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NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
QUESTION FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION NO. 4082
DATE OF PUBLICATION: Friday, 20 November 2015
INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER 50 OF 2015
4082. Mr M Bagraim (DA) to ask the Minister of Home Affairs:
Whether any reasons have been given by his department as to why ministerial
commitments in terms of improving audit findings are still in progress when
they were due at the end of March 2015; if not, why not; if so, what are
the relevant details?
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REPLY:
Ministerial commitments are ongoing in nature. The assessment as to whether
these commitments were implemented or are still in progress is done by the
Auditor-General of South Africa (AGSA). Until such time as the department
obtains a clean audit outcome, the AGSA is likely to report that these
ongoing Ministerial commitments will remain work in progress. Clearly the
onus rests on the department to convince the AGSA that it has improved its
asset management, accountability of reporting from the regions, leadership,
financial accountability, record keeping and has implemented proper
financial management processes and credible action plans before the AGSA
will agree that these commitments were fully implemented.