The National Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences (NIHSS) has provided the following responses to the questions posed.
a) (i) The expenditure complied with the NIHSS’s policies. The NIHSS is neither a Department, nor a constitutional institution, nor a public entity listed in Schedule 2 or 3, and therefore the Public Finance Management Act is not applicable to the NIHSS.
(ii) Spending is managed by the NIHSS in terms of its policies.
(iii) The Auditor-General of South Africa audits the NIHSS in terms of Section 38 of the Higher Education Act and since its inception has received unqualified audit opinions.
b) All targets and outputs were met with respect to the Catalytic Research Projects as at 13 November 2017.