NCOP
FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION NO. 543
DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 04 November 2011
(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO. 34)
Mr S H Plaatjie (COPE-NW) to ask the Minister of Health:
Whether he will request a forensic investigation into all infrastructure
developments by his department from 1 June 2009 to 30 June 2011, with a
view to uncover the root cause of alleged (a) mismanagement and (b)
disregard of the Public Finance Management Act, Act 1 of 1999; if not, why
not; if so, what are the relevant details?
CW646E
REPLY:
No issues of mismanagement and breach of the Public Finance Management Act
(PFMA) can be established easily without an audit. However, if there is a
clear need, the Department is definitely not against forensic audit.
END.