1. (a) The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development (DoJ&CD) conducts a verification process of all its assets bi-annually, including the artwork on its asset registers and report accordingly in Interim and/or Annual Financial Statements.
The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) commissioned an audit of all its artwork at head office in 2014. The audit was conducted by an independent firm, Gilfilan Scott-Berning. The artwork collection was evaluated at R889 625.00.
Legal Aid SA conducts quarterly verification of all its assets, including the artwork on its asset registers, and consistently reports on its mid-year and Annual Financial Statements. Currently Legal Aid SA has no assets which are recognised as heritage assets as required by the Generally Recognised Accounting Practice 103.
(b) The detailed evaluation report of the NPA is attached as Annexure A. The artwork contained in the DoJ&CD asset register is listed below:
Asset |
Office/Region |
Number/Count |
Purchase Price |
Board White Magnetic |
Western Cape |
1 |
R574.28 |
Charter Service |
Eastern Cape |
2 |
R1 703.16 |
Coat of Arms |
National Office |
83 |
R663 360.08 |
Framed Pictures |
Kwa-Zulu Natal |
127 |
R180 061.41 |
Picture Framed |
Gauteng |
225 |
R252 186.26 |
Potrait Art |
Mpumalanga |
44 |
R21 266.80 |
Total |
482 |
R1 119 151.99 |
(2) No artworks of the DoJ&CD, NPA and Legal Aid SA have gone missing in the past five (5) financial years including since 1 April 2018.
1.(a) The Office of the Chief Justice conducts a verification process of all its assets every six months, including the artwork on its asset register.
ITEM |
LOCATION |
NUMBER |
Statue |
SCA |
12 |
Statue |
Bloemfontein |
2 |
Statue |
Pretoria High Court |
5 |
Painting |
Labour & Labour Appeals Court JHB |
4 |
TOTAL |
23 |
2. No artworks have gone missing in either the past 5 financial years or since 1 April 2018.