITARY VETERANS
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
QUESTION FOR WRITTEN REPLY
1856. Mr J J McGluwa (DA) to ask the Minister of Defence and Military
Veterans:
Whether the submission of her departmentâs annual report, including annual
financial statements, was delayed due to the suspension of the (a) Director-
General, (b) Deputy Director-General and (c) Chief Financial Officer; if
so, what are the relevant details? NW2077E
REPLY
The tabling of the Department of Military Veterans annual report for
2013/14 delayed due to the following:
⢠2014/15 annual financial statements were submitted on 31 May 2015.
⢠The 2013/14 annual financial statements were submitted on 30 May 2014
in accordance with legislation. The audit for 2013/14 took place in
the absence of the CFO who was on sick leave and who later was placed
on special leave. Some of the information within the Finance domain
couldnât be provided due to unavailability of the CFO.
The office was manned by junior officials who indicated that the CFO
was key to provide certain information and/or documents. CFO couldnât
be located.
⢠AGSA presented the draft audit report to the DG as the Accounting
Officer in August 2014 upon return from special leave. Numerous delays
were noted where AGSAâs external pre-issuance reviewer was on long
leave who delayed the provision of adequate reviews on the DMV report.
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